# Vinil & CD review: Bill Evans – Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark 1965-1969 – 2023: Video, CD cover

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- Published: 2023-05-15T00:02:31+01:00
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**Treasures: Solo, Trio and Orchestra Recordings from Denmark (1965-1969) is a set
of never-before-released recordings of jazz piano icon Bill Evans, taped with excellent
sound quality either live or in Danish TV and Radio studios in the mid-to-late 1960s.**

An official Elemental Music release in collaboration with the Bill Evans Estate,
Treasures is truly a ’holy grail’ discovery culled from the private collection of
Danish jazz musician Ole Matthiessen and being released for the very first time 
as a limited-edition 180-gram 3-LP set. Highlights of the collection include trio
performances from 1965 featuring legendary Danish jazz bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted
Pedersen; the only solo piano version of “My Funny Valentine” by Evans known to 
exist; a 1966 orchestral suite performed with the Evans trio accompanied by the 
Danish Radio Big Band conducted by trumpeter/arranger Palle Mikkelborg; and much
more!

The beautifully designed triple gatefold LP set showcases previously unpublished
photos by Jan Persson from Evans’ Danish tours, as well as insightful liner notes
by acclaimed author, journalist and Evans scholar, Marc Myers, plus interviews and
statements from Danish drummer Alex Riel, music journalist, Danish producer and 
Evans discographer Peter Larsen, Palle Mikkelborg, Evans’ longtime trio mates – 
bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, and pianists Ran Blake and Matthew
Shipp.

**Tracklist **

LP1: BILL EVANS TRIO with NHØP – DENMARK

**SIDE A:**

1. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
 2. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME 3. BEAUTIFUL LOVE 4. 
WALTZ FOR DEBBY

**SIDE B:**

1. I SHOULD CARE
 2. VERY EARLY 3. TIME REMEMBERED 4. WHO CAN I TURN TO?

LP2: BILL EVANS SOLO & ORCHESTRA

**SIDE A: Solo**

1. RE: PERSON I KNEW
 2. ’ROUND MIDNIGHT 3. MY FUNNY VALENTINE 4. TIME REMEMBERED
5. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 6. EPILOGUE

**SIDE B: Orchestral Suite**

1. INTRO into WALTZ FOR DEBBY
 2. TIME REMEMBERED 3. MY BELLS 4. TREASURES 5. WALTZ
FOR DEBBY [reprise] 6. WALKIN’ UP

LP3: BILL EVANS TRIO DENMARK 1966/69

**SIDE A:**

1. ELSA
 2. STELLA BY STARLIGHT 3. DETOUR AHEAD 4. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD 5. TIME
REMEMBERED 6. NARDIS

**SIDE B:**

1. AUTUMN LEAVES
 2. EMILY 3. QUIET NOW 4. NARDIS”

**Personnel**

**Bill Evans** (piano) with collective personnel:
 **Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen**,**
Eddie Gomez** (bass) **Alan Dawson**, **Alex Riel**, **Marty Morell** (drums) **
The Royal Symphony Orchestra** & the **Danish Radio Big Band**.

Copenhagen Jazz Festival, October 31, 1965
 A1 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning Ørsted 
Pedersen, Alan Dawson– Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:35) A2 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning
Ørsted Pedersen, Alan Dawson– Someday My Prince Will Come (4:31) A3 Bill Evans, 
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alan Dawson– Beautiful Love (4:18) Slotsmarksskolen,
Holbæk, November 28, 1965 A4 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alex Riel–
Waltz For Debby (5:58) B1 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alex Riel– 
I Should Care (4:08) B2 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alex Riel– Very
Early (4:39) B3 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alex Riel– Time Remembered(
4:53) B4 Bill Evans, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alex Riel– Who Can I Turn To(
5:59) Solo C1 Bill Evans– Re: Person I Knew (3:21) C2 Bill Evans– ‘Round Midnight(
4:38) C3 Bill Evans– My Funny Valentine (4:00) C4 Bill Evans– Time Remembered (3:
19) C5 Bill Evans– Come Rain Or Come Shine (3:16) C6 Bill Evans– Epilogue (0:34)
Orchestral Suite D1 Bill Evans, The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio
Big Band– Intro / Waltz For Debby (5:13) D1.1 Bill Evans, The Royal Danish Symphony
Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band– Intro D1.2 Bill Evans, The Royal Danish Symphony
Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band– Waltz For Debby D2 Bill Evans, The Royal Danish
Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band– Time Remembered (3:53) D3 Bill Evans,
The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band– My Bells (4:45) D4 Bill
Evans, The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band– Treasures (5:
24) D5 Bill Evans, The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band– Waltz
For Debby (Reprise) (4:19) D6 Bill Evans, The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra, Danish
Radio Big Band– Walkin’ Up (4:17) Trio E1 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Alex Riel– Elsa(
5:52) E2 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Alex Riel– Stella By Starlight (4:19) E3 Bill 
Evans, Eddie Gomez, Alex Riel– Detour Ahead (5:40) E4 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Alex
Riel– In A Sentimental Mood (4:43) E5 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Alex Riel– Time Remembered(
3:31) E6 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Alex Riel– Nardis (3:35) F1 Bill Evans, Eddie 
Gomez, Marty Morell– Autumn Leaves (6:44) F2 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell–
Emily (5:44) F3 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell– Quiet Now (3:42) F4 Bill 
Evans, Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell– Nardis (8:06)

Tracks 1-1 to 1-3 recorded at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Tivolis Koncertsal, 
Copenhagen, October 31, 1965.
 Tracks 1-4 to 1-8 recorded at Slotsmarksskolen, Holbæk,
November 28, 1965. Tracks 2-1 to 2-6 recorded by Danmarks Radio, The Radiohouse,
Copenhagen, late November 1965. Tracks 2-7 to 2-12 recorded by Danmarks Radio, Copenhagen,
late October 1966. Tracks 2-13 to 2-16 recorded at Stakladen, Aarhus, Denmark, November
21, 1969

Arranged By [Arranger], Conductor, Trumpet – Palle Mikkelborg (tracks: 1-9 to 1-
14)
 Band – Danish Radio Big Band (tracks: 1-9 to 1-14) Bass – Eddie Gomez (tracks:
1-9 to 1-14, 2-7 to 2-16), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-
9 to 1-14) Drums – Alan Dawson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3), Alex Riel (tracks: 2-7 to 2-
12), Marty Morell (tracks: 1-9 to 1-13, 2-13 to 2-16) Drums, Interviewee – Marty
Morell Orchestra – The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 2-9 to 2-14) Piano–
Bill Evans Reeds – Jesper Thilo (tracks: 1-9 to 1-14), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 1-9
to 1-14), Torolf Mølgaard (tracks: 1-9 to 1-14) Trumpet – Allan Botschinsky (tracks:
1-9 to 1-14), Idrees Sulieman (tracks: 1-9 to 1-14)

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