Bill Evans

ALL OF THE RECORDED OUTPUT BY THE BILL EVANS TRIO WITH SCOTT LaFARO & PAUL MOTIAN, BOTH LIVE AND AT THE STUDIO

• 5-CD SET

• INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

Presented here in a single set are the recordings by the Bill Evans Trio with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums, including their studio sessions, their exciting 1960 Birdland broadcasts, and their immortal live sets at New York’s Village Vanguard.

Tragically, LaFaro – who single-handedly changed the role of the bass within the piano trio format – was killed at the age of 25 in an automobile accident ten days after the last notes here were recorded. This is still widely regarded as Evans’ finest and most important trio, largely because of the exquisite interplay between its members and the enormous influence it displayed among all of the modern jazz piano trios that followed.

PERSONNEL:

• Bill Evans - (piano)
• Scott LaFaro - (bass)
• Paul Motian - (drums)

• CD1: New York, December 28, 1959.
• CD2: New York, February 2, 1961.
• CD3: All tracks recorded live at Birdland, New York between March 12 and May 7, 1960.
• CD4 & CD5: Live at the Village Vanguard, New York, June 25, 1961.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE: PORTRAIT IN JAZZ (60:01)
• 01 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 02 AUTUMN LEAVES
• 03 WITCHCRAFT
• 04 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
• 05 PERI’S SCOPE
• 06 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
• 07 SPRING IS HERE
• 08 SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
• 09 BLUE IN GREEN
• 10 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE [alt tk]
• 11 AUTUMN LEAVES [alt tk; mono]
• 12 BLUE IN GREEN [alt tk 1]
• 13 BLUE IN GREEN [alt tk 2]

• CD TWO: EXPLORATIONS (60:13)
• 01 ISRAEL
• 02 HAUNTED HEART
• 03 BEAUTIFUL LOVE
• 04 ELSA
• 05 NARDIS
• 06 HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?
• 07 I WISH I KNEW
• 08 SWEET AND LOVELY
• 09 THE BOY NEXT DOOR
• 10 BEAUTIFUL LOVE [alt tk]
• 11 HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? [alt tk]
• 12 I WISH I KNEW [alt tk]

• CD THREE: 1960 BIRDLAND BROADCASTS (73:02)
• 01 AUTUMN LEAVES
• 02 OUR DELIGHT
• 03 BEAUTIFUL LOVE
• 04 AUTUMN LEAVES
• 05 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 06 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 07 NARDIS
• 08 BLUE IN GREEN
• 09 AUTUMN LEAVES
• 10 ALL OF YOU
• 11 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 12 SPEAK LOW

• CD FOUR: AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD [Part 1] ( 76:34)
• 01 GLORIA’S STEP [alt tk]
• 02 ALICE IN WONDERLAND [alt tk]
• 03 MY FOOLISH HEART
• 04 ALL OF YOU [alt tk #1]
• 05 MY ROMANCE
• 06 SOME OTHER TIME
• 07 SOLAR
• 08 GLORIA’S STEP
• 09 MY MAN’S GONE NOW
• 10 ALL OF YOU
• 11 DETOUR AHEAD [alt tk]
• 12 Conversation

• CD FIVE: AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD [Part 2] (74:55)
• 01 WALTZ FOR DEBBY [alt tk]
• 02 ALICE IN WONDERLAND
• 03 I LOVES YOU PORGY
• 04 MY ROMANCE [alt tk]
• 05 MILESTONES
• 06 DETOUR AHEAD
• 07 GLORIA’S STEP [alt tk #2]
• 08 WALTZ FOR DEBBY 09 ALL OF YOU [alt tk #2]
• 10 JADE VISIONS [alt tk]
• 11 JADE VISIONS
• 12 A few final bars…