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William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, he was classically trained at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music, in New York City, where he majored in composition and received the Artist Diploma. In 1955, he moved to New York City, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis's sextet, which in 1959, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album ever.In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader, with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio. In 1961, two albums were recorded at an engagement at New York's Village Vanguard jazz club, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby; a complete set of the Vanguard recordings on three CDs was issued decades later. However, ten days after this booking ended, LaFaro died in a car accident. After months of seclusion, Evans reemerged with a new trio, featuring bassist Chuck Israels. In 1963, Evans recorded Conversations with Myself, a solo album produced with overdubbing technology. In 1966, he met bassist Eddie Gómez, with whom he worked for the next 11 years. During the mid-1970s Bill Evans collaborated with the singer Tony Bennett on two critically acclaimed albums: The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975) and Together Again (1977). Many of Evans's compositions, such as "Waltz for Debby" and "Time Remembered", have become standards, played and recorded by many artists. Evans received 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame.
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Another Time: The Hilversum Concert [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Who Can I Turn To? | 5:45 |
Birdland 1960 [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves |
On a Monday Evening [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come [#] | 6:14 |
12 Classic Albums: 1956-1962 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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What is This Thing Called Love | 4:36 |
Someday My Prince Will Come | 4:56 |
Stairway To the Stars | 4:55 |
If You Could See Me Now | 4:31 |
In Love in Vain [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Stairway to the Stars | 4:53 |
If You Could See Me Now | 4:31 |
In Love in Vain | 5:02 |
I Fall in Love Too Easily | 2:43 |
Polka Dots and Moonbeams | 5:02 |
It Might as Well Be Spring | 6:07 |
Very Early [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Stairway to the Stars | 4:53 |
If You Could See Me Now | 4:31 |
In Love in Vain | 5:02 |
I Fall in Love Too Easily | 2:43 |
Polka Dots and Moonbeams | 5:02 |
It Might as Well Be Spring | 6:07 |
50 Rockin' Hits, Vol. 5 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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How Deep Is the Ocean | 3:42 |
Autumn Leaves [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 4:19 |
Quiet Now | 5:26 |
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? | 5:35 |
Emily | 6:49 |
Be Bop Selection [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Wish I Knew | 4:42 |
Be Bop Selection, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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What Is This Thing Called Love | 4:38 |
Highlights of Bill Evans [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Spring Is Here | 5:07 |
What Is This Thing Called Love | 4:35 |
Jazz Explosion, Vol. 1 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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What Is This Thing Called Love | 4:37 |
Le Meilleur du Jazz Relaxant [2013]
Song | Duration |
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It Might as Well Be Spring | 6:04 |
Milestones [2013]
Song | Duration |
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If You Could See Me Now | 4:30 |
Stairway to the Stars | 4:52 |
In Love in Vain | 5:01 |
The Very Best of Chilled Jazz [2013]
Song | Duration |
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It Might as Well Be Spring | 6:04 |
True Balance [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Spring Is Here | 5:07 |
My Foolish Heart [2012]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:58 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 2] | 6:59 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 1] | 6:48 |
The Very Best of the Bill Evans Trio [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 6:00 |
How Deep Is the Ocean? | 3:33 |
What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:36 |
My Foolish Heart [Live] | 4:56 |
The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and Fantasy [2011]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:57 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 2] | 7:01 |
Live in Koblenz 1979 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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If You Could See Me Now | 5:40 |
Quiet Now | 4:50 |
Spring Is Here | 3:36 |
Polka Dots And Moonbeams | 3:35 |
Laurie | 7:10 |
Live in Nice 1978 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Like Someone in Love | 8:47 |
You Don't Know What Love Is | 8:05 |
What Is This Thing Called Love | 10:15 |
The 1960 Birdland Sessions [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 7:08 |
Speak Low | 6:49 |
Essential Standards [2009]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart [Live] | 4:57 |
How Deep Is The Ocean? [Album Version] | 3:34 |
Stairway To The Stars [Album Version] | 4:53 |
Live In Paris 1974 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Quiet Now | 4:48 |
If You Could See Me Now | 6:07 |
The Two Lonely People | 5:48 |
Goodbye | 3:31 |
Lund 1975/Helsinki 1970 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Emily | 5:26 |
The Second Time Around | 7:17 |
The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings [2009]
Rome Concert 1979 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Polka Dots and Moonbeams [DVD] |
Definitive Collection [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Emily | 4:56 |
Playboy Jazz: Jazz Love Songs After Dark [2007]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:56 |
Stockholm 1965 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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What Is This Thing Called Love? | 3:37 |
The Classic Collection [Box Set] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Some Other Time | 4:41 |
The Oslo Concerts [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves [DVD] |
Complete February 1972 Paris ORTF Performance [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Two Lonely People | 8:33 |
Autumn Leaves | 4:17 |
Someday My Prince Will Come | 6:40 |
Live in Europe 1965 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | 2:56 |
Riverside Profiles [2006]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:56 |
Riverside Profiles [2006]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart [*] | 4:56 |
Riverside Profiles [2006]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart [Live] | 4:56 |
At Jazz Cafe: Piano Trio [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Our Love Is Here to Stay |
Waltz for Debby: The Complete 1969 Pescara Festival [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Emily | 5:51 |
Autumn Leaves | 5:10 |
Bill Evans for Lovers [2004]
Song | Duration |
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If You Could See Me Now | 4:50 |
The Greatest Jazz Standards [Laserlight] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | 4:27 |
Consecration [Milestone] [2002]
Waltz for Debby [Giants of Jazz] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Emily | 6:51 |
Waltz for Debby | 6:38 |
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) | 6:36 |
The Last Waltz [2000]
Song | Duration |
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But Beautiful [Live] | 4:49 |
Greatest Jazz Standards [Westwind] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | 6:32 |
Homecoming [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | 6:25 |
In Europe [DVD] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | |
My Foolish Heart | |
Emily |
The Complete Bill Evans on Verve [1997]
The Riverside Records Story [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Waltz for Debby | 6:55 |
Artist's Choice: Highlights from Turn Out the Stars [1996]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:10 |
Like Someone in Love | 6:21 |
The Two Lonely People | 7:06 |
I Do It for Your Love | 5:17 |
The Secret Sessions [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | 5:50 |
Turn Out the Stars: Final Village Vanguard Recordings [1996]
Song | Duration |
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If You Could See Me Now | 6:18 |
The Two Lonely People | 7:10 |
Laurie | 6:32 |
Like Someone in Love | 7:34 |
Days of Wine and Roses | 8:59 |
Quiet Now | 5:13 |
But Not for Me | 7:55 |
Spring Is Here | 4:21 |
Autumn Leaves | 5:05 |
Polka Dots and Moonbeams | 6:24 |
I Do It for Your Love | 5:36 |
The Best of Bill Evans on Verve [1995]
Song | Duration |
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How Deep Is the Ocean? | 0:06 |
Who Can I Turn To? | 4:53 |
The Best of Verve [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) | 4:51 |
Bill Evans Trio [Shanachie] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Quiet Now |
Emily [1994]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | |
Autumn Leaves | |
Emily | |
Who Can I Turn To |
Jazz 'Round Midnight: Ballads [1993]
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight | 6:30 |
'Round Midnight [Milestone] [1991]
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight | 8:58 |
The Complete Fantasy Recordings [1989]
Song | Duration |
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But Beautiful | 6:23 |
Speak Low | 6:34 |
Compact Jazz: Bill Evans [1987]
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight | 6:29 |
Trio [1976]
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight |
The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album [1975]
Since We Met [1974]
Song | Duration |
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But Beautiful | 6:22 |
Trio Live [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Someday My Prince Will Come | 6:30 |
'Round Midnight | 6:08 |
How Deep is the Ocean (How High is the Sky) | 5:55 |
Waltz for Debbie [1964]
Song | Duration |
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Lucky To Be Me | 3:36 |
Some Other Time | 5:35 |
Waltz for Debby [1964]
Song | Duration |
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Lucky to Be Me | 3:36 |
At Shelly's Manne-Hole [1963]
Song | Duration |
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The Boy Next Door | 5:25 |
Our Love is Here To Stay | 4:53 |
Love Is Here to Stay | 4:46 |
'Round Midnight | 9:10 |
At Shelly's Manne-Hole [2005 Japan Bonus Track] [1963]
Song | Duration |
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Our Love Is Here to Stay | |
'Round Midnight |
At Shelly's Manne-Hole [2008 Japan Bonus Track] [1963]
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight | 9:10 |
Time Remembered [1963]
Song | Duration |
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Danny Boy | 10:39 |
Like Someone In Love | 6:28 |
Who Cares? | 5:24 |
What is This Thing Called Love? | 5:50 |
How About You? | 4:06 |
Everything Happens To Me | 4:48 |
In a Sentimental Mood | 4:26 |
My Heart Stood Still | 4:34 |
Moonbeams [1962]
Waltz for Debby [1962]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:57 |
Waltz For Debby | 6:56 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 2] | 7:00 |
Some Other Time |
Waltz for Debby [1962]
Song | Duration |
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My Romance [Take 1] | 7:11 |
My Romance [Take 2] | 7:12 |
Waltz for Debby [2011 LP] [1962]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | |
Waltz for Debby [take 2] | |
Waltz for Debby [take 1][*] |
Waltz for Debby [Bonus Tracks #2] [1962]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:56 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 2] | 7:00 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 1][*] | 6:46 |
My Romance [Take 1] | 7:11 |
My Romance [Take 2][*] | 7:13 |
Waltz for Debby [Original Jazz Classics Remasters] [1962]
At the Village Vanguard [1961]
Song | Duration |
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My Foolish Heart | 4:53 |
My Romance [Take 1] | 7:11 |
Waltz for Debby [Take 2] | 6:54 |
Explorations [1961]
Song | Duration |
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Haunted Heart | 3:28 |
How Deep Is The Ocean | 3:48 |
How Deep Is the Ocean? | 3:33 |
Nardis | 5:52 |
I Wish I Knew | 4:42 |
Sweet And Lovely | 5:55 |
How Deep Is the Ocean? [Take 2] [#][*][Take] | 3:47 |
I Wish I Knew [Take 2] [#][*][Take] | 5:07 |
I Wish I Knew [Take 2] | 5:08 |
Portrait in Jazz [1960]
Portrait in Jazz [Bonus Track] [1960]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 6:00 |
What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:37 |
Spring Is Here | 5:08 |
Some Day My Prince Will Come | 4:56 |
Portrait in Jazz [JVC Bonus Track] [1960]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves [Take 1] | 5:56 |
Autumn Leaves [Take 2][*] | 5:22 |
Witchcraft | 4:33 |
What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:33 |
Spring Is Here | 5:05 |
Someday My Prince Will Come | 4:53 |
Portrait in Jazz [LP] [1960]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 5:59 |
What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:35 |
Spring Is Here | 5:07 |
Portrait in Jazz [Riverside Bonus Tracks] [1960]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 6:00 |
Witchcraft | 4:37 |
What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:36 |
Spring Is Here | 5:09 |
Autumn Leaves [Take 9][*][Mix] | 5:25 |
Everybody Digs Bill Evans [1959]
Song | Duration |
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Young and Foolish | 5:54 |
Lucky to Be Me | 3:39 |
Tenderly | 3:33 |
Modern Art [Bonus Tracks] [1958]
Song | Duration |
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Like Someone in Love | 5:56 |
Bill Evans for Lovers
Song | Duration |
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Spring Is Here | 5:00 |
California Here I Come
Song | Duration |
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If You Could See Me Now | 3:37 |
'Round Midnight | 6:07 |
Explorations
Song | Duration |
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How Deep Is the Ocean [Take 2] | 3:47 |
Jazz 'Round Midnight: Bill Evans
Song | Duration |
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If You Could See Me Now | 4:49 |
Jazz Loves Bernstein
Song | Duration |
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Lucky to Be Me | 3:35 |
Moonbeams [Bonus Track]
Song | Duration |
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Polka Dots and Moonbeams | |
I Fall in Love Too Easily | |
Stairway to the Stars | |
If You Could See Me Now | |
It Might as Well Be Spring | |
In Love in Vain |
Piano Four Hands
Song | Duration |
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Who Can I Turn To | 5:04 |
Portraits
Song | Duration |
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What Is This Thing Called Love | |
I Wish I Knew |
The Classic Trio 1959-1961
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 5:58 |
What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:35 |
Someday My Prince Will Come | 4:53 |
How Deep Is the Ocean? | 3:33 |
Sweet and Lovely | 5:51 |
The Secret Sessions: Recorded at the Village Vanguard (1966-1975)
Song | Duration |
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'Round Midnight | 7:58 |
Spring Is Here | 4:00 |
How Deep Is the Ocean | 6:08 |
I Fall in Love Too Easily | 3:44 |
Trio '65
Song | Duration |
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Love Is Here to Stay | 0:04 |
Who Can I Turn To? | 4:53 |
If You Could See Me Now | 4:49 |
Ultimate Bill Evans
Song | Duration |
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What Is This Thing Called Love? | 4:50 |
Unknown Album
Waltz for Debby
Song | Duration |
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Waltz for Debby [Take 1] | 6:50 |
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