Bill Evans – Trio 64 Vinyl LP – Acoustic Sounds Series 180g Gatefold - Near Mint

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Bill Evans – Trio 64 Vinyl LP – Acoustic Sounds Series 180g Gatefold Near Mint

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Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises!

Monthly releases highlighting the world's most historic and best jazz records!

Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes

180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets

Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds

This record is protected with a 2-millimeter Dual Pocket LP Vinyl Record Outer Sleeves (RESEALABLE) - Crystal Clear CPP from Vinyl Storage Solutions.

This record has been professionally cleaned on my PRO-JECT - VC-S2 ALU Record Cleaning Machine.

This record is also protected with an original master sleeve record insert from Mobile Fidelity.

There's scarcely a more towering figure in modern jazz — save Miles and Coltrane — than the great Bill Evans. His relaxed and emotional style at the piano would prove influential to not only his peers but to generations of pianists who would follow him.

It also doesn't hurt, points out thejazzrecord.com, that he appeared on (and had great influence over the direction of) Kind Of Blue and that the two LPs from his trio's landmark stint at the Village Vanguard in 1961 (Waltz For Debby and Sunday At The Village Vanguard) are both stone-cold classics.

The excellent Trio 64 marked Evans' first trio album after a move to Verve from his previous home at Riverside Records. While the work Evans' did with his first trio featuring Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian (particularly the Village Vanguard recordings) remains by far his most popular and lauded work, even after LaFaro's tragic death in 1961 he continued to improve upon and refine his particular brand of soulful and introspective playing.

Trio 64 marked a reunion with Motian and Evans' only recorded work with the talented bassist Gary Peacock. The album matches up with Evans' finest trio sessions, with his shimmering piano lines dancing between Peacock's sharp bass lines and Motian's usual sublime work on the drums. Peacock was a perfect match for Evans, he was a kindred spirit when it came to not simply following the musical trends of the day, as evidenced by his time spent with the likes of Albert Ayler and Paul Bley a few years after the recording of Trio 64.

The song selection shows how Evans was able to take even the most rote pop songs of the day and transform them into unabashed works of modern jazz. Is there another pianist of the era who would attempt a take on "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (the album was recorded December 18th, so why not throw in a Christmas tune) or "Little Lulu" (the theme from a 1940s cartoon of the same name) and so successfully have them come off as if they were jazz standards all along? Even more impressive is that this was the first time that Evans had played with Peacock, and yet there is no sense of hesitation in either musician's interaction with each other, it sounds like they've been playing together for years.

Label: Verve Records – B0033123-01, UMe – B0033123-01, Verve Records – V6-8578, UMe – V6-8578

Series: Acoustic Sounds Series

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold

Country: United States

Released: August 27, 2021

Genre: Jazz

Style: Post Bop, Modal

UPC: 0602435346038

Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound

Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings

Printed By – Stoughton Printing Co.

Recorded in New York City, December 18, 1963.

Track List

A1                        Little Lulu 3:40

A2                        A Sleeping Bee 4:39

A3                        Always 4:00

A4                        Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 4:22

B1                        I'll See You Again 3:52

B2                        For Heaven's Sake 4:22

B3                        Dancing In The Dark 4:35

B4                        Everything Happens To Me 4:35