Bill Evans - The Village Vanguard Sessions DOUBLE LP
SKU: 772297
Description:
This
release presents all master takes from the legendary 1961 Village
Vanguard sets by the Bill Evans Trio. Two classic albums were
culled from these sets: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside
RLP9376) and Waltz for Debby (Riverside RLP9399). It would be the
last recording by this formation of the group, with Scott LaFaro on
bass, and Paul Motian on drums, as LaFaro died ten days later in a
car crash, on July 6, 1961, at the age of 25. Evans, who loved
LaFaro’s playing, would take a long hiatus before forming a new
trio.
The celebrated Village Vanguard was, and fortunately still is, a
jazz club located at 178 7th Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New
York City. It was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon and at
first, it also featured other forms of music such as folk music and
beat poetry, but it switched to an all-jazz format in 1957. Over
100 jazz albums have been recorded at the venue since the
(originally single) album under Sonny Rollins’ name in 1957. The
two most famous engagements in the club’s history are probably
those of Bill Evans (presented here) and John Coltrane, both of
which took place in 1961. Joe Zawinul made his recording debut at
the venue on The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York, and even
Wynton Marsalis regularly recorded at the club in the early 1990s.
Other musicians to release notable albums taped live at the Village
Vanguard include Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Chris Connor, Keith
Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Gerry Mulligan,
Michel Petrucciani, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Barbra Streisand and Brad
Mehldau, among many others. Since Max Gordon’s death in 1989, and
until her death in 2018, the club was run by his widow Lorraine
Gordon.
Format & package: Double LP
Record label: Waxtime In
Colour
Year of release: 2021 (reissued from
1981)
Tracks:
A1 My Foolish Heart
A2 My Romance
A3 Some Other Time
A4 Alice In Wonderland
B1 Solar
B2 Gloria's Step
B3 My Mans Gone Now
C1 All Of You
C2 Alice In Wonderland
C3 Porgy
D1 Milestones
D2 Detour Ahead
D3 Walz For Debby
D4 Jade Versions
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Weight | 0,5 Kg |
