California Here I Come (album)

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California Here I Come
California Bill Evans.jpg
Live album by Bill Evans
Released 1982
Recorded August 17–18, 1967
Village Vanguard, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 74:34
Label Verve
VE2-2545
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Loose Blues
(1982)Loose Blues1982		 California Here I Come
(1982)		 The Paris Concert: Edition One
(1983)The Paris Concert: Edition One1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
All About Jazz (no rating)[1]
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

California Here I Come is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was recorded in 1967, but not released on Verve until 1982 as a double LP. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard Jazz Album charts in 1983 and was reissued on CD in 2004.[3] The pieces were recorded at the legendary Village Vanguard, where Evans had previously recorded the sets appeared on the highly influential Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard, both later comprised on the definitive collection The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961.

Track listing

  1. "California, Here I Come" (DeSylva, Jolson, Meyer) – 5:32
  2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 3:22
  3. "Turn Out the Stars" (Bill Evans) – 5:52
  4. "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Young) – 4:06
  5. "You're Gonna Hear From Me" (Previn, Previn) – 4:57
  6. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Mills, Kurtz) – 3:53
  7. "G Waltz" (Evans) – 4:35
  8. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Kaper, Washington) – 4:53
  9. "Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Wrubel) – 5:35
  10. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman) – 3:39
  11. "Alfie" (Bacharach, David) – 5:12
  12. "Very Early" (Evans) – 4:44
  13. "'Round Midnight" (Monk, Williams) - 6:07
  14. "Emily" (Mandel, Mercer) – 5:18
  15. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Barris, Koehler, Billy Moll) – 6:49

Credits

2004 reissue production notes

  • Produced by Bryan Koniarz
  • Mastered by Bob Irwin and Jayme Pieruzzi
  • Production assistance by Mark Smith
  • Executive producer: Ken Druker
  • Cover art by Tom Christopher

References

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  3. ↑ Verve Music Group website entry.

External links

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