| | Bill Evans Interplay CD Bill Evans Discography of CDs
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Digitally remastered by David Luke (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology.
INTERPLAY is not your typical Bill Evans record. Usually, the pianist preferred to record in a trio setting, exploring the quiet intimacy that it allowed. This is a rare quintet session featuring a line up of all-stars from the hard-bop era that emphasized faster tempos and a more robust approach. With Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Jim Hall (guitar), Percy Heath (bass) and the fiery Philly Joe Jones (drums), Evans shows a brighter, more spirited execution in his playing than usual.
On the jumping opener "You And The Night And The Music" Evans is in exceptional form as he nimbly executes very bop-ish right hand lines that weave and swirl through the changes. Hubbard, Hall and Evans all take stunning solo turns on the energized "I'll Never Smile Again," which appears here in two versions. That classic Evans touch is fully realized, though, with a beautiful arrangement of "When You Wish Upon A Star" and the bluesy title track. The Evans/Heath/Jones rhythm section drives hard through the swinging "You Go To My Head," followed by the delightful romp of "Wrap You Troubles In Dreams" to tie the knot on a stellar session.
Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman.
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studio, New York, New York on July 16, 1962. Originally released on Riverside (9445). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg.
Bill Evans Quintet: Bill Evans (piano); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Jim Hall (guitar); Percy Heath (bass); Philly Joe Jones (drums). Bill Evans Interplay Songs Purchase Interplay CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Bill Evans Explorations CD (1961)
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 $8.59 
Digitally remastered by David Luke (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology.
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 ...
| | Bill Evans At Shelly's Manne-Hole CD (1963)
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$8.75
Recorded live at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, California on May 14 & 19, 1963. Originally released on Riverside (9487). Includes liner notes by Chuck Israels and Orrin Keepnews.
Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1989, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
The is the last album jazz piano giant Evans made for the Riverside label before going to Verve. Recorded live at the legendary Los Angeles jazz club Shelly's Manne-Hole (one of the owners was the late jazz drum legend Shelly Manne) in May of 1963, it turned out to be one of only two times Evans was recorded "live" for Riverside (the other time resulted in the classic OJC albums recorded at the Village Vanguard). It was also the only time this particular Evans trio was recorded. As fate would have it, Evans was "between drummers" and he and bassist Chuck Israels ...
| | Bill Evans Moon Beams CD (1962)
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Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1990, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology.
This is a Hybrid Super Audio CD playable on Super Audio CD players and regular CD players.
Bassist Scott LaFaro's death in the early summer of 1961, just 10 days after the Bill Evans Trio's triumphant Village Vanguard engagement was a devastating personal and musical, loss to the pianist, after which he took nearly a year off from recording or playing in public. (The Vanguard performances can be heard on SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE, WALTZ FOR DEBBY and AT THE VANGUARD.) It fell to another bassist, Chuck Israel, to bring Evans out and re-establish the Bill Evans Trio as a going concern. Possessed of a warm tone, Israels' essentially supportive playing with the Trio made for a studied contrast with the brashly virtuosic LaFaro, which was not necessarily a bad thing.
As if to make up for lost time, the newly reconstituted trio recorded ...
| | Bill Evans Intermodulation CD (1966)
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$9.25
| | Bill Evans Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 CDs (2005) Remastered
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$20.09
| | Jazz Icons - Count Basie: Live In '62 DVD (1962)
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 $13.49
| | Paul Anka Five Decades Of Hits CD (1991)
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| | Dizzy Gillespie Jazz In Paris: The Giant CD (2001)
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$12.35
Digitally remastered by Alexis Frenkel and Christophe Henault (Art Et Son Studio, Paris, France).
This 1973 Paris studio session first appeared on the European label America as The Giant, but there has been some confusion as various combinations of songs have appeared under the same album title with Dizzy Gillespie's name over the years. Although rather brief in length with just five tracks and clocking in at under 34 minutes, this lively date has some strengths. The trumpeter turns over the solo spotlight to the extraordinary bassist Niels Pedersen and pianist Kenny Drew, prior to featuring himself in brief spurts with drum breaks by Kenny Clarke. Pedersen's fine arco technique introduces the brief ballad "I Waited for You," in which Gillespie is clearly at the top of his game. His muted horn saunters over Clarke's crisp brushwork during "Girl of My Dreams," although the overlong Latin original "Fiesta Mojo" quickly grows tiresome, ...
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$15.09 
By the early 1970s, rock & roll had been ...
| | Veena Sahasrabuddhe Sawani CD (2005) (Import) United Kingdom
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$17.45
| | Troy Andrews End Of The Beginning CD (2005)
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$12.65
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is the next big thing out of New Orleans. While "Shorty" is not yet out of his teens, his jazz stylings are ferocious compositions that can hold court with anybody at anytime in any arena. The general music listening public wants to hear good tunes played with conviction. They want the musicians on the bandstand to believe in what they're playing, to be excited and to be capable of displaying an impressive array of musical chops. This combination of factors is more elusive than it might seem, for the forces of youthful exuberance and instrumental virtuosity are usually found at opposite ends of the spectrum: young performers are usually all about the energy and the potential, while veteran cats on the scene can play just about anything, but somehow they lost the fire along the way. Every once in a blue moon, though, along comes someone who can merge the forces of exuberance and virtuosity and unleash them on an unsuspecting public-the latest in this exclusive line of blue moon "specials" being Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. While it may seem like hyperbole to place him in a class of folks like Stevie Wonder, Derek Trucks and Miles Davis (people who were musical shamen at a young age), Andrews belongs there and any doubts you may harbor will evaporate after seeing him perform. Andrews plays trombone and trumpet. He is a man to be reckoned with on both. In fact, even before he was a man, he was a man to be reckoned with in musical conversations. A product of New Orleans culturally rich Treme neighborhood, Andrews was a bandleader by the age of 6. That's right, at 6 years old, he was leading a band on the streets of the French Quarter, and they made so much damn scratch that "Shorty" had to invest in extra belts to wrap around his waist, ...
| | Man Of Mystery (Tribute Shadows) CD (2005) (Import)
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$5.69
| | It's Ladies Night: Essential Collection CDs (2006)
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| | Italian Summer Dreams CD (2008)
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