Bill Evans The Solo Sessions

Tony Scott & Bill Evans - A Day In New York (1957) {2CD Set, Fresh Sound FSR-CD 333 rel 2003}

Tony Scott & Bill Evans - A Day In New York (1957) {2CD Set, Fresh Sound FSR-CD 333 rel 2003}
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© 1957, 2003 Fresh Sound Records } FSR-CD 333
Jazz / Cool / Bop / Modal Music / Piano / Clarinet

Tony Scott led several small groups of various sizes during the month of November 1957, resulting in three separate LPs being issued by Seeco, Carlton, and Perfect without duplicating any of the 24 tracks. This Fresh Sound two-CD set collects everything recorded during these sessions. Scott's core group features pianist Bill Evans (not long after he was discharged from military service), either Milt Hinton or Henry Grimes on bass, and drummer Paul Motian. In addition to his powerful clarinet, Scott plays a potent baritone sax on six selections.

Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings! (1962) {1999 Riverside XRCD2}  Music

Posted by TestTickles at Dec. 4, 2019
Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings! (1962) {1999 Riverside XRCD2}

Bill Evans Trio - How My Heart Sings! (1962) {1999 Riverside XRCD2}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 278 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 108 mb
Genre: jazz

How My Heart Sings! is the 1962 album by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Chuck Israels on bass and Paul Motian on drums. This is taken from the Japanese pressing on Riverside that is an XRCD2 edition.

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby (1961/2019)  Music

Posted by Domestos at July 11, 2020
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby (1961/2019)

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby (1961/2019)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 409.50 Mb | 01:17:46 | Covers
Post-Bop, Modal Music, Cool | Label: Jazz Images - 24747

Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also contained drummer Paul Motian. While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates.

Tony Scott & Bill Evans - A Day In New York (1957)  Music

Posted by elcom at Oct. 10, 2009
Tony Scott & Bill Evans - A Day In New York (1957)

Tony Scott & Bill Evans - A Day In New York (1957)
Jazz | Eac Rip | Flac+Log+Cue | 774 Mb | Complete covers & booklets 400 dpi
Label: Fresh Sound Records | UPC: 8427328603331 | Rar rec.: 3% | RS.com
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1961) {2000 Riverside Remaster 20bitK2}

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1961) {2000 Riverside Remaster 20bitK2}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 455 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 171 Mb
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© 2000 Riverside / Fantasy | RCD-9399-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Modal Music / Piano

Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also contained drummer Paul Motian. While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, Waltz for Debby is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates.
Bill Evans Quintet - Interplay (1962) {Riverside Japan, VDJ-1546, Early Press}

Bill Evans Quintet - Interplay (1962) {Riverside Japan, VDJ-1546, Early Press}
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© 1962, 1986 Riverside / Victor Japan | VDJ-1546
Jazz / Modal Music / Post Bop / Piano

A real standout in the Bill Evans catalog for Riverside – and that's saying a lot, given how important all of his Riverside albums are! The session's a rare quintet outing for Evans – one that breaks the mode of the usual trio format by adding in Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Jim Hall on guitar – alongside rhythm players Percy Heath on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums – already a unique enough match for Evans' talents. In a way, the record's one of those sessions that Riverside would sometimes do – pairing a key new voice as a leader with others in an all-star group – but in another way, it's also a return to the sound that first brought Evans' to a wider audience in the 1957 and 1958 years – when he was working in non-trio groups with more famous players – adding his unique piano stylings to their (then) better-known solo modes.
Bill Evans - Half Moon Bay (1973) {Milestone MCD-9282-2 rel 1998}

Bill Evans - Half Moon Bay (1973) {Milestone MCD-9282-2 rel 1998}
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© 1973, 1998 Milestone / Fantasy | MCD-9282-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Modal Music / Piano

Yet more Bill Evans live dates continue to flood the landscape posthumously, but this one was recorded under most inviting and unusual conditions. The locale was Pete Douglas' Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, a second-floor, 250-seat rumpus room overlooking the Pacific near Half Moon Bay, CA, whose wood-paneled ambience and nine-foot Steinway D piano inspired some of the better live work from Evans during this period of his life. Again in his favored trio format, with bassist Eddie Gómez (who gets ample solo room) and drummer Marty Morell in totally simpatico communication, Evans gives himself opportunities to swing hard as well as traffic in his patented mode of harmonically complex introspection.

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1962)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 4, 2023
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1962)

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1962)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 381 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 154 MB | Covers - 43 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Riverside (OJCCD-210-2, RLP-9399)

Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also contained drummer Paul Motian. While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates. Evans chose the material here, and, possibly, in some unconscious way, revealed on these sessions - and the two following LaFaro's death (Moonbeams and How My Heart Sings!) - a different side of his musical personality that had never been displayed on his earlier solo recordings or during his tenures with Miles Davis and George Russell: Evans was an intensely romantic player, flagrantly emotional, and that is revealed here in spades on tunes such as "My Foolish Heart" and "Detour Ahead"…
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1961) {Riverside Japan, VDJ-1536, Early Press}

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby (1961) {Riverside Japan, VDJ-1536, Early Press}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 234 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 92 Mb
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© 1961, 1986 Riverside / Victor Japan | VDJ-1536
Jazz / Modal Music / Post Bop / Piano

Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also contained drummer Paul Motian. While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates. Evans chose the material here, and, possibly, in some unconscious way, revealed on these sessions – and the two following LaFaro's death (Moonbeams and How My Heart Sings!) – a different side of his musical personality that had never been displayed on his earlier solo recordings or during his tenures with Miles Davis and George Russell: Evans was an intensely romantic player, flagrantly emotional, and that is revealed here in spades on tunes such as "My Foolish Heart" and "Detour Ahead."

Bill Evans - Compact Jazz [Recorded 1962-68] (1987)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Nov. 15, 2018
Bill Evans - Compact Jazz [Recorded 1962-68] (1987)

Bill Evans - Compact Jazz [Recorded 1962-68] (1987)
EAC Rip | APE (tracks+.cue+log) - 254 MB | Covers (3 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (831 366-2)

Another Bill Evans compilation from the Verve label. How many stars you think it deserves depends how much you want this selection rather than the albums (all available at the time of writing) from which they come. The tracks are from sessions recorded between 1962 and 1968. If this seems a limited scope, in fact one of the potential attractions of the disc is the variety of the material, representing Evans in solo, duo, trio and overdubbed settings as well as with orchestral accompaniment. Another potential attraction is the range of musicians, including an intriguing line-up of bassists and drummers and, on one track, guitarist Jim Hall.