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Moon Beams 
The woman featured on the album cover is Nico, then a fashion-model. [1]Studio album by Bill Evans Released 1962 Recorded May 17 - June 2, 1962
Sound Makers Studio, New York CityGenre Jazz Length 39:19 Label Riverside Producer Orrin Keepnews Bill Evans chronology How My Heart Sings!
(1962)Moon Beams
(1962)Interplay
(1962)Moon Beams is a 1962 (see 1962 in music) album by jazz musician Bill Evans, and the first trio album recorded by Evans after the death of Scott LaFaro. With Chuck Israels on bass taking the place of LaFaro, Evans recorded several songs during these May and June 1962 sessions. Moon Beams contains a collection of ballads recorded during this period. The more uptempo tunes were put on How My Heart Sings!.
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album "...selections are so well paced and sequenced the record feels like a dream... Moonbeams was a startling return to the recording sphere and a major advancement in his development as a leader."[1]
Track listing
- "Re: Person I Knew" (Bill Evans) – 5:26
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:39
- "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne) – 2:29
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck and Mitchell Parish) – 4:34
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:17
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:39
- "In Love In Vain" (Leo Robin and Jerome Kern) – 4:36
- "Very Early" (Bill Evans) – 4:40
Personnel
- Bill Evans - Piano
- Chuck Israels - Bass
- Paul Motian - Drums
- Orrin Keepnews - Producer
References
- ^ a b Jurek, Tom. "Moon Beams > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r138440. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
External links
Bill Evans Discography New Jazz Conceptions · Everybody Digs Bill Evans · On Green Dolphin Street · The Ivory Hunters · Portrait in Jazz · Know What I Mean? · Explorations · Sunday at the Village Vanguard · Waltz for Debby · Nirvana · Undercurrent · Moon Beams · How My Heart Sings! · Interplay · Empathy · Loose Blues · The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 · The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 · The Gary McFarland Orchestra · Conversations With Myself · Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs · Time Remembered · At Shelly's Manne-Hole · Trio '64 · Stan Getz & Bill Evans · Trio Live · Waltz for Debby · Trio '65 · Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra · Bill Evans at Town Hall · Intermodulation · A Simple Matter of Conviction · Further Conversations with Myself · California Here I Come · Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival · Bill Evans Alone · What's New · Jazzhouse · You're Gonna Hear From Me · From Left to Right · Quiet Now · Montreux II · Piano Player · The Bill Evans Album · Living Time · The Tokyo Concert · Eloquence · Half Moon Bay · Since We Met · Re: Person I Knew · Symbiosis · But Beautiful · Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada · Intuition · The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album · Montreux III · Alone Again · Quintessence · Together Again · The Paris Concert · Crosscurrents · I Will Say Goodbye · You Must Believe in Spring · Getting Sentimental · New Conversations · Affinity · Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz · We Will Meet Again · Homecoming · The Paris Concert: Edition One · The Paris Concert: Edition Two · Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings · Letter to Evan · Turn Out the Stars · The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings · Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2Compositions Band members Monty Budwig · Larry Bunker · Jack DeJohnette · Eddie Gomez · Chuck Israels · Marc Johnson · Philly Joe Jones · Sam Jones · Teddy Kotick · Joe LaBarbera · Scott LaFaro · Michael Moore · Marty Morell · Paul Motian · Gary PeacockAssociated musicians Cannonball Adderley · Tony Bennett · Bob Brookmeyer · Kenny Burrell · Ron Carter · Miles Davis · Stan Getz · Jim Hall · Freddie Hubbard · Lee Konitz · Harold Land · Shelley Manne · Warne Marsh · Claus Ogerman · George Russell · Zoot Sims · Toots Thielmans · Monica ZetterlundCategories:- 1962 albums
- Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews
- Bill Evans albums
- Riverside Records albums
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