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Bill Evans / Bill Evans Trio - Explorations Audio CD

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Explorations album by Bill Evans / Bill Evans Trio was released Jan 31, 2012 on the Essential Jazz Classics label. Digitally remastered by David Luke (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Explorations CD music Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology. EXPLORATIONS, Bill Evans' fourth solo album, is aptly named. Explorations music CDs 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. Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1961 album from the Jazz legend. Included here in its entirety, Explorations was Bill Evans' fourth album as a leader. It was also Evans' second LP with the talented bassist Scott LaFaro, who would die soon after. In addition to all of the music produced during the date, we have also included the only two existing live versions by this trio of tunes from the album, recorded at Birdland less than a year before the studio session. Includes 16-page booklet. Essential Jazz Classics. Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York on February 2, 1961. Originally released on Riverside (9351). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews. Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (piano); Scott LaFaro (bass); Paul Motian (drums). Record Collector (magazine) (p. 103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[O]ne of his finest Riverside LPs.... [Notable] for the telepathic interplay between Evans and his trio... "

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YEAH!
This is really GREAT record TOO! Bill Evans with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian!!!!
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Recemmended !
music is very good. sound also is very good. stereo mix is an "old LP school" type -when sum stuff comes from left speaker and some from th right, but almost nothing doesn't come from the center. Great SACD.
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One of the best ever ....
If you enjoy piano-bass-drum trios and haven't heard this disc, you're missing out. This probably is my favorite Bill Evans recording. The versions of Israel, Beautiful Love, Nardis, and How Deep Is The Ocean are some of the best ever recorded. The interaction between LaFaro (bass) and Evans is inspired.
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Label	Essential Jazz Classics
Orig Year	1961
CD Universe Part number	8663169
Catalog number	2869963
Discs	1
Release Date	Jan 31, 2012
Studio/Live	Studio
Personnel	Bill Evans - Piano Bill Evans (Trio)
Additional Info	Bonus Tracks