How My Heart Sings!
| How My Heart Sings! | ||||
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| Released | January 1964[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 17, 1962 (#1, 6) May 29, 1962 (#5, 7, 9) June 5, 1962 (#2–4, 8) | |||
| Studio | Sound Makers Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:43 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP-473 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| The Bill Evans Trio chronology | ||||
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How My Heart Sings! is an album recorded by jazz musician Bill Evans in 1962, at the same time as Moon Beams.
Releases
[edit]It was reissued in 1992 with one bonus track. How My Heart Sings! and Moon Beams were also released combined as the double album The Second Trio.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Writing for AllMusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album, "This is a tough recording; it flies in the face of the conventions Evans himself has set, and yet retrains [sic] the deep, nearly profound lyricism that was the pianist's trademark."[2] On All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey said, "After the ballad-laden Moon Beams, producer Orrin Keepnews wanted a slightly more up-tempo recording that resulted in How My Heart Sings. Fifty years later, the recording remains painfully introspective, up-tempo or not. Evans was the Van Gogh of jazz: sensile and troubled, characteristics that expressed themselves in his playing his entire career."[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "How My Heart Sings" (Earl Zindars) – 4:59
- "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 4:55
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 6:59
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" [alternate take - bonus track] – 5:54
- "Walking Up" (Bill Evans) – 4:57
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 6:00
- "34 Skidoo" (Evans) – 6:22
- "Ev'rything I Love" (Cole Porter) – 4:13
- "Show-Type Tune" (Evans) – 4:22
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ January 18, 1964.
- ^ a b Jurek, Tom. "How My Heart Sings! > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Bailey, C. M., All About Jazz Review, August 20, 2013.
