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 | Title : Sunday at the Village Vanguard (20 Bit Mastering)
Author : Evans Trio, Bill
Release Date : 20011127
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $15.98
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Editorial Reviews :
This live recording by the Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961, marked the end of one of the most sublime instrumental combinations in jazz history when bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident 10 days later. This unit is underdocumented because Evans, a notorious perfectionist, was reluctant to record. The interchange between Evans on piano, LaFaro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums is balletic in its balance of emotional beauty and technical precision. Multiple takes of 'Gloria's Step,' 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'All of You,' and 'Jade Visions' show how the invention these players brought to each performance makes repeated material sound like movements in a suite. --John Swenson
Buyer Reviews :
First off, this album is a stone cold classic and it's importance to jazz can't be understated. If you are already a fan you know I'm stating the obvious and if you're a new comer to jazz this is a great place to start. That said, I'm only writing this review to offer the other side of the previous one in which the critic described Scott LaFaro's bass playing as 'clunky' and 'hysterical.' I smell a jazz purist. But wait, even the purist of the jazz community would agree this album is amazing. I'm not putting down the reviewer as everyone has different tastes but it's hard to wonder why someone into jazz wouldn't like Scott LaFaro's bass playing. It's a perfect compliment to Bill's piano playing and his solos are tasteful and full of pulsing energy to the like that only Charles Mingus or Charlie Haden can match. It is by no means 'rock guitar bass' or even fusion for that matter as the previous review may lead one to believe. For me, it's the bass playing that stands out and gives this album its niche in the many other great jazz albums I have. So I had to write this review just to clear the air about Scott's bass playing. It is superb and arguably some of the most exciting pressed to wax.
(by Brian Dunn)
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