Bill Evans - California Here I Come (Verve Vault Series) ( Vinyl 2LP)(PREORDER)

Available 10/09/2026. Pre-orders will be available for pickup or shipped within 72 hours of release date. If your order contains a preorder, your entire order gets held until the preorder release date - so you may want to order preorders individually or by release date. Keep in mind release dates are subject to change. Limited preorders.

Six years after the legendary live sets that yielded two of Bill Evans’ best-loved albums for Riverside, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby, the influential jazz pianist returned to the same Manhattan jazz club for two nights in 1967, in a rare trio setting with Eddie Gomez on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums. The recordings were compiled on the perhaps confusingly titled double album, California Here I Come, in 1982, issued two years after Evans’ passing. Despite the perceived coastal mix-up, one thing is clear: Evans and his rhythm section were in fine form, delivering unbridled spirit, rhythmic fire and high-energy interplay with each other on readings of standards like, “‘Round Midnight,” “In a Sentimental Mood,” “Stella by Starlight,” and the then-new Bacharach/David standout “Alfie.” The Verve Vault series is all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.