This list contains the known compositions of Bill Evans. It is likely that some of his works have not survived or remain unpublished, for example, a piece titled "Very Little Suite", an assignment composed during his college years.__TOC__
| Name | Year of composition | Year of first recording | First recording | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are You All the Things | 1974 | Intuition | A contrafact based on Jerome Kern's classic "All the Things You Are," which rearranges the words of its title | ||
| B Minor Waltz | 1977 | You Must Believe in Spring | For ex-girlfriend Ellaine, who committed suicide. | ||
| Bill's Belle | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| Bill's Hit Tune | 1979 | We Will Meet Again | |||
| 1959 | 1959 | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis claimed authorship, but Evans, Earl Zindars, and many jazz historians have maintained that it was Evans who composed it (or at least co-wrote it). | ||
| C Minor Blues Chase | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| Carnival | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| Catch the Wind | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| Children's Play Song | 1970 | From Left to Right | |||
| Chromatic Tune | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| Comrade Conrad | 1971 | The Bill Evans Album | The tune originated as a Crest toothpaste jingle. It was later elaborated and dedicated to Conrad Mendenhall, a friend who had died in a car accident. | ||
| Displacement | 1956 | New Jazz Conceptions | |||
| Epilogue | 1959 | Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Short solo | ||
| Evanesque | 1980 (unfinished) | Completed and first recorded by Eliane Elias on her tribute album Something for You (2008) | |||
| Five | 1956 | New Jazz Conceptions | Like many jazz tunes, it's based on the chords of "I Got Rhythm." It was for some years the Bill Evans Trio signature tune. | ||
| For Nenette | 1978 | New Conversations | For Evans' wife. There is also a lyric version titled "In April" | ||
| Fudgesickle Built for Two | 1962 | Loose Blues | Released in 1982 | ||
| Fun Ride | 1962 | Loose Blues | Released in 1982 | ||
| 1956 | Recorded with Don Elliott and released posthumously in 2001 | ||||
| Funny Man | 1967 | Further Conversations with Myself | |||
| G Waltz | 1967 | California Here I Come | |||
| Here Is Something for You | 1980 (unfinished) | From a private cassette recording; completed and recorded with added lyrics by Eliane Elias on her tribute album Something for You (2008) | |||
| Interplay | 1962 | Interplay | |||
| It's Love – It's Christmas | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous, lyrics also by Bill Evans | |
| Knit for Mary F | 1980 | Letter to Evan | For fan Mary Franksen | ||
| Know What I Mean? | 1961 | Know What I Mean? | Piece for Cannonball Adderley's homonymous album | ||
| Laurie | 1979 | 1979 | We Will Meet Again | For girlfriend Laurie Verchomin | |
| Letter to Evan | 1979 | Written for his son Evan Evans, born in 1975 | |||
| Loose Bloose | 1962 | Loose Blues | Released in 1982 | ||
| Maxine | 1978 | New Conversations | For his stepdaughter, Nenette's daughter | ||
| My Bells | 1962 | Loose Blues | Released in 1982; first appeared on Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra in 1966 | ||
| N.Y.C.'s No Lark | 1963 | 1963 | Conversations with Myself | Anagram of the name of pianist Sonny Clark, a personal friend who died in 1963 | |
| One For Helen | 1966 | Bill Evans at Town Hall | For manager Helen Keane | ||
| Only Child | |||||
| Orbit | 1966 | A Simple Matter of Conviction | a.k.a. Unless It's You | ||
| 1958 | Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Improvised solo, loosely based on Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time" | |||
| Peri's Scope | 1959 | Portrait in Jazz | For girlfriend Peri Cousins | ||
| Prologue | 1966 | Bill Evans at Town Hall | Prologue to the solo titled "In Memory of His Father Harry L." | ||
| Re: Person I Knew | 1962 | Moon Beams | Anagram of the name of his friend producer Orrin Keepnews | ||
| Remembering the Rain | 1978 | New Conversations | |||
| Show Type Tune | 1962 | How My Heart Sings! | |||
| A Simple Matter of Conviction | 1966 | A Simple Matter of Conviction | |||
| Since We Met | 1974 | Since We Met | Dedicated to and titled by his wife Nanette | ||
| 34 Skidoo | 1962 | How My Heart Sings! | |||
| Song for Helen | 1978 | New Conversations | For manager Helen Keane | ||
| Song No.1 | First recorded by Chick Corea in 2010 | ||||
| Story Line | 1966 | Bill Evans at Town Hall | Part of the solo titled "In Memory of His Father Harry L." | ||
| Sugar Plum | |||||
| The Opener | |||||
| Theme (What You Gave) | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| There Came You | 1962 | Loose Blues | Released in 1982 | ||
| These Things Called Changes | 1966 | A Simple Matter of Conviction | |||
| Tiffany | 1980 | Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings | For Joe LaBarbera's daughter | ||
| Time Out for Chris | |||||
| 1962 | Loose Blues | Released in 1982; first appeared on Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra in 1966 | |||
| Turn Out the Stars | 1966 | Bill Evans at Town Hall | First appeared in "In Memory of His Father Harry L.," an extended solo featuring other pieces; lyrics by Gene Lees | ||
| T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) | 1971 | The Bill Evans Album | Based on a tone row | ||
| T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two) | 1973 | The Tokyo Concert | Based on a tone row | ||
| The Two Lonely People | 1971 | The Bill Evans Album | Lyrics by Carol Hall for the performance of the song by Tony Bennett | ||
| Very Early | 1949 (appr.) | 1962 | Moon Beams | Evans's first-known tune composed when he was an undergraduate | |
| Walkin' Up | 1962 | How My Heart Sings! | |||
| 1953 (appr.) | 1956 | New Jazz Conceptions | Written for his then recently born niece; lyrics later added by Gene Lees | ||
| Waltz in E | 1965–67 (appr.) | – | – | Posthumous | |
| We Will Meet Again | 1977 | You Must Believe in Spring | For his brother Harry; lyrics by Bill Evans (heard in recordings by others such as Tierney Sutton) | ||
| Yet Ne'er Broken | An anagram of the name of cocaine dealer Robert Kenney | ||||
| Your Story | 1980 | Letter to Evan |
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