The Complete Live at the Village Vanguard 1961
by Bill Evans
- Type: Compilation
- Released: September 2003
- Label: Riverside
- Country: United States
- Length: 2:33:04
- Community rating: 4.56/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Compiling the entirety of five consecutive sets recorded on June 25, 1961, this exhaustive box set documents the absolute zenith of the Bill Evans Trio. The performances highlight a revolutionary, highly democratic approach to jazz interplay, where Scott LaFaro's lyrical bass lines functioned as an equal melodic voice alongside Evans's impressionistic piano phrasing. Tragically recorded just days before LaFaro's fatal car accident, it remains one of the most profoundly influential and revered live recordings in jazz history.
Genres
Descriptors: Piano, instrumental, acoustic, live, classic
Tracklist
- Spoken Introduction (0:43)
- Gloria's Step (take 1 - Interrupted) (5:41)
- Alice In Wonderland (take 1) (8:35)
- My Foolish Heart (4:57)
- All Of You (take 1) (8:15)
- Announcement And Intermission (1:44)
- My Romance (take 1) (7:11)
- Some Other Time (4:59)
- Solar (8:53)
- Gloria's Step (take 2) (6:09)
- My Man's Gone Now (6:24)
- All Of You (take 2) (8:15)
- Detour Ahead (take 1) (7:15)
- Discussing Repertoire (0:30)
- Waltz For Debby (take 1) (6:49)
- Alice In Wonderland (take 2) (8:35)
- Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy) (6:00)
- My Romance (take 2) (7:11)
- Milestones (6:32)
- Detour Ahead (Take 2) (7:36)
- Gloria's Step (Take 3) (6:55)
- Waltz For Debby (Take 2) (6:49)
- All Of You (Take 3) (8:15)
- Jade Visions (Take 1) (3:46)
- Jade Visions (Take 2) (3:46)
- ... A Few Final Bars (1:15)
Credits
- Bill Evans - primary artist, piano
- Scott LaFaro - bass
- Paul Motian - drums
- Stuart Kremsky - research [tape research]
- Jamie Putnam - art direction
- Linda Kalin - design
- Orrin Keepnews - liner notes
- Joe Tarantino - re mastering
- Steve Schapiro - photography