Evans Trio, Bill - Moon Beams

NEW VINYL LP ON WAX TIME 2016

180 GRAM VINYL.

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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans

Tracklist

Re: Person I Knew     5:43
Polka Dots And Moonbeams     4:59
I Fall In Love Too Easy     2:40
Stairway To The Stars     4:50
If You Could See Me Now     4:28
It Might As Well Be Spring     6:04
In Love In Vain     4:59
Very Early     5:04