Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival

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Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival cover
Live album by Bill Evans
Released 1968
Recorded June 15, 1968
Genre Jazz
Length 58:59
Label Verve Records
Professional reviews

Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival  is a 1968 (see 1968 in music) album by the American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded live at that year's Montreux Jazz Festival.

The trios performance on this album won them the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.

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  1. "One for Helen" (Bill Evans) – 5:22
  2. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 6:05
  3. "Mother of Earl" (Earl Zindars) – 5:14
  4. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 8:23
  5. "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 6:00
  6. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 4:45
  7. "Embraceable You" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 6:45
  8. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 6:08
  9. "Walkin' Up" (Evans) – 3:45
  10. "Quiet Now" (Denny Zeitlin) – 6:26
  11. "Walkin' Up" – 3:35

On the track Someday My Prince Will Come, the trio switches to 4/4 time for one chorus during Bill Evan's solo (the tune is written in 3/4 time).

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