This concert was given at Evans' alma mater, from which he had graduated with honors in 1950. The last concert he had played there was his senior recital, consisting of solo works by
Bach,
Brahms,
Chopin, and
Kabalevsky and then concluding with
Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No. 3. This time, the program consisted of four of Evans' own originals and various
jazz standards and contemporary compositions closely associated with him. The pianist said to the audience, "I won't try to go into what kind of special night this is for me." One of Evans' pieces that the trio performs is "Very Early", which the pianist actually composed as an exercise while an undergraduate at Southeastern Louisiana University. He first recorded it on the album
Moon Beams in 1962; it has since gone on to become a standard, recorded more than 200 times. The title of the
Paul Simon song Evans plays on the program is given incorrectly on the back cover (see track listing below). The disc also includes a 6-minute interview with Evans, in which he discusses such subjects as his time at Southeastern Louisiana University, the
Village Vanguard recordings with
Scott LaFaro, and
Kind of Blue. The
Homecoming concert was recorded just 20 days before the trio's celebrated
Paris concert, which was also recorded and released on two CDs. ==Reception==