Bill Evans

Explorations (38075)

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1961

Explorations

Bill Evans

Jazz Images

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JIM 152870

38075

JAZZ

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CD 9,95 €

3 PANNEL DIGIPACK EDITION
INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

"Explorations" (Riverside RLP-351), recorded on February 2, 1961, was Bill Evans’ fourth LP as a leader and the second studio album by the pianist’s legendary trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Their fi rst recording together had been the studio album Portrait in Jazz, taped on December 28, 1959, which marked Evans’ third album as a leader, following "New Jazz Conceptions" (1956) and Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958). The Evans-LaFaro-Motian Trio would reach a climax with their June 25, 1961 club recordings at the Village Vanguard in New York. LaFaro would die in a car accident just ten days later, at the age of 25. Six tracks from "Portrait in Jazz" (featuring the same trio) have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

BILL EVANS, piano
SCOTT LaFARO, bass
PAUL MOTIAN, drums

New York, February 2, 1961.

(*) BONUS TRACKS: Same personnel. New York, December 28, 1959.

TRACKS:

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 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (*)
11 PERI’S SCOPE (*)
12 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? (*)
13 SPRING IS HERE (*)
14 SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME (*)
15 BLUE IN GREEN (*)

TOTAL TIME: 73:22 Min.