Bill Evans - How My Heart Sings (1962 Album)

How My Heart Sings! is a 1962 album by jazz musician Bill Evans, recorded at the same time as Moon Beams. It was reissued in 1992 with one bonus track. Personnel: Bill Evans (p) Chuck Israels (b) Paul Motian (dr) Released: January 1964 Recorded: May 17, 1962 (#1, 6) May 29, 1962 (#5, 7, 9) June 5, 1962 (#2-4, 8) Sound Makers Studio Label: Riverside RLP 473 Producer: Orrin Keepnews “How My Heart Sings“ (Earl Zindars) “I Should Care“ (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) “In Your Own Sweet Way“ (Dave Brubeck) “In Your Own Sweet Way“ [alternate take - bonus track] “Walkin’ Up“ (Bill Evans) “Summertime“ (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) “34 Skidoo“ (Evans) “Ev’rything I Love“ (Cole Porter) “Show-Type Tune“ (Evans) Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album “This is a tough recording; it flies in the face of the conventions Evans himself has set, and yet retrains the deep, nearly profound lyricism that was the pianist’s trademark.“ On All About Jazz C. Michael Bai