Bill Evans Trio Portrait In Jazz Rar Full Of Subtle

Other than introducing Evans Peris Scope, the music is comprised of standards, but the influential interpretations were far from routine or predictable at the time.

Bill Evans Trio Portrait In Jazz Rar Full Of Subtle

LaFaro and Motian were nearly equal partners with the pianist in the ensembles and their versions of such tunes as Come Rain or Come Shine, When I Fall in Love, and Someday My Prince Will Come (which preceded Miles Davis famous recording by a couple years) are full of subtle and surprising creativity.

With such good taste in abundance around here it is bound to happen sometimes.

And writing about it, since 2011.

Gone are the classic twin-reels, in their place, the tag Orpheum Productions NYC at the footer of the label.

The quality of the pressing is near-outstanding, being just one step from the extraordinary quality Riverside master, but just a tad less bright, though not noticeably so.

This music has such depth and subtlety it demands repeated playing hence wear and tear is abnormally high.

I looked at an original Waltz for Debby the other day in a store.

They wanted 70 for it the record sounded like Surface Noise with a Touch of Piano Trio.

Horrid. This has quite a bit of noise, and some scratches that spoil a couple of tracks, but when you can listen, it is gorgeous.

Bill Evans Trio was not just a piano supported by a rhythm section like The Three Sounds.

They will simply pay whatever it takes to secure a good copy when one comes to market, which is not very often.

I misjudged the market appetite with hindsight I should have tripled my bid, you learn.

Some things are just worth more than others, and Portrait in Jazz, Waltz for Debby, Everyone digs Bill Evans and Sunday Night at the Village Vanguard are it.

Less to do with rarity, or collectability, and more with sheer musicality.

That weekend a US Riverside copy in ex condition from a British seller closed at 240 with 15 bidders.

A man pays 240 for a record on ebay but has bought no other records and seems to be a motor trader of some sort.

I see three labels out there.a deep groove, a regular groove and a flat label all with the same graphics and all being sold as the original.

It sounds spectacular Would be interesting to compare with an early vinyl edition.

Ouch Probably wont sell at that price but it is a desired disc nevertheless.

Of course, your mileage may vary from CD player to CD player, and how much oversampling it has.

One thing I will say, Ive had gold and silver plated discs from Mobile Fidelity and DCC, and they do tend to last longer than other aluminum CDs of the time.

The gold and silver dont corrode as fast as aluminum, which is why a lot of CDs from the 80s have the dreaded CD rot.

But whether it plays more accurately or lasts longer doesnt really matter if the mastering is poor, as another poster pointed out.

I have an early pressing of this, it was on my blog a few months ago, but as you said, it was played a lot.