Released 1963 Artist Bill Evans Producer Creed Taylor Genre Jazz | Recorded May 6, 1963 Release date 1963 Label Universal Music LLC | |
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Plays the Theme from The V.I.Ps and Other Great Songs
(1963) At Shelly's Manne-Hole
(1963) Similar Blue in Green: The Concert i, Half Moon Bay, Bill Evans Trio with Symphon, Jazzhouse, Further Conversations with Myself | ||
Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs is an album of theme music by jazz pianist Bill Evans with an orchestra conducted by Claus Ogerman recorded in 1963 for the MGM label.
Contents
Reception
The album was an intentionally commercial production and the tracks were omitted from the 18-CD collection The Complete Bill Evans on Verve as they were deemed to have negligible artistic merit. The Allmusic review awarded the album 3½ stars.
Track listing
- "Theme from "Mr. Novak"" (Lyn Murray) - 2:04
- "The Caretakers Theme" (Elmer Bernstein) - 2:51
- "More" (Riz Ortolani) - 2:40
- "Walk on the Wild Side" (Bernstein, Hal David) - 2:33
- "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 2:40
- "Theme from "The V.I.P.s"" (Miklós Rózsa) - 2:28
- "Hollywood" (Bill Evans, Claus Ogerman) - 3:35
- "Sweet September" (Bill McGuffie) - 2:16
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) - 2:42
- "The Man with the Golden Arm" (Elmer Bernstein, Sylvia Fine) - 2:32
- "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 2:31
- "On Broadway" (Jerry Leiber, Barry Mann, Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil) - 2:32
Personnel
Songs
1Theme From Mr Novak2:04
2The Caretakers Theme2:51
3More2:40
References
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