Description


Bill Evans Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate Actual item pictured click to enlarge

Label: Resonance Records
Format: LP / Stereo
Country: USA
Vinyl Condition: Mint-
Cover Condition: VG+
Year Released: 2012
LP Quantity: 3

Catalog #: HLP-9012

• Record has been cleaned and new sleeved.
• Limited Edition, 180 gram
• 45 RPM

Art Direction – Burton Yount    

Bass – Eddie Gomez    

Drums – Marty Morell    

Executive Producer – George Klabin    

Mastered By – Bernie Grundman, Fran Gala    

Mixed By – Fran Gala, George Klabin    

Photography By – Marty Morell, Tom Copi    

Piano – Bill Evans    

Producer – Zev Feldman    

Recorded By – George Klabin

Recorded October 23, 1968, Greenwich Village, NYC by George Klabin. Allegedly a newly unearthed recording of two previously-unreleased sets, and the only Evans recording ever released from The Village Gate. Vinyl pressing comes in a deluxe hand-numbered lift off box by Ross-Ellis. Limited Edition 1st Pressing of 3000.

According the a recent Wall Street Journal article on this release, the background on Klabin's recording is as follows: "Eight days after jazz pianist Bill Evans opened at New York's Top of the Gate in October 1968, his manager let a determined college student tape the trio. The student arrived early on Oct. 23—lugging a 50-pound, two-track Crown recorder and four pricey mikes—and he left with 90 minutes of near-flawless music. The tape was heard only once on the radio—and then forgotten."

There have been many posthumous releases featuring various Bill Evans trios since the pianist's death in 1980, but Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate is a cut above most of them for several reasons. First, it documents Evans' trio with bassist Eddie Gomez (who had been playing with him since 1966) and drummer Marty Morell in the early weeks of this band's existence. Secondly, the session engineer, George Klabin, got permission from Evans' manager Helen Keane to record the performances for his radio show, and though he didn't get an opportunity to do a soundcheck prior to the start of the gig, his excellent mike placement and adjustments on the fly capture the intimacy of the trio, without distortion and with very little chatter from the often noisy Manhattan crowds of the late '60s.

Inventory Number: 83

Actual item pictured, not a stock photo. Click image(s) to enlarge.

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