5 Facts About Bill Evans Trio’s You Must Believe in Spring

The album was recorded over three days in August 1977. The sessions took place August 23–25 at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.

It was one of Evans’s final studio recordings. He died in 1980, making this a late-career highlight.

The trio featured bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund. This lineup had been together for several years, giving the album a cohesive sound.

The title track is a French song with English lyrics. Originally composed by Michel Legrand for the film The Young Girls of Rochefort, it became a jazz standard.

Capitol Studios’ acoustics shaped the album’s warm, intimate tone. The famous echo chambers and large room contributed to the trio’s signature clarity and balance.