| | Bill Evans Waltz For Debby CD Bill Evans Discography of CDs
Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, New York on June 25, 1961. Originally released on Riverside (9399). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg.
The 2002 edition of this CD (JVC catalog #XRC 220) is a sonically improved version which replaces JVC catalog #XRCD 60141.
WALTZ FOR DEBBY, along with SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD, contains material from Scott LaFaro's final recording session with the Bill Evans Trio. He died 10 days later.
Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regual and Super Audio CD players.
Recorded on the same night as Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Waltz For Debby captures one of the most important and well-integrated piano trios in the history of jazz, working on a superbly inspired night. It is clear, listening to this record, that bassist Scott Lafaro had a very special rapport with Evans, and drummer Paul Motian's subtle, improvised accompaniments and eccentric, quirkily quiet swing was the perfect engine for this subtle, impressionistic pianist. Check out the lovely, gentle 'My Foolish Heart', and the lively 'Milestones' and, of course, 'Waltz For Debby'.
Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (Mastering Lab).
Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also contained drummer Paul Motian. While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, Waltz for Debby is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates. Bill Evans chose the material here, and, possibly, in some unconscious way, revealed on these sessions -- and the two following LaFaro's death (Moonbeams and How My Heart Sings!) -- a different side of his musical personality which had never been displayed on his earlier solo recordings or during his tenures with Miles Davis and George Russell. Evans was an intensely romantic player, flagrantly emotional, and that is revealed here in spades on tunes such as "My Foolish Heart" and "Detour Ahead." There is a kind of impressionistic construction to his harmonic architecture that plays off the middle registers and goes deeper into its sonances in order to set into motion numerous melodic fragments simultaneously. The rhythmic intensity that he displayed as a sideman is evident here in "Milestones," with its muscular, shifting time signature, and those large, flatted ninths with the right hand. The trio's most impressive interplay is
Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (piano); Scott LaFaro (bass); Paul Motian (drums).
Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Paul Motian (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Orrin Keepnews; Joe Goldberg.
Recording information: Village Vanguard, New York, NY.
Photographer: Donald Silverstein. Bill Evans Waltz For Debby Songs Waltz For Debby Review
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