Moon Beams

by Bill Evans

Moon Beams cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: US
  • Length: 18:20
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Motian, Chuck Israels

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A deeply introspective album, recorded in the first sessions after the death of bassist Scott LaFaro. The performances are imbued with a poignant, vulnerable quality, capturing the essence of Bill Evans's unmatched artistry in harmonic subtlety and emotional depth.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, ballad, delicate, elegant, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Re: Person I Knew (5:45)
  2. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (5:01)
  3. I Fall in Love Too Easily (2:42)
  4. Stairway to the Stars (5:41)

Credits

  • The Bill Evans Trio - primary artist
  • Chuck Israels - bass
  • Ken Deardoff - design [album], design
  • Paul Motian - drums
  • Bill Schwartau - engineer [recording]
  • Joe Goldberg - liner notes
  • Steve Schapiro - photography by [back liner photo]
  • Peter Sahula - photography by [cover photo]
  • Bill Evans - piano, written-by
  • Orrin Keepnews - producer
  • Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke - written-by
  • Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn - written-by
  • Frank Signorelli - written-by
  • Matty Malneck - written-by
  • Mitchell Parish - written-by
  • Tadd Dameron - written-by
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein - written-by
  • Jerome Kern - written-by
  • Leo Robin - written-by
  • Pete Sahula - photography

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