Moon Beams

Moon Beams is a 1962 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!. In 2012, it was released a new remastered edition which includes three previously unreleased alternate takes.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat (Original Lp release)	^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

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."^[4]

Track listing

"Re: Person I Knew" (Bill Evans) – 5:44
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:01
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:42
"Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish) – 4:53
"If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:29
"It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:05
"In Love in Vain" (Leo Robin, Jerome Kern) – 5:00
"Very Early" (Bill Evans) – 5:06

Bonus tracks on 2012 CD reissue:

"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" [Alternate Take] - 4:17
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" [Alternate Take] - 2:38
"Very Early" [Alternate Take] - 3:35

Personnel

Bill Evans - Piano
Chuck Israels - Bass
Paul Motian - Drums
Orrin Keepnews - Producer

References

↑ http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/MODE/mode22.html
↑ Dec 22, 1962
↑ Down Beat: January 31, 1963 Vol. 30, No.3
1 2 Jurek, Tom. "Moon Beams: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

The Bill Evans Memorial Library

Bill Evans

Discography	New Jazz Conceptions Tenderly: An Informal Session 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 The 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 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 2

Compositions	"Waltz for Debby" "Blue in Green" "Flamenco Sketches" "Time Remembered"

Band members	Monty Budwig Larry Bunker Jack DeJohnette Eddie Gómez Chuck Israels Marc Johnson Philly Joe Jones Sam Jones Teddy Kotick Joe LaBarbera Scott LaFaro Michael Moore Marty Morell Paul Motian Gary Peacock

Associated musicians	Cannonball Adderley Chet Baker Tony Bennett Bob Brookmeyer Kenny Burrell Ron Carter Miles Davis Stan Getz Jim Hall Freddie Hubbard Lee Konitz Harold Land Shelly Manne Warne Marsh Claus Ogerman George Russell Zoot Sims Toots Thielemans Monica Zetterlund

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