To the best of my knowledge, there are only 10 known recordings of Bill Evans playing On Green Dolphin Street. Composed in 1947 by Bronisław Kaper (with lyrics by Ned Washington), the song was written for the film Green Dolphin Street, which was based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Goudge. The song suited Evans perfectly.
Here are all 10 renditions:
Evans first recorded the jazz standard in 1958 with the Miles Davis Sextet, a spectacular execution and one of jazz's finest studio performances by a group. Here it is...
A year later, he recorded the song with Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums. His block-chords solo remains hair-raising. Here it is...
In 1963, Evans, in need of cash, agreed to record the worst album of his career. Creed Taylor, the producer, told me he was directed to complete the album by Verve's new owner, MGM, so their movie themes would get play. Here's Evans backed by an arrangement by Claus Ogerman...
Here's Evans in May 1967 from The Secret Sessions (Recorded at the Village Vanguard 1966-1975), with Eddie Gomez on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums...
Here's Evans, Eddie Gomez on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums at the Vanguard in August 1967, which was included on the album California Here I Come...
Here's Evans with Eddie Gomez on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums from Some Other Time (The Lost Session From The Black Forest) in 1968...
Here's Evans with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell at the Village Vanguard in February 1969, from the Secret Sessions box...
Here's Evans, Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell on The Tokyo Concert in January 1973...
Here's Evans with Marc Johnson on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums live in Nice, France, on July 7, 1978...
And here's Evans with Marc Johnson on bass and Joe La Barbera on drums, from Live at Koblenz, recorded at Hans Rossbach's Jazz Club in Koblenz, German, in December 1979...
