You Must Believe in Spring

You Must Believe in Spring
Studio album by Bill Evans
Released	1981
Recorded	August 23-25, 1977 Capitol Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:48
Label	Warner Bros. HS-3504
Producer	Helen Keane, Tommy LiPuma
Bill Evans chronology
We Will Meet Again (1979) You Must Believe in Spring (1981) Re: Person I Knew (1981)

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You Must Believe in Spring is the title of an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded by Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Eliot Zigmund in August 1977 and released after Evans' death in September 1980. It was Evans's last recording sessions done with Gomez on bass, who left after eleven years with Evans to pursue other musical projects. Evans also recorded the title song as a duet with jazz vocalist Tony Bennett on their second album of duets titled Together Again (1977).

Track listing

1. "B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine)" (Evans) - 3:12
2. "You Must Believe in Spring" (Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman/Jacques Demy/Michel Legrand) - 5:37
3. "Gary's Theme" (Gary McFarland) - 4:15
4. "We Will Meet Again (For Harry)" (Evans) - 3:59
5. "The Peacocks" (Jimmy Rowles) - 6:00
6. "Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich) - 4:52
7. "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (Mike Altman/Johnny Mandel) - 5:53

Bonus tracks

Rhino reissued You Must Believe in Spring on CD in 2003 with three new Bonus Tracks added:

1. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu/Billy Rose/Vincent Youmans) - 8:09
2. "Freddie Freeloader" (Miles Davis) - 7:37
3. "All of You" (Cole Porter) - 8:09

Credits

• Bill Evans - piano
• Eddie Gomez - bass
• Eliot Zigmund - drums

External links

• The Bill Evans Memorial Library
• Jazz Discography Bill Evans Catalog