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Flac Music Album Details
# Audio CD (October 28, 1997)
# Original Release Date: December 18, 1963
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Original recording remastered
# Label: Polygram Records
# ASIN: B0000047G3
* Quality: Flac Music
Flac Music Album Introduction
I don’t know what album the reviewer who preceded me was listening to, but this is extraordinary trio work. With Peacock’s only recorded appearance with the Bill Evans Trio. There is a wonderful, churning quality to Peacock’s support here, and Motian is brilliant. Evans’ nuanced touch is everywhere in evidence. Delicate. Fragile. Beautiful. But there are also tracks that swing. Lots of gentle, lilting beauty here. A must.
Little Bio About Bill
US born jazz pianist Bill Evans’ impressionist style became the blueprint for jazz musicians to follow, and his work has been cited as an influence on Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea and many more.
Evans was taught classical piano by his mother, also picking up the violin and flute. He went on to study music at University, going to New York in the 50s, where he played the club circuit. His reputation spread and he eventually recorded on the albums of a number of established artists including Charles Mingus. Keen to do his own thing he released his debut in 1956, which featured his best known track “Waltz For Debby”. He spent time with The Miles Davis Sextet during which, the pair worked on some ideas – the result, Kind of Blue, has become the best selling acoustic jazz album and features, some suggest, Evan’s best performance.
He set up the Bill Evans Trio, along with Scott Lafaro and Paul Motian. They released the highly praised Everybody Digs Bill Evans, however Lafaro was killed in an accident in 1961, an event which affected Evans deeply, and it was many months before he worked again. Despite further Trio work, with other members, Evans has described the original incarnation as the best. Evans tried working in other formats, including the use of recording techniques to allow him to play different parts of piece simultaneously, which can be heard on the acclaimed Conversations with Myself series, he also recorded with other artists such as saxophonist Stan Getz.
Evan’s health gave way in 1980, aggravated by a long term drug addiction. He left behind an extensive back catalogue of highly praised work, including The Bill Evans Album which won two Grammys. The Grammy committee honoured him again with a posthumously awarded Lifetime Achievement Award.
Flac Music Album TrackLists
01. Little Lulu
02. A Sleepin’ Bee
03. Always
04. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
05. I’ll See You Again
06. For Heaven’s Sake
07. Dancing in the Dark
08. Everything Happens to Me
09. Little Lulu (*)
10. Little Lulu (*)
11. Always (*)
12. I’ll See You Again (*)
13. My Heart Stood Still – unused title (*)
14. Always (*)(+)
15. I’ll See You Again (*)(+)
16. My Heart Stood Still – false starts (*)(+)
(*) = Bonus tracks not on original LP
(+) = Incomplete Selections
Flac Music Album Customer Review
The music created by the trio on this record has a wonderful lilt and lift to it. The opening track, the bouncy “Little Lulu”, exemplifies this spirit. The whole album has a loose, “off-the-cuff” feel to it. Even Paul Motian’s drumming has a little “kick” to it. Gary Peacock’s playing is quite active all over the fingerboard, and certainly evokes the spirit of the dearly departed Scotty Lafaro. It works almost as effectively as the exciting interplay Bill had with LaFaro. Too bad this particular trio only recorded one album. Don’t miss out on this overlooked gem.
Enjoy the legendary Bill Evan’s
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