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Name = Moon Beams| |
Name = Moon Beams| |
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Type = |
Type = Album| |
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Artist = [[Bill Evans]]| |
Artist = [[Bill Evans]]| |
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Cover = Moon_Beams.jpg| |
Cover = Moon_Beams.jpg| |
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Caption = The woman featured on the album cover is [[Nico]], then a fashion-model. [http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/MODE/mode22.html]| |
Caption = The woman featured on the album cover is [[Nico]], then a fashion-model. [http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/MODE/mode22.html]| |
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Released = 1962| |
Released = 1962| |
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Recorded = May 17 |
Recorded = May 17, 1962 (#5,9)<br>May 29, 1962 (#1, 8)<br>June 2, 1962 (#2-4, 6-7)<br>June 5, 1962 (#10-11)<br><small>Sound Makers Studio, [[New York City|New York]]| |
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Genre = [[Jazz]]| |
Genre = [[Jazz]]| |
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Length = 39:19| |
Length = 39:19| |
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Label = [[Riverside Records|Riverside]]| |
Label = [[Riverside Records|Riverside]]<br><small>RLP-428| |
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Producer = [[Orrin Keepnews]]| |
Producer = [[Orrin Keepnews]]| |
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Last album = ''[[How My Heart Sings!]]'' <br />(1962)| |
Last album = ''[[How My Heart Sings!]]'' <br />(1962)| |
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'''''Moon Beams''''' is a |
'''''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 previosuly unreleased alternate takes. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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#"[[Centennial Summer|In Love in Vain]]" ([[Leo Robin]] and [[Jerome Kern]]) – 4:36 |
#"[[Centennial Summer|In Love in Vain]]" ([[Leo Robin]] and [[Jerome Kern]]) – 4:36 |
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#"Very Early" ([[Bill Evans]]) – 4:40 |
#"Very Early" ([[Bill Evans]]) – 4:40 |
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<small>'''Bonus tracks on 2012 CD reissue:'''</small> |
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#<li value=9>"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" [Alternate Take] - 4:17 |
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#"I Fall in Love Too Easily" [Alternate Take] - 2:38 |
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#"Very Early" [Alternate Take] - 3:35 |
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==Personnel== |
==Personnel== |
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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 previosuly unreleased alternate takes.
Reception
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| 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
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
- ^ a b Jurek, Tom. "Moon Beams > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.