In February 1957, “Riverside” label released “New Jazz Conceptions”, the debut Bill Evans album as a leader.  September 18 and 27, 1956, in New York City, and was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

• Bill Evans- piano
• Teddy Kotick- bass
• Paul Motian– drums
• Jack Higgins – engineer
• Tamaki Beck – mastering

Track listing:

1. I Love You – Cole Porter
2. Five – Bill Evans
3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
4. Conception – George Shearing
5. Easy Living – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
6. Displacement – Bill Evans
7. Speak Low – Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
8. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
9. Our Delight – Tadd Dameron
10. My Romance – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
11. No Cover, No Minimum