BILL EVANS TRIO - Waltz For Debby (Reissue) - LP - 180g Black Virgin Vinyl

LP - 180g Pure Virgin Black Vinyl Reissue, Remastered

The fourth and final album by one of the most influential groups in jazz history, the Bill Evans Trio album “Waltz For Debby” was recorded live at the Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961, the same night as Sunday At The Village Vanguard. This set rounded out what became known as an early "full" portrait of Bill Evans. Waltz For Debby captures one of the most important and well-integrated piano trios in the history of jazz, working on a superbly inspired night.

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." There is a kind of impressionistic construction to his harmonic architecture that plays off the middle registers and goes deeper into its sonances in order to set into motion numerous melodic fragments simultaneously. The rhythmic intensity that he displayed as a sideman is evident here in "Milestones," with its muscular shifting time signature and those large, flatted ninths with the right hand. The trio's most impressive interplay is in "My Romance," after Evans' opening moments introducing the changes. Here Paul Motian's brushwork is delicate, flighty and elegant, and Scott LaFaro controls the dynamic of the tune with his light as a feather pizzicato work and makes Evans' deeply emotional statements swing effortlessly. Of the many recordings Evans issued, the two Vanguard dates and Explorations are the ultimate expressions of his legendary trio.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1. My Foolish Heart
A2. Waltz For Debby
A3. Detour Ahead

Side B
B1. My Romance
B2. Some Other Time
B3. Milestones
B4. I Loves You Porgy