You Must Believe in Spring [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
When you think of lyrical, romantic jazz piano playing, the first name that comes to mind, the one who influenced so many others, is Bill Evans. Miles Davis thought so much of him, he included him on the sessions for his immortal Kind Of Blue album. You Must Believe In Spring, a trio recording cut late in Evans' career, features gorgeous playing and stunning production. Its title track has become a standard for all manner of singer and instrumentalist. Includes new liner notes and three bonus tracks.

You Must Believe in Spring,Bill Evans,Rhino / Wea,Ballads,Jazz,Jazz Music,Modal Music,Pop,Post-Bop

Average customer rating: A Beautiful Re-Creation of Over-Exposed Legrand Material "one of the greatest film composers of the 20th Century ~ Michel Legrand"

The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand I Love Paris Michel Plays Legrand Summer of 42 Le Cinema de Michel Legrand ASIN: B000B5XSSA Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
2. Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
3. Summer of 42
4. Never Say Never Again
5. How Do You Keep The Music Playing
6. The Thomas Crown Affair
7. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
8. Les Trois Mousquetaires
9. Wuthering Heights
10. Brian's Song
11. Dingo
12. Yentl
13. Le Messager - Variations 1-2-3-4-5-7

Customer Reviews:

A Beautiful Re-Creation of Over-Exposed Legrand Material.......2006-02-10

Michel Legrand is one the biggest artists of music entertainment, a sensitive composer and arranger.

Here you'll find a correct selection of Legrand's material with unnecessarily new arrangements though with an impeccable performance.

Many of the songs in the repertoire are still available in CDs you can find here @Amazon and the best Legrand is the original Legrand.

This album stands only for those who doesn't care about original takes and wishes just for a selection of the best Legrand.

"one of the greatest film composers of the 20th Century ~ Michel Legrand".......2005-10-26

Silva Screen has released a collection that will set you on your ear "The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection"...Legrand's score sets the tone and mood you experience a sense of power and freedom, so exhilarating...Legrand's genius in composition and orchestration, puts the listener smack dab in the middle of each film he scores as it serves up a generous helping of heaven for all "film-score-buff" collectors

Michel Legrand was born in Paris on February 24th, 1932...attended the Paris Conservatory Progressing...worked in various jazz bands, later a staff arranger and composer...an orchestrator in the '50s...scored films in the early '60s with "THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG" (1964)..."THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR" (1968)..."THE GO-BETWEEN" (1970)..."SUMMER OF '42" (1971)..."THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (1973)...and three Oscars from the Academy Awards for "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND" for best music and original song in 1969 , "SUMMER OF '42" for best original song and original dramatic score in 1972... "YENTL for best music and original song score in 1984...then in 2003 nominated for Broadway's Tony Awards for Best Original Music Score for the Musical "Amour", there's no letting up for this hard working composer.

The Flemish Radio Orchestra featuring conductor composer Michel Legrand on piano and harpsichord, Philippe Chayeb on bass, Thierry Chauvet on drums and Bruno Caviglia on guitar...all in all did a magnificent job in bringing the music of a composer who wrote for a multitude of films, receiving recognition from the industry and fans which is long over-due ~ his work is in constant demand.

This collection contains an overlay of each cue in Legrand's distinctive style of legendary scoring ~ the man who made this possible, a tremendous asset to every project he undertakes is Reynold da Silva [executive producer of the album] ~ symphonic suites with full orchestra fullfilling the "film-score-buffs" cravings for more of the same, just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 77:55 ~ Silva America 1185 ~ (10/04/2005)

Average customer rating: Beauty comes from sadness... 7 notes Hauntingly beautiful A Great Album, Remastered Tutti intenditori

You Must Believe in Spring Bill Evans Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: I Will Say Goodbye Moon Beams Bill Evans Alone The Paris Concert, Edition One Explorations ASIN: B0000C24KC Release Date: 2004-02-03

Tracks:

1. B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine)
2. You Must Believe In Spring
3. Gary's Theme
4. We Will Meet Again (For Harry)
5. The Peacocks
6. Sometime Ago
7. Theme From M*A*S*H (aka Suicide Is Painless)
8. Without A Song
9. Freddie Freeloader
10. All Of You

Album Description

When you think of lyrical, romantic jazz piano playing, the first name that comes to mind, the one who influenced so many others, is Bill Evans. Miles Davis thought so much of him, he included him on the sessions for his immortal Kind Of Blue album. You Must Believe In Spring, a trio recording cut late in Evans' career, features gorgeous playing and stunning production. Its title track has become a standard for all manner of singer and instrumentalist. Includes new liner notes and three bonus tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Beauty comes from sadness..........2006-12-05

This is by far my favorite album from Bill Evans. Off course i dig about everything he did since the riverside years but this one is very special to me. I also think this one's perfect for beginners and even for people who are not quite into jazz. It is very accessible and classical (such as Satie) fans have got a good chance to fall in love with this masterpiece.
I'm ranking that one as #1 on the desert island ;-)

7 notes.......2005-11-05

It just took me the first seven notes on the first track, B Minor Waltz. One of the most melancholic, moving, triping notes ever played. It's worth it even if there was nothing else in there.

Hauntingly beautiful.......2005-05-15

Back in the mid sixties when we were trying to copy in some small way Evan's incredible work from Kind of Blue, we would have given anything to hear some of these incredible ballads like "You Must Believe in Spring".
Eddie Gomez does a fabulous job of complementing Evans in the unique trio style that encouraged a bass player to interact not simply support the piano player.
In my 40 year attempt to understand Evan's demons and the baggage he was carrying, this CD sticks in my mind especially one particular figure from the title cut.
The reluctance to release "...Spring" says to me that the people responsible perhaps "did not believe" and who could blame them. Evans remains a dark and introspective artist. (I have an interesting instructional tape done with his brother on the art of jazz but he never seems to fully open the door)
Although one could guess that Evans would not have agreed, the title cut of "...Spring" introduces the listener to Michel LeGrand and perhaps in turn the fabulous lyrics of Marilyn and Alan Bergman. Evans stepped outside of "conventional" jazz composers and helped bridge a gap between these talented people and the jazz community.
Worth it to hear Evans one more time again AND to listen to Gomez' tremendous basslines.
Call me prejudiced but I find it hard to give Evans less than 5 stars for most of his work, only the way it might be presented.
This is very good CD and a must for true Bill Evans fans.

A Great Album, Remastered.......2005-02-05

"You Must Believe in Spring" is a long-established masterpiece in the catalogue of Bill Evans. With one of his least-appreciated trios, he crafted a gem of an album, harkening back to "Moonbeams" and "The Bill Evans Album" in that it works as a unified collection of songs, as opposed to the slapdash compilation of warhorses that is "Trio '65" (which offers its own, different delights).

Evans was one of the few jazz artists who made great albums, in every sense of the word. He had great concepts, and here he put his mind to work, coming up with seven songs that interrelate thematically and emotionally.

The band is woefully underrated: Eddie Gomez at the end of his eleven-year tenure as Bill's bass man, making some of the most sensitive comments of all his recordings with the trio. He had really matured by the time they recorded "I Will Say Goodbye" for Fantasy. His work here is golden, just golden. Eliot Zigmund was one of the percussionists most keyed in with Evans' time sensibilities. He could really break up the tempo and displace accents and rhythms effectively. This was a tight group that should have had a couple more sessions together.

As for the bonus tracks, I am thrilled to death that they were included! True, like the reviewer below stated, they are not thematically in tune with the rest of the album, but why would you not want to hear an exciting trio stretching out at length and playing some great jazz? Indeed, these tracks are some of the closest Evans ever got to jamming late in his career: free-wheeling, uptempo, exciting! AND, you get to hear him play a blues! No complaints here! If you don't like 'em, stop the CD after "Theme from M*A*S*H." That's all there is to it.

Tutti intenditori.......2004-09-30

Estremamente orecchiabile anche al primo ascolto, questo e' uno di quei dischi di jazz che fanno sentire chiunque un amante del genere ed un esperto intenditore (io, profano, ne sono un esempio). Nonostante la tristezza che trasmette in certi passaggi e' comunque un jazz molto positivo e sempre coinvolgente. E' senz'altro un disco da comprare.

Average customer rating: YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING Always leave the audience wanting more! We all must believe in spring Soulful and oh sooo sweet...

You Must Believe in Spring Frank Morgan Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Love, Lost & Found Bop Reflections City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard Yardbird Suite ASIN: B0000046L2 Release Date: 1992-09-22

Tracks:

1. But Beautiful
2. You've Changed
3. With Malice Towards None
4. Something Borrowed, Something Blue
5. I Should Care
6. Embraceable You
7. While Getting's Good Blues
8. My Heart Stood Still
9. Enigma
10. I Cover The Waterfront
11. You Must Believe In Spring
12. Come Sunday

Customer Reviews:

YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING.......2002-08-27

The record is great BUT YOU HAVE NOT DELIVERED IT. WHERE IS IT? The Rimmers have never received it yheet you say it was delivered a week ago

Always leave the audience wanting more!.......2000-04-04

I have been a Frank Morgan fan for about 2 years. WHen I saw "You Must Believe In Spring" while visiting my son in Ann Arbor I immediately grabbed it without really noticing that the personnel was limited to Mr. Morgan's alto sax accompanied by "only" guest piano players. But what pianists! The list includes Roland Hanna, Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, and Barry Harris (who I freely admit I never heard play before). Of the 12 cuts Frank Morgan plays on 7 leaving a solo piece for each pianist. I find the concept brilliant. Just the proper mix of sax to piano with a chance for each artist to be spotlighted. Each cut is a gem exhibiting great beauty, great virtuosity, and great simplicity. Each cut allowed me to get out of myself and enter a world of beauty that the best jazz creates. I would recommend this very highly to any jazz fan, but especially to the novice who may find the clear melodic nature of the music readily accessible.

We all must believe in spring.......2000-01-10

Wonderfully soft and melodious. This album falls into the catagory of easy listening, without being an elevator music. There is a sweetness to Frank Morgan's music that makes it approachable even by non-jazz lovers.

Soulful and oh sooo sweet..........1999-02-05

The music on this disc will most certainly stand the test of time. It always seems to be a nice change of pace to have just piano and horn together. Morgan's playing is magnificent and the ensemble of pianist's doesn't get any better than this. ANYTHING by Tommy Flanagan is tasty! One can only wonder how much more great music Morgan would have made had he not been dealing with the law.

Average customer rating: Michel Legrand Sunlight on his fingertips all the stars you've got Maestro Legrand , at last ! For Jazz piano purest... Only!

Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Michel Plays Legrand The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection I Love Paris Legrand Jazz Summer of 42 ASIN: B00005YW0W Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

1. I Will Wait For You
2. The Windmills Of Your Mind
3. The Summer Knows
4. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
5. Watch What Happens
6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
7. His Eyes, Her Eyes
8. The Hands Of Time
9. Ordinary Man
10. Summer Me, Winter Me
11. You Must Believe In Spring
12. Once Upon A Summertime
13. L'Amour Fantome
14. Yentl Medley: Papa Can You Hear Me/The Way He Makes Me Feel/A Piece Of Sky

Amazon.com

If the American pop culture profile of French composer-jazz pianist Michel Legrand doesn't seem what it once was, don't be misled: his European indie film scores continue six decades on, now numbering nearly 200. But Legrand's most beloved work remains the lovely, evocative themes he created in the '60s and '70s, including "I Will Wait for You" from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair's "Windmills of Your Mind," the theme from Summer of '42, and his work on Barbra Streisand's Yentl. This collection marks Legrand's first solo piano recordings, presenting those and other film score highlights in spontaneously improvised performances that offer a glimpse of Legrand's musical soul. If, as in "Windmills," his enthusiasm gets the best of him and he occasionally lapses into flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody, there are more than enough sublime moments here to compensate, especially on lesser-known songs like Best Friends' "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from The Happy Ending, and Brian's Song's "Hands of Time." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Michel Legrand.......2007-03-12

This is a great CD! Sound is awesome. I highly recommend it.

Sunlight on his fingertips.......2005-08-10

Sunlight on his fingertips

The very bright talent of Michele Legrand you can feel especially when Maestro is playing piano himself.

I heard some orchestra performance of Legrand before, that was good, but I was still thinking about him just like about pop music composer.

Now I think different - he is Genius!

all the stars you've got.......2005-01-29

Bill Evans once said that technique in jazz "is the ability to translate your ideas into sound through your instrument." If that's the case, Legrand possesses technique in spades.

Before commenting on this rewarding disc, a few words about Legrand himself:

Is there a better songwriter or a more versatile all-around musican alive today? I think you have to go back to people like Gershwin and Billy Strayhorn to find a rough parallel to Legrand's multifaceted, genre-crossing genius. A pupil of Nadia Boulanger (who studied with Faure and taught many important American composers, including Aaron Copland and Philip Glass), Legrand is an heir of the great French tradition of music--but one who has chosen to express himself through popular songs, film scores, and jazz. He possesses that rare combination of an absolutely rigorous theoretical knowledge of music and an intuitive, spontaneous instinct for both melody and improvisation. He combines exquisite refinement with a popular touch, a need to communicate directly with all who love music. To me, his work represents the most perfect expression of such typically French traits as lightness, insouciance, wit, melodic charm, and direct emotional expression since Poulenc.

Here you'll find many of Legrand's signature songs--"I Will Wait for You," "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "The Hands of Time," "You Must Believe in Spring," etc.--reharmonized and enriched in stunningly beautiful solo recreations. Those unfamiliar with Legrand's pianistic abilities will probably be surprised by what they hear, for he's no part-time piano tickler. He can easily hold his own in the company of the best modern jazz pianists. He has a wonderfully refined touch that is incapable of making a harsh sound and a profusive sense of fantasy that keeps you constantly guessing as to where the music will go next. Yet you always feel satisfied when you find out, because Legrand possesses a composer's comprehension of harmony and form. And his own style is in no way compromised by an occasional nod here and there toward Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, Rachmaninoff, and so on. (Please: disregard the Amazon reviewer's remark about "flights of melodramatic pianistic self-parody." It's called a stride chorus, and it's just one example of Legrand's surprising way of recasting these songs--and of his encyclopedic command of jazz styles.)

This disc represents the essence of Legrand. It really should have been recorded a long time ago, but the fact that it has captured his undiminished abilities as he enters his twilight years lends it an added poignance--a sense of "just in time!"--that makes it all the sweeter. If you're already a Legrand fan, it should be a self-recommending treasure, and if you're a fan of great piano playing or of sophisticated jazz treatments of great songs, odds are you'll find this a very rewarding disc indeed. For me, the highlight is this version of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" in which every note seems inevitable--not at all an easy thing to make happen in an improvisation.

Miles Davis once said of a Duke Ellington recording, "Give that one all the stars you've got." That's the way I feel about this disc, and I thought that phrase "all the stars you've got" was appropriate because it almost sounds like the title of a Legrand song.

Maestro Legrand , at last !.......2004-10-10

Legrand has recorded at last one of his more intimate renditions to himself with his most remarkable themes along his brilliant career .
From a summer of 42 , The windmills of your mind (The Thomas crown afair) , what are you doing the rest of your life or the romantic Umbrellas of Cherbourg ; all those unforgettable themes are played in this album for piano solo in the real intimacy between him and the listener .
Legrand is the golden master of soundtracks in France and one of the top in the world . He owns that inner vision to catch the spirit of every movie he accompains . He composes music as he was a real director movie . The psychological concerns , the romantic efluvies and the precise and lyrical atmosphere , with that touch of class, artistic elegance and sublime eloquency .
Think also in the important recordings with Miles Davis . That issue will give you the size of that artist and anothe point to remark . In 1954 , Legrand made a golden jewel : I lvoe Paris (See my review) that has become through the years in the most famous and the best album of instrumental music ever recorded .
What other background do you need to acquire this gem ?

For Jazz piano purest... Only!.......2002-09-07

I love the music of Michele Legrand! It is a rich mixture of
graceful tones and notes, that create memories of a certain
time and place in each of our own lives.
When accompaned with great orchestration Its wonderful. When done in a jazz piano style, its not as good. Not to take anyting away from the talents of Mr Legrand as a pianist. Its just that like hearing a lusher, grander version of his music. So if you like jazz piano music, and Michele Legrand.
Then this is the cd for you!

Average customer rating: Partly disappointing Sublime, Incandescent Breathtaking, magnificent....A MUST HAVE!!! CATASTROPHIC! For intent listening and getting blown away

I Was Born in Love With You Michel Legrand , Jessye Norman , Ron Carter , and Grady Tate Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Harp | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Norman, Jessye | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Michel Legrand by Michel Legrand The Essential Jessye Norman [Includes DVD: Jessye Norman Sings Carmen] Magic: Kiri Sings Michel Legrand Michel Plays Legrand The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection ASIN: B00004C4Q3 Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

1. The Summer Knows
2. Dans ses yeux
3. Je vivrai sans toi
4. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
5. I Was Born In Love With You
6. Dis-moi
7. Les enfants qui pleurent
8. The Moon And I
9. Celui-La
10. Les moulins de mon coeur
11. You Must Believe In Spring
12. La valse des lilas
13. Afterthoughts
14. Les parapluies de Cherbourg
15. Between Yesterday And Tomorrow

Amazon.com

Just in case the name of Michel Legrand is not familiar, he is the composer of the infuriatingly catchy "The Windmills of My Mind" (actually "The Windmills of My Heart" in the original French) and all the songs in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, the charming Catherine Deneuve film musical. The material on this disc ranges from the smoky melancholy of "Je vivrai sans toi" ("I Will Live Without You") to the hyperbolic camp of "Celui-là" ("The One") but mainly hovers in the realm of anguished longing. Jessye Norman uses the material to show off the extraordinary range and flexibility of her voice. She slips between a pure, almost boyish sound and a full-throated luxurious warble with ease. But idiomatically she may not be to everyone's taste: for the most part this is the musical territory inhabited by the Billie Holidays of the world, and Norman's technique puts her at a disadvantage. Michel Legrand in his role as pianist is another matter, however. His carefully nuanced accompaniments flow with improvisatory ease, and inspire some great moments from the bass and drums. --Warwick Thompson

Customer Reviews:

Partly disappointing.......2007-04-04

I own many of Ms Norman's records, and she has just about the best classically trained voice around, but this record is very up and down. In short... her voice is overly classical for this type of music. M. Michel Legrand est genial... and his music makes this record.

Sublime, Incandescent .......2006-12-02

Like most of the reviewers here, this album has given me countless hours of sublime pleasure. It's pure gold. This collaboration embodies a wonderful honesty, authenticity, subtlety, and incandescence...qualities that are very rare nowadays. It's a must have for anyone who appreciates the subtle, sublime and the unpretentious. This album simply could not be better.

The silly comments made by the the first reviewer is an unfortunate testament to the muederous mediocrity of the common palate. The macdonaldization of the collective palate, renders most of us incapable of appreciating anything but the expected.

Both Norman and Legrand were simply sublime.

Breathtaking, magnificent....A MUST HAVE!!!.......2006-08-03

This is no doubt, a great CD by a great diva and a great composer...period. It's jazz singing at its very finest, with the most beautiful nuances and vocalization you'll probably ever hear. Jessye Norman, one of my favorite Sieglinde's, Ariadnes, and Kundry's, sings these songs in such an artistic and captivating way that I would gladly give in and say that this is one of the best CD's I've ever owned. Highly recommended!

CATASTROPHIC! .......2006-07-23

THIS ALBUM HAS BROUGHT ME TO THE BRINK OF... I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, FOR AFTER HEARING THIS, ALL MY ANSWERS...
this is the purpose of art-exhuming life

For intent listening and getting blown away.......2005-05-07

I just don't believe anyone would give this less than 4 or 5 stars, how can this be ?

I can't describe the listening pleasure I derived from hearing this. I don't like opera. No, worse than that. What with modern electronic sound equipment that can record the many hues of the human voice, opera is not singing, but "lunging". In actuality, we hear more meaning with other vocalising technologies. Plus, we are expected to believe that because of the complexities of performing this style of (mostly) archaic music that we are witness to genius living out the equivalent of solving Rubic's Cube right before our eyes. Let's show a little descriminative restraint, ladies and gentlemen. "Opera" could be a valuable adjunct to good theater. It's place in academia needs an adjustment, to say the least. Let's do other acts with ourselves.

But you can't top Jessye Norman, nonetheless. This recording blew me clean away.

Yes, the sound is lush. But it's worse (better, I mean) than that. This singer should stop you in your tracks, not just provide you with a lush feel. If you listen seriously -- well, each word, almost each and every separate word is like a natural, richly colored landscape painting.

I should have waited to collect my thoughts with more specific appreciative comments. There are some nice reviewer comments on this Jessye Norman work listed already here.

For those of you with odd music prejudices -- you'd be best to concern yourself with constructive commentary on some other CD rather than cannibalizing this superb and unique recording to compensate for your limits in listening comprehension.

I almost jumped in the air after my first listen through. I still feel unmitigated joy from the work of all, here. No, it's not one that will fit neatly into everyone's pre-existing grooves and mental ruts. Wowee ! Six or seven stars at least.

Average customer rating: From tape to CD - still the Best One of the best jazz records. Period. ONE OF HIS BEST FOR SURE Quintessential Bill Evans One of his best!!

You Must Believe in Spring Bill Evans Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Moon Beams Explorations The Paris Concert, Edition One I Will Say Goodbye The Best of Bill Evans on Verve ASIN: B000002KM0 Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine)
2. You Must Believe In Spring
3. Gary's Theme
4. We Will Meet Again (For Harry)
5. The Peacocks
6. Sometime Ago
7. Theme From M*A*S*H (aka Suicide Is Painless)

Customer Reviews:

From tape to CD - still the Best.......2007-04-12

I have enjoyed jazz since the 1930's. Bill Evans "You Must Believe in Spring" is still the best. I am writing my first review at 85 to tell you this music is understated - emotional and shows the value of dedicated talent - quality always endures - buy this CD - you will be playing it the rest of your life. Play this CD in the late night - pour a glass of wine - ponder life - you CAN cope.

One of the best jazz records. Period........2004-10-14

You Must Believe in Spring was my first, accidental introduction to Bill Evans. What a wonderful accident! I have since become a ridiculously huge fan of his, but, as much as I love all his recordings, there really seems to be something special in this collection, and I'm not sure it gets the kind of attention it deserves, when placed alongside better known classics like "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" or "Waltz for Debby". There is an exceptional tenderness and musicality to these performances which must be heard to be understood. There are wonderful feelings being imparted on this record. I cannot recommend this album too highly. If I had another hand, I'd give it three thumbs up. Enough said. :)

ONE OF HIS BEST FOR SURE.......2004-05-06

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RECORDS HE EVER MADE, AND ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE IN COOL-JAZZ-TRIO.EVANS ALWAYS HAS THE WAY OF PLAYING SOMETHING IN A PASSIONABLE & SENTIMENTAL WAY ...THE SAME DOES HERE..I HAVE ABOUT 43 OF BILL'S RECORDS AND THIS ONE STANDS ON THE TOP.

Quintessential Bill Evans.......2003-01-10

I don't know how to review this CD, because when reviewing a Bill Evans album, my intellect gets in the way of the music. Every time I listen to this CD, it makes me soar, it inspires me, and sometimes, raises the hairs on the back of my neck as I am astounded by the beauty of it. Recorded 3 years before his death, this session is one of the most melodic the great pianist ever recorded. I don't think there is a pianist who ever lived who could create with the music as well as Evans. This recording is creative without being dense. Every note is distinctive, almost as if the pianist is holding each one for the listener's pleasure. This is an album of beautiful melodies, with really great production values. The music is inspirational and passionate. I rank this Evans recording as maybe my very favorite. The pianist on this date is authoritative, passionate, and above all, melodic. I'm making a hash of this review I know, but as I write this I am listening to the beautiful 'B Minor Waltz' and I am overwhelmed by a feeling of joy. That's what Bill Evans can do for you. Just buy this recording, I absolutely guarantee you will be happy with it. If there is such a thing as essential Bill Evans, this CD must be included.

One of his best!!.......2003-01-01

I am a realtively new listener to Bill Evans. I don't know much about the technical aspects of jazz piano, but I know what I like when I hear it.

I bought my first Bill Evans CD (Village Vangaurd Recordings) after reading an article about him in the New Yorker about a year ago. I was "hooked" from the first time I heard him. His gentle piano playing and the intropsective quality of his music struck a deep chord in me. Listening to that live recording brought back the times I had been to New York and stumbled into in a small basement nightclub like the Village Vangaurd listening to trio jazz ensembles and conversing with friends.

Since then, I have bought a few other Bill Evnas CDs. Each CD I buy has me listening to it over and over again. With "You Must Believe in Spring," I find that I want to play it almost with a kind of obsession, never tiring of it, and hearing something a little bit different to appreciate each time I listen to it.

This is one of my favorite Bill Evans CD (Moon Beams is another.), and I know it will be a constant on the CD player. I particularly like "Gary's Theme" and "Sometime Ago," both beautifully executed. If you like "Moon Beams," you'll love this one.

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The Concert Legrand Manufacturer: Bmg Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Michel Legrand: Live in Brussels Celebrated Film Scores, Jazz Tunes and Chansons ASIN: B00005YWRT Release Date: 2002-04-03

Tracks:

1. Once upon a Summertime
2. Saddest Thing of All
3. You Must Believe in Spring
4. Wonder Where I'll Be Tomorrow " [Theme from "Sheila Levine Is Dead ...]
5. Christine
6. Sweet Gingerbread Man " [Theme from "The Magic Garden of Stanley ...]
7. Happy [Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues]
8. Snowbirds Serenade
9. Fickle Fingers
10. Petite Musique d'Amour (Do You Hear Music in Your Sleep?)
11. Pieces of Dreams

Album Description

Japanese exclusive reissue of 1976 album featuring live versions of 11 Legrand classics for films, 'Once Upon a Summertime', 'The Saddest Thing of All', 'You Must Believe in Spring', 'Wonder Where I'll Be Tomorrow', 'Christine', 'Sweet Gingerbread Man', 'Happy', 'Snowbirds Serenade', 'Fickle Fingers', 'Petite Musique d'Amour' & 'Pieces of Dreams'. K2 24 bit mastering.

Album Details

First Time Available on CD. Originally Recorded in 1976.

Average customer rating: Great Sylvia Syms Heartfelt and touching.

You Must Believe in Spring: The Words of Alan & Marilyn Bergman Sylvia Syms Manufacturer: Elba ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jazz Portrait of Johnny Mercer Torch Song Lovingly The Music Never Ends - The Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman Lyrically, Alan Bergman ASIN: B00000DMNM Release Date: 1998-06-09

Tracks:

1. You Must Believe In Spring
2. Summer Me, Winter Me
3. Like A Lover
4. Where Do You Start?
5. Make Me Rainbows
6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
7. Yellow Bird
8. That Face
9. Nice N Easy
10. Fifty Percent
11. I Won't Believe My Eyes
12. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?

Customer Reviews:

Great Sylvia Syms.......2002-10-18

This CD is not easy to find since it was released on a small
label but do your damnedest to find it. Just to hear her sing
"Fifty Per Cent" a classic from BALLROOM. She sings the song as if it were a three act play and tears your heart out. Miss Syms really
understands the lyrics and even oddball choices like "Yellow
Bird" and "Nice and Easy" are terrific.

Heartfelt and touching........2001-05-29

I got this CD a year ago, and on first play wasn't too impressed with it. Ms. Syms made this recording at the end of her career, and the years have taken a toll on her voice. Maybe because I'm a year older, and a lot closer to Social Security than to my high school graduation, I gave this production a second hearing from a fresh perspective. I now see it as the effort of a valiant woman in the twilight of her years putting every ounce of her being into facing the challenges and indignities of what remains of her life. This time through I find her music heartfelt and touching. And I feel very privileged that I have this disc in my collection. It leaves me with the impression that the world is a somewhat better place because of the music that Sylvia Syms left to it. Don't buy this CD because you want to hear a wonderful voice. Get it because it is one of those rare recordings that will make you feel you are in the company of a very special human being.

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You Must Believe in Spring ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000B6TRPC Release Date: 2005-09-13

Album Description

Together with his superb New York band, pianist Steve Kuhn and his trio as well as guest musicians such as trumpeter Lew Soloff, saxophonist Eric Alexander, and flugelhorn player Time Bolden, jazz vocalist Philipp Weiss delivers renditions of ten standards and own of his own compositions. Weiss gets to the heart and soul of this music quite unlike any other 2005.

Average customer rating: Central Virginia LOVES Jennifer

You must believe in spring Jennifer Kirkland Manufacturer: KangaRoo Productions LLC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001E5GO0 Release Date: 2004-01-12

Tracks:

1. Taking a Chance on Love
2. My Shining Hour
3. I Remember You
4. Seems Like Old Times
5. Everything But You
6. Song Seller
7. Something's Gotta Give
8. Who Will Buy
9. Just One of Those Things
10. Stay Well
11. Never Never Land
12. Scotch and Soda
13. I Won't Dance
14. You Must Belive in Spring

Album Description

Stunning vocals by a singer reminiscent of the best of Julie London and Julie Andrews combined, with a little Rosemary Clooney in the mix. Creative arrangements of an eclectic mix of jazz standards, show tunes, and some rarely heard pop tunes. Hot guitar work by Bert Carlson, and other great solos by saxophonist Bobby Read (of Bruce Hornsby band), bluegrass fiddle player Chris Sexton (of Nothin' Fancy), and trumpeter Richard Adams. Other fine musicians include Bob Bowen on bass, Phil Riddle on drums, and Jim Harrington on accordion.

Customer Reviews:

Central Virginia LOVES Jennifer.......2007-07-07

This CD is every bit as good as Jennifer live, and we have the honor and privilege of hearing her and Mr. Carlson LIVE on Tuesday nights in Staunton, VA. Her voice, the arrangements, the selection of tunes all blend to make this a play-it-again CD which will earn a long-term place in your heart. Watch for their second album, Alone Together, for even more musical treats. Saturday; July 7, 2007

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