At the Village Vanguard

by Bill Evans

Overview

At the Village Vanguard features the innovative Bill Evans Trio in peak form during a 1961 engagement at New York's Village Vanguard, just days before bassist Scott LaFaro's tragic death in a car accident. At the time, the Vanguard date yielded two separate live albums, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. This LP is a selection from the two previous releases which are also available as individual discs. The Trio had recorded only twice before: the studio sessions Portrait in Jazz in late December 1959, followed by Explorations more than a year after in February 1961. Six months later, these live recordings vividly captured a seminal moment in jazz only hinted at on their previous efforts. While Evans' extended solos on long tracks like "Solar" and "All of You" are lean and rhythmically incisive, the brilliant LaFaro is the real star here. His relentlessly upfront, guitar-like basslines and solos repeatedly challenge Evans and drummer Paul Motian to accompany him on a previously uncharted journey in pure improvisation. LaFaro's lyrical originals "Gloria's Step" and "Jade Visions" also revealed a fine jazz composer in the making. ~ Rovi Staff

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2015
Label:	Vinyl Lovers
UPC:	8436544170084
Rank:	72343

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bill Evans   Primary Artist,Piano
Bill Evans Trio   Primary Artist
Scott LaFaro   Bass
Paul Motian   Drums

Technical Credits

Ed Michel   Digital Remastering
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
DuBose Heyward   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Scott LaFaro   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Miles Davis   Composer
Bill Evans   Composer
Bill Evans Trio   Performer
Gene Lees   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Orrin Keepnews   Producer,Liner Notes
Victor Young   Composer
Phil Carroll   Art Direction
Deborah Bates   Design
David O Jones   Engineer
Steve Schapiro   Cover Photo,Photography
Cole Porter   Composer