BILL EVANS TRIO - Explorations (2024 Reissue with 2 Bonus Tracks) - LP - 180g Red Vinyl [MAY 31]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Red Vinyl featuring the complete album + 2 bonus tracks.

Limited edition - 180g red coloured virgin vinyl - the complete album + 2 bonus tracks. Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

'Explorations' (Riverside RLP-351), recorded on February 2, 1961, was Bill Evans' fourth LP as a leader and the second studio album by the pianist's legendary trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Their first recording together had been the studio album 'Portrait in Jazz', taped in 1959. The trio reached its climax with their 1961 club recordings at the Village Vanguard in New York.

****1/2 AllMusic: "Explorations is an extraordinary example of the reach and breadth of this trio at its peak."(Thom Jurek)

Tracklist: 

Side A
1.    Israel
2.    Haunted Heart
3.    Beautiful Love
4.    Elsa
5.    The Boy Next Door *

Side B
1.    Nardis
2.    How Deep Is The Ocean?
3.    I Wish I Knew
4.    Sweet And Lovely
5.    How Deep Is The Ocean? *

* = Bonus Tracks