Bill Evans Trio - Explorations

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations

Artist:    Evans, Bill (Piano)
See Also:    Ellington, Duke    Gillespie, Dizzy    Tatum, Art    Parker, Charlie    Stan Getz/Bill Evans (Piano) - Stan Getz & Bill Evans

 

Description:
Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (piano); Scott LaFaro (bass); Paul Motian (drums).
Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York on February 2, 1961. Originally released on Riverside (9351). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.
Digitally remastered by David Luke (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
EXPLORATIONS, Bill Evans` fourth solo album, is aptly named. Throughout, Evans displays the high-minded lyrical facility, long flowing phrases and rich sound that made him so popular with both fans and other musicians during the 1950s and `60s. The intrepid nature of his improvisations and the edgy interactivity of his trio echo the album`s title in tracks like the expansive "Elsa," "Israel," and the Miles Davis composition "Nardis."
Evans is also a master of the ballad, and he shapes tracks such as "Haunted Heart" and the shimmering, evocative "Elsa" into exercises of grace and sensitivity. There is a fair share of swing here too, with the up-tempo "Sweet and Lovely" and "Beautiful Love." Evan`s imaginative, meticulous stylings flow through every piece, and it is difficult to resist the balance of intelligence, tenderness, groove and mood that EXPLORATIONS achieves.

 

Track Listing:

• DISC 1
  1. Israel
  2. Haunted Heart
  3. Beautiful Love - (take 2)
  4. Elsa
  5. Nardis
  6. How Deep Is The Ocean?
  7. I Wish I Knew
  8. Sweet And Lovely
  9. Beautiful Love - (take 1, bonus track)
  10. Boy Next Door, The - (bonus track)

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Album Information
Release Date:	08/17/2004
Type:	Performer
Genre:	Jazz Instrument
Subgenre:	Piano
Label:	Fantasy Records (USA)
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Catalog Number:	9351
Original Release Year:	1961
# of Discs:	1
Studio/Live:	Studio
Mono/Stereo:	Mono

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