Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (2010) {Analogue Productions 45rpm 180g} 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip + CD Version

is a 1961 album by jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. The album is routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time. was recorded live on June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard in New York City over five recorded sessions (2 matinee and 3 soiree). It is well remembered as the final performance by the Evans trio of the time, which included bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. LaFaro was killed in a car accident ten days after the recording. Evans and producer Orrin Keepnews reportedly selected the tracks for to best feature LaFaro's masterful performance on bass, beginning and ending with two tracks (Gloria's Step and Jade Visions) written by LaFaro himself, and with all the others featuring solos by him. Additional material from the same day's performance was released in a second album (also 1961), as was other material in another LP . The entire day's recordings were released in 2005 as . This album is widely considered to be one of the best in the Evans canon, and the type of emotive interplay between the musicians that at some points seemed almost deconstructed has served as a model for piano trio play. All About Jazz (no rating) Allmusic 5/5 stars Penguin Guide to Jazz 5/5 stars

Track listing

Side One

1. "Gloria's Step" (Scott LaFaro) – 6:05
2. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin) – 6:21

Side Two

3. "Solar" (Miles Davis) – 8:51

Side Three

4. "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain) – 8:32

Side Four

5. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 8:20
6. "Jade Visions" (Scott LaFaro) – 3:46


Released: 1961
Recorded: Village Vanguard, New York City, June 25, 1961
Genre: Jazz
Length: 41:55
Label: Riverside/Analogue Productions
Producer: Orrin Keepnews

Personnel

* Bill Evans - piano
* Scott LaFaro - bass
* Paul Motian - drums





The Bill Evans Riverside Recordings box set includes:

New Jazz Conceptions
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Portrait In Jazz
Know What I Mean?
Explorations
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Waltz For Debby
Moon Beams
How My Heart Sings!
Interplay
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