Moon Beams
| Moon Beams | ||||
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The album cover features Nico, then a fashion model and actress. | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | Mid December 1962 | |||
| Recorded | May 17, 1962 (#5, 9) May 29, 1962 (#1, 8) June 2, 1962 (#2–4, 6–7) June 5, 1962 (#10–11) | |||
| Studio | Sound Makers Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:00 (original LP) 49:30 (2012 CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP-428 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| The Bill Evans Trio chronology | ||||
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Moon Beams is a 1962 album by jazz musician Bill Evans and the first trio album he recorded after the death of bassist Scott LaFaro. It introduces two important Evans originals, "Re: Person I Knew" (an anagram of the name of his then-producer, Orrin Keepnews), and "Very Early," which Evans had actually composed as an undergraduate. The originals serve as bookends to an album otherwise consisting of standards from the 1930s and 1940s.