The Way to Play

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Tracklist

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1I Love You
instrumental recording of:
I Love You (Mexican Hayride musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music, EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
3:56
2Five
recording of:
Five
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc., TRO-Acorn Music and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
4:02
3Conception
recording of:
Conception
composer:
George Shearing
4:47
4Easy Living
instrumental recording of:
Easy Living
lyricist:
Leo Robin
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (in 1937, in 1964)
3:53
5Displacement
recording of:
Displacement
writer:
Bill Evans
2:36
6Speak Low
instrumental recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
5:10
7Our Delight
recording of:
Our Delight
composer:
Tadd Dameron
4:44
8No Cover, No Minimum (take 2)
recording of:
No Cover, No Minimum
composer:
Bill Evans
7:36
9I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
instrumental recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
1:39
10Waltz for Debby
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental)
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music Publishers Inc. and Kensington Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
1:20
11My Romance
instrumental recording of:
My Romance
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Jumbo
2:00
12Minority
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass and double bass:
Sam Jones (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
cover recording of:
Minority (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Gigi Gryce
publisher:
Jacogg Publications and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
5:23
13Young and Foolish
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
engineer:
Jack Higgins
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass and double bass:
Sam Jones (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Young and Foolish (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Arnold Horwitt
composer:
Albert Hague
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music
5:54
14Night and Day
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Music, Warner Bros., Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
7:36
15Oleo
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
cover recording of:
Oleo (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation, Prestige Music and Sony/ATV Songs
4:09
16Tenderly
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Tenderly (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
3:34
17What Is There to Say
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
What Is There to Say? (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
BMG Songs, Next Decade Entertainment and T.B. Harms Co.
4:55
18Peace Piece
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-15)
recording of:
Peace Piece (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
6:43
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1Lucky to Be Me
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
On the Town: Lucky to Be Me (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
publisher:
Jalni Publications Inc., The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal Music Publishing AB, Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Music
part of:
On the Town
3:40
2Epilogue
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
recording of:
Epilogue (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
0:41
3Honeysuckle Rose
instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
5:58
4As Time Goes By
instrumental recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (ended), Chappell, Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
7:00
5The Way You Look Tonight
instrumental recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
7:44
6It Could Happen to You
instrumental recording of:
It Could Happen to You
lyricist:
Johnny Burke
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Sony/ATV Harmony and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
sub-publisher:
Gehrmans Musikförlag, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
7:31
7The Man I Love
instrumental recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
6:01
8I Got Rhythm
instrumental recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
8:36
9Peri's Scope
recording of:
Peri's Scope
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:16
10Witchcraft
instrumental recording of:
Witchcraft
lyricist:
Carolyn Leigh
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Morley Music Co. Inc., Notable Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and WB Music Corp.
4:36
11Spring Is Here
instrumental recording of:
Spring Is Here
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1938)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., Robbins Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
5:08
12What Is This Thing Called Love?
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (on 1959-12-28)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass, double bass and double bass [bass]:
Scott LaFaro (on 1959-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (on 1959-12-28)
piano:
Bill Evans (on 1959-12-28)
performer:
Bill Evans (on 1959-12-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue) (on 1959-12-28)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
instrumental cover recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue) (on 1959-12-28)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
4:39
13Come Rain or Come Shine
instrumental recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
3:25
14Blue in Green (take 3)
recording of:
Blue in Green
composer:
Miles Davis and Bill Evans
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, Musical Frontiers Pub. Co. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
5:24
15Autumn Leaves
instrumental recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc.
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
6:01
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1Someday My Prince Will Come
instrumental recording of:
Someday My Prince Will Come
lyricist:
Larry Morey
composer:
Frank Churchill
publisher:
Bourne Co. (in 1937)
part of:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Disney animated film, songs and musical score)
4:56
2When I Fall in Love
instrumental cover recording of:
When I Fall in Love
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young
publisher:
Avenue Music Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A., Northern Music, Victor Young Publishing, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:58
3Autumn Leaves
instrumental recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc.
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
4:55
4Our Delight
recording of:
Our Delight
composer:
Tadd Dameron
6:38
5Beautiful Love/Five (Closing Theme)
medley including a instrumental cover recording of:
Beautiful Love (Jazz Standard)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne, Wayne King and Victor Young
publisher:
Movie Tone Music and Sam Fox Publishing Co. (London) Ltd.
medley including a recording of:
Five
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc., TRO-Acorn Music and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
5:24
6Come Rain or Come Shine
instrumental recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
4:55
7Blue in Green
recording of:
Blue in Green
composer:
Miles Davis and Bill Evans
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, Musical Frontiers Pub. Co. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
6:15
8Israel
recording of:
Israel (Miles Davis/John Carisi's song)
composer:
John Carisi
publisher:
Beechwood Music
6:14
9Haunted Heart
instrumental recording of:
Haunted Heart
lyricist:
Howard Dietz
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
3:29
10Beautiful Love
instrumental recording of:
Beautiful Love (Jazz Standard)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne, Wayne King and Victor Young
publisher:
Movie Tone Music and Sam Fox Publishing Co. (London) Ltd.
5:09
11Elsa
recording of:
Elsa
composer:
Earl Zindars
publisher:
Zindars Music and Zindars Publishing
5:14
12Nardis
recording of:
Nardis
composer:
Miles Davis
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, Jazz Horn Music Corporation, Musical Frontiers and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
5:53
13How Deep Is the Ocean?
instrumental recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:34
14I Wish I Knew
instrumental recording of:
I Wish I Knew
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
publisher:
WB Music Corp.
4:44
15Sweet and Lovely
instrumental recording of:
Sweet and Lovely
lyricist:
Harry Tobias
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Charles N. Daniels
publisher:
Harry Tobias Music, Keith Prowse Music, Redwood Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1931), Chappell & Co. (in 1931), Quartet Music Inc. (in 1931) and Range Road Music Inc. (in 1931)
5:55
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1My Foolish Heart
instrumental recording of:
My Foolish Heart
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young
arranger:
Les Harris
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Catharine Hinen Music, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Joy Music, Inc., Largo Music and Patti Washington Music
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:52
2My Romance
instrumental recording of:
My Romance
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Jumbo
7:09
3Some Other Time
instrumental recording of:
Some Other Time
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Music Publishing Company of America, Quaytor Productions LLC, Universal PolyGram International, Warner Bros. and WC Music Corp.
4:57
4Solar
recording of:
Solar
composer:
Miles Davis
publisher:
Prestige Music Co.
8:51
5Gloria's Step
recording of:
Gloria’s Step
composer:
Scott LaFaro
publisher:
Orpheum Music
6:07
6My Man's Gone Now
instrumental recording of:
My Man’s Gone Now (aria from Porgy and Bess, use this for non-opera or instrumental recordings)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”
6:21
7All of You
instrumental recording of:
All of You (Silk Stockings musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. and Chappell Music
part of:
Silk Stockings (1957 musical film)
8:15
8Alice in Wonderland
instrumental recording of:
Alice in Wonderland (main theme of Alice in Wonderland, 1951 film)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Sammy Fain
part of:
Alice in Wonderland (1951 Disney animated film)
8:33
9Milestones
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”)
composer:
Miles Davis
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI, Jazz Horn Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
6:32
10Detour Ahead
recording of:
Detour Ahead
composer:
Lou Carter (in 1947), Herb Ellis (in 1947) and Johnny Frigo (in 1947)
publisher:
Woodrow Music
7:35
11Waltz for Debby
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental)
composer:
Bill Evans
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music Publishers Inc. and Kensington Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
6:58
12Jade Visions
recording of:
Jade Visions
composer:
Scott LaFaro
publisher:
Orpheum Music
3:47

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ASIN:US: B007W0YVDI [info]