Homecoming (Bill Evans album)

Homecoming
Live album by
Bill Evans
ReleasedApril 13, 1999
RecordedNovember 6, 1979
GenreJazz
LabelMilestone
ProducerEric Miller
Bill Evans chronology
Piano Player
(1998) 		Homecoming
(1999) 		The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings
(2000)

Homecoming is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1979 but not released until 1999 on the Milestone label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 4 stars and states "This disc is a valuable historical document, but it's also a genuine pleasure to listen to".[2] The All About Jazz review by Douglas Payne stated "Homecoming is a rich, instructive insight into the genius of this already over-recorded piano wonder — for hardcore devotees and the mildly interested alike... Homecoming is worth coming home to".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated
  1. "Re: Person I Knew" - 4:03
  2. "Midnight Mood" (Ben Raleigh, Joe Zawinul) - 6:22
  3. "Laurie" - 7:46
  4. "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (Mike Altman, Johnny Mandel) - 4:11
  5. "Turn Out the Stars" - 4:52
  6. "Very Early" - 5:11
  7. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:12
  8. "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:40
  9. "Up with the Lark" (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) - 5:38
  10. "Minha (All Mine)" (Francis Hime) - 3:41
  11. "I Do It for Your Love" (Paul Simon) - 5:52
  12. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) - 6:25
  13. Interview with Bill Evans by Rod Starns - 6:00
  • Recorded at the Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana on November 6, 1979.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Bill Evans discography accessed March 24, 2010
  2. ^ a b Anderson, R. Allmusic Review accessed March 24, 2010
  3. ^ Payne, D. Homecoming Review, All About Jazz, June 1, 1999
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.