List of compositions by Bill Evans

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 It is likely that some of his works have not survived or remain unpublished, for example, a piece titled "Very Little Suite", an assignment composed during his college years.

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
Blue in Green	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
Funkallero		1956	Tenderly: An Informal Session	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	The Paris Concert: Edition Two	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
Peace Piece		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
Time Remembered		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!
Waltz for Debby	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

References

Sources

• Pettinger, Peter (2002) [1999]. Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings (new ed.). Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09727-1.

Further reading

• Wetzel, Pascal (1996). Bill Evans Fake Book. Ludlow Music.