Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)

Bill Evans · 1977 · M*A*S*H, thème repris par Bill Evans en trio

Context

Bill Evans recorded the M*A*S*H theme in August 1977 with Eddie Gómez and Eliot Zigmund, at Capitol studios in Los Angeles. The take was not released until 1981, on You Must Believe in Spring on Warner Bros.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Modal. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

By the same artist

• 'Round Midnight (Bill Evans) (1963)
• Spartacus Love Theme (1963)
• N.Y.C.'s No Lark (1963)
• Waltz for Debby (1961)
• My Foolish Heart (1961)
• Nardis (1961)

Sources

• EN: You Must Believe in Spring (Bill Evans album)

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