Darn That Dream (Bill Evans & Jim Hall)

Bill Evans · 1962 · Ballade de Van Heusen en duo piano-guitare

Context

Standard by Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange, closing side B of Undercurrent (United Artists, 1962). Critics praised the interplay and balance of the Evans-Hall duo.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Modal. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 8, 2026: Darn That Dream - Shakespeare à Broadway (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Dream Gypsy (1962)
• Waltz for Debby (1961)
• My Foolish Heart (1961)
• Nardis (1961)
• My Man's Gone Now (1961)
• Israel (1961)

Sources

• EN: Undercurrent (Bill Evans and Jim Hall album)

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