Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions (2010) {Analogue Productions 45rpm 180g} 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip plus Redbook CD Version

is the debut album as leader by jazz musician Bill Evans, released in 1956. Producer Orrin Keepnews of Riverside Records first determined to record Evans after hearing a tape of Evans' playing. Eleven songs were recorded in the first session, including Evans' own "Waltz for Debby" which would prove to be his most recognized and covered composition. Although a critical success that gained positive reviews in Down Beat and Metronome magazines, New Jazz Conceptions was initially a financial failure, selling only 800 copies the first year. Professional ratings Allmusic 4/5 stars all•about•jazz (no rating)

Track listing

Side One

1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 5:15
2. "Five" (Bill Evans) – 4:00
3. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 1:37

Side Two

1. "Conception" (George Shearing) – 4:44
2. "Easy Living" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 3:51
3. "Displacement" (Bill Evans) – 2:34

Side Three

1. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 5:08
2. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 1:18
3. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:44

Side Four

1. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 1:59
2. "No Cover, No Minimum" (Bill Evans) – 7:31

Released 1956
Recorded September 18-27, 1956
Genre Jazz
Length 42:41
Label Riverside/Analogue Productions
Producers Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews

Personnel

* Bill Evans - piano
* Teddy Kotick - bass
* Paul Motian - drums







The Bill Evans Riverside Recordings box set includes:

New Jazz Conceptions
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Portrait In Jazz
Know What I Mean?
Explorations
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Waltz For Debby
Moonbeams
How My Heart Sings!
Interplay
At Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood