BILL EVANS/PAUL MOTIAN TRIO MOON BEAMS Riverside RLP 9428 STEREO GREEN LABEL
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BILL EVANS/PAUL MOTIAN TRIO~MOON BEAMS~Riverside RLP 9428 STEREO~GREEN LABEL! BILL EVANS/PAUL MOTIAN TRIO~MOON BEAMS~Riverside RLP 9428 STEREO~GREEN LABEL!
The Bill Evans Trio ?– Moon Beams
Riverside Records ?– RLP 9428
NICE COPY OF THIS 1966 PRESSING FROM 50 YEARS AGO!
COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH LIGHT WEAR TO ALL THE EDGES BUT NO SPLITS.
VINYL IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH LIGHT MARKS FROM THE PLASTIC LINED INNER SLEEVE.
Moonbeams was the first recording Bill Evans made after the death of his musical right arm, bassist Scott LaFaro. Indeed, in LaFaro, Evans found a counterpart rather than a sideman, and the music they made together over four albums showed it. Bassist Chuck Israels from Cecil Taylor and Bud Powell's bands took his place in the band with Evans and drummer Paul Motian and Evans recorded the only possible response to the loss of LaFaro -- an album of ballads. The irony on this recording is that, despite material that was so natural for Evans to play, particularly with his trademark impressionistic sound collage style, is that other than as a sideman almost ten years before, he has never been more assertive than on Moonbeams. It is as if, with the death of LaFaro, Evans' safety net was gone and he had to lead the trio alone. And he does first and foremost by abandoning the impressionism in favor of a more rhythmic and muscular approach to harmony. The set opens with an Evans original, "RE: Person I Knew," a modal study that looks back to his days he spent with Miles Davis. There is perhaps the signature jazz rendition of "Stairway to the Stars," with its loping yet halting melody line and solo that is heightened by Motian's gorgeous brush accents in the bridge section. Other selections are so well paced and sequenced the record feels like a dream, with the lovely stuttering arpeggios that fall in "If You Could See Me Now," and the cascading interplay between Evan's chords and Israel's punctuation in "It Might As Well Be Spring," a tune Evans played for the rest of his life. The set concludes with a waltz in "Very Early," that is played at that proper tempo with great taste and delicate elegance throughout, there is no temptation by the rhythm section to charge it up or to elongate the harmonic architecture by means of juggling intervals. Moonbeams was a startling return to the recording sphere and a major advancement in his development as a leader.
Tracklist
A1
Re: Person I Knew
5:43
A2
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4:59
A3
I Fall In Love Too Easy
2:40
A4
Stairway To The Stars
4:50
B1
If You Could See Me Now
4:28
B2
It Might As Well Be Spring
6:04
B3
In Love In Vain
4:59
B4
Very Early
5:04
Double Bass – Chuck Israels
Drums – Paul Motian
Engineer [Recording] – Bill Schwartau
Piano – Bill Evans
Producer – Orrin Keepnews
1966 green label Orpheum Productions reissue.
Recording for Sound Makers, Inc., New York City
Recorded in New York: June 2, 1962 (selections #A2,A3,A4,B2,B3); May 29, 1962 (#A1,B4); May 17, 1962 (#B1).
Recorded at May 1962 sessions from the beginning intended for two albums, a ballad album and a more uptempo album. This is the ballad album and the companion album from the same session is How My Heart Sings
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