This release presents the complete original Bill Evans album Interplay (RiversideRLP9445). The dates showcased the pianist with a number of great players,trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Philly Joe Jones.As the original producer Orrin Keepnews stated, Evans’ first trumpet choice hadbeen Art Farmer, who was unavailable (in addition to collaborations on otherprojects as sidemen with big bands, they had recorded the superb quintet albumModern Art together in 1958). Evans and Freddie Hubbard had both participatedon Oliver Nelson’s wonderful 1961 LP The Blues and the Abstract Truth, and inApril of 1962 they would both play on the Benny Golson LP Pop + Jazz = Swing.Interplay marked their third and final recorded collaboration.

BILL EVANS, pianoFREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpetJIM HALL, guitarPERCY HEATH, bassPHILLY JOE JONES, drumsNew York, July 16 (A1-A2 & B2-B3)& July 17 (A3, B1 & B4), 1962.Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews.

• 1. You and the Night and the Music
• 2. When You Wish Upon a Star
• 3. I'll Never Smile Again
• 4. Interplay
• 5. You Go To My Head
• 6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
• 7. I'll Never Smile Again (Alt. Take)