Homecoming (Bill Evans album) explained

Homecoming
Type:	live
Artist:	Bill Evans
Cover:	Homecoming (Bill Evans album).jpg
Released:	April 13, 1999
Recorded:	November 6, 1979
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Milestone
Producer:	Eric Miller
Chronology:	Bill Evans
Prev Title:	Piano Player
Prev Year:	1998
Next Year:	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The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 4 stars and states "This disc is a valuable historical document, but it's also a genuine pleasure to listen to".^[2] The All About Jazz review by Douglas Payne stated "Homecoming is a rich, instructive insight into the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]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated

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

Recorded at the Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana on November 6, 1979.

Personnel

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/bill-evans/catalog/#milestone-mcd-9291-2 Bill Evans discography
Anderson, R. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r403413|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed March 24, 2010
Payne, D. Homecoming Review, All About Jazz, June 1, 1999