DESCRIPTION:
The Tokyo Concert is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell recorded at the Yūbin Chokin Hall in Tokyo, Japan in 1973 and released on the Fantasy label.

Personel: Bill Evans (p) Eddie Gómez (bs) Marty Morell (dr)
Released: 1974
Recorded: January 20, 1973 Yūbin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
Label: Fantasy
Producer: Helen Keane

0:00 "Mornin' Glory" (Bobbie Gentry)
5:49 "Up with the Lark" (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin)
12:35 "Yesterday I Heard the Rain" (Gene Lees, Armando Manzanero)
19:08 "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
27:49 "When Autumn Comes" (Clare Fischer)
33:51 "T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two)" (Bill Evans)
40:27 "Hullo Bolinas" (Steve Swallow)
44:27 "Gloria's Step" (Scott LaFaro)
52:24 "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington)

The Bill Evans Trio's 1973 concert in Tokyo was his first recording for Fantasy and it produced yet another Grammy-nomination for the presentation. With bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, this LP mixes offbeat songs with overlooked gems, familiar standards, and surprisingly, only one Evans composition, the demanding "T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two)." Bobbie Gentry's "Mornin' Glory" was an unusual choice to open the performance and seems a bit conservative for Evans. The adrenaline picks up considerably with his midtempo waltzing take of Jerome Kern's "Up with the Lark" and a driving "My Romance." Evans also revisits the twisting Scott LaFaro tune "Gloria's Step," which showcases both Gomez and Morell. The closer, "On Green Dolphin Street," is given a slight bossa nova flavor and isn't nearly as aggressive as most of the pianist's live recordings of this popular standard. Although this CD doesn't rank among the Top Five live dates recorded by Evans, it should be considered an essential part of his discography.