BILL EVANS TRIO Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Riverside, Japan, 1961, 1977
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Bill Evans Trio Featuring Scott La Faro – Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Riverside Records – SMJ-6201, RLP 9376, STEREO Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Japan, 1961, 1977
Made in Japan Recorded June 25, 1961 at Village Vanguard, New York City
- Made By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sunday at the Village Vanguard is a live album by jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans and his Trio consisting of Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian. Released in 1961, the album is routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time.
"Sunday at the Village Vanguard was drawn from material recorded on June 25, 1961, at the Village Vanguard in New York City. The trio played five sets -two in the afternoon and three in the evening- each one comprising four or five numbers and lasting about half an hour. This was the last performance by the Bill Evans Trio with bassist Scott LaFaro, who was killed in a car accident eleven days after the recording.
"Riverside had been looking for only one album from this date, but LaFaro's death changed the economics. The album was subtitled "Featuring Scott LaFaro" and was rushed out for release three months after recording by September 1961. Evans and producer Orrin Keepnews reportedly selected the tracks for Sunday at the Village Vanguard to best feature LaFaro's masterly 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."
Tracklisting
Side One
- "Gloria's Step" (take 2) (Scott LaFaro) – 6:09
- "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin) – 6:21
- "Solar" (Miles Davis) – 8:52
Side Two
- "Alice in Wonderland" (take 2) (Sammy Fain) – 8:34
- "All of You" (take 2) (Cole Porter) – 8:17
- "Jade Visions" (take 2) (Scott LaFaro) – 3:44
Personnel
- Bill Evans – piano
- Scott LaFaro – bass
- Paul Motian – drums
Credits
- Dave Jones – Recording engineer
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