Bill Evans - Further Ahead - Live In Finland 1964-1969

Available on April 12th at all RSD participating record stores

Deluxe 180-Gram Double LP

Special Gatefold Edition

Includes 12-Page LP-Size Booklet

Further Ahead: Live in Finland (1964-1969), a stunning new collection of never-before-heard performances by the master jazz pianist Bill Evans, will arrive as a limited, 180-gram two-LP set on Record Store Day (April 12, 2025) from Elemental Music.

This set of major discoveries — which will also be released in a two-CD edition on April 18 — is the 13th Evans archival package to be produced by the award-winning “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman in cooperation with the Bill Evans Estate.

Feldman says, “Evans is widely celebrated and has legions of fans all over the world, and these never-before-released recordings present yet another chapter of his musical legacy being issued for the very first time... It’s not lost on me how precious each of these Evans projects is. We take them incredibly seriously and try to present Bill Evans in the best way possible, and also create packages that people will want to come back to for many years to come. Evans is eternal.”

Further Ahead comprises recordings made during the keyboardist’s Scandinavian tours of the ‘60s. He is heard, at the height of his powers, in Helsinki performances in 1964 (with his working trio including bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker) and 1965 (supported by bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Allan Dawson, with special guest Lee Konitz), and in 1969 at Tampere (with his longest-running trio mates, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell).

Both the LP and CD editions of the package will include an essay by jazz authority Marc Myers; remembrances and reflections from Israels, Gomez, Morell, and pianist and educator Gil Goldstein; Evans’ own take on his writing process, drawn from Goldstein’s book Jazz Composer’s Companion; rare photos; and more.

Tracklist:

Side A

1. HOW MY HEART SINGS 4:29

2. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 4:55

3. NARDIS 5:31

4. AUTUMN LEAVES 5:13

5. FIVE 2:40

BILL EVANS piano, CHUCK ISRAELS bass, LARRY BUNKER drums.

Recorded live in Helsinki, Finland, August 13, 1964.

Side B

1. DE TOUR AHEAD 5:52

2. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 5:33

3. MY MELANCHOLY BABY 8:19

BILL EVANS piano, NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN bass, ALAN DAWSON drums, LEE KONITZ alto sax (on B3 only).

Helsinki Jazz Festival, Helsinki, Finland, November 1, 1965.

Side C

1. VERY EARLY 5:26

2. WHO CAN I TURN TO? 5:52

3. ’ROUND MIDNIGHT 7:08

4. GLORIA’S STEP 5:20

5. TURN OUT THE STARS 5:16

Side D

1. AUTUMN LEAVES 5:50

2. QUIET NOW 5:56

3. EMILY 5:54

4. NARDIS 10:37

BILL EVANS piano, EDDIE GOMEZ bass, MARTY MORELL drums.

University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, October 28, 1969.

Produced for Release by ZEV FELDMAN.

Executive Producers: JORDI SOLEY and CARLOS AGUSTÍN CALEMBERT.

Associate Producers: MARTÍN ARIAS GOLDESTEIN and ZAK SHELBY-SZYSZKO.

Originally produced and recorded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE.