Bill Evans

Explorations

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Item Details

Genre

Jazz

Catalogue Number

VICJ61324

Number of Discs

Label

Victor Entertainment

Release Country

Japan

Original Release Year

1961

Format

Other

Limited, Paper Sleeve, 2BonusTracks

Product Description

Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (piano); Scott LaFaro (bass); Paul Motian (drums).
Recorded at Bell Sound Studios, New York, New York on February 2, 1961. Originally released on Riverside (9351). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.
Digitally remastered by David Luke (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
EXPLORATIONS, Bill Evans' fourth solo album, is aptly named. Throughout, Evans displays the high-minded lyrical facility, long flowing phrases and rich sound that made him so popular with both fans and other musicians during the 1950s and '60s. The intrepid nature of his improvisations and the edgy interactivity of his trio echo the album's title in tracks like the expansive "Elsa," "Israel," and the Miles Davis composition "Nardis."
Evans is also a master of the ballad, and he shapes tracks such as "Haunted Heart" and the shimmering, evocative "Elsa" into exercises of grace and sensitivity. There is a fair share of swing here too, with the up-tempo "Sweet and Lovely" and "Beautiful Love." Evan's imaginative, meticulous stylings flow through every piece, and it is difficult to resist the balance of intelligence, tenderness, groove and mood that EXPLORATIONS achieves.

Other Editions

Explorations (List of All Editions)

CD

Explorations: +2

¥1,559 US Edition Import 01 Jan 1987
SACD

Explorations: +2

¥2,148 CAN Edition Import 17 Aug 2004
CD

Explorations

¥1,627 INT Edition Import 14 Jun 2011

Track List

Bonus Track

09． Beautiful Love (Take1)
10． Boy Next Door

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