Product details
- Label Original Jazz Classics
- Artist The Bill Evans Trio
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2009
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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How My Heart Sings! by The Bill Evans Trio.
Few piano trios in jazz history achieved the conversational intimacy of the Bill Evans Trio, and "How My Heart Sings!" captures that group at a remarkable moment of creative unity. Recorded across three sessions in New York on May 17, May 29, and June 5, 1962, this album finds Evans alongside Chuck Israels on bass and Paul Motian on drums, three musicians listening to one another with a rare and delicate attentiveness.
The title track opens the record with the kind of shimmering lyricism that made Evans one of the most influential pianists of his generation. From there, the A-side moves through a tender reading of "I Should Care" and Evans's own "In Your Own Sweet Way," before closing with "Walking Up," a study in the trio's easy, buoyant interplay. Each performance rewards close listening, revealing the subtle harmonic shadings and rhythmic conversation that define this ensemble.
Turn the record over and you are greeted by an unhurried, deeply personal interpretation of "Summertime," followed by the playful "34 Skidoo" and "Ev'rything I Love." The set concludes with "Show-Type Tune," a fitting cap to a program that balances romance, wit, and introspection in equal measure. Israels grounds the group with a warm, singing bass line, while Motian's brushwork and cymbal touch add color without ever crowding the piano.
Behind the music sits a first-rate production team. Orrin Keepnews served as producer, with Bill Schwartau handling the recording as engineer, and Ken Deardoff contributing the album design. The liner notes come from both Evans himself and Keepnews, offering perspectives from the artist and the producer who understood him so well. Phil De Lancie handled the remastering that gives this edition its clarity and presence.
This particular pressing is a 2009 repress of the 1989 remaster, issued with the classic Prestige black and yellow labels. It carries forward the sonic care of De Lancie's remastering work while presenting the trio's playing with the warmth and depth that collectors of these sessions prize.
For anyone drawn to the introspective, harmonically rich world of Bill Evans, "How My Heart Sings!" is an essential document of his early 1960s trio. It stands as a beautiful showcase of three players in complete accord, and this edition offers a fine way to bring that music home.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. How My Heart Sings
A2. I Should Care
A3. In Your Own Sweet Way
A4. Walking Up
B1. Summertime
B2. 34 Skidoo
B3. Ev'rything I Love
B4. Show-Type Tune
Credits:
Chuck Israels - Bass
Ken Deardoff - Design [Album Design]
Paul Motian - Drums
Bill Schwartau - Engineer [Recording Engineer]
Bill Evans - Liner Notes
Orrin Keepnews - Liner Notes
Bill Evans - Piano
Orrin Keepnews - Producer
Phil De Lancie - Remastered By
Notes:
Recorded in New York, May 17, May 29, and June 5, 1962. Similar to [r5510493] but this is with Prestige black and yellow labels.
2009 repress of the 1989 remaster.
Artist: The Bill Evans Trio
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Original Jazz Classics
Catalog Number: OJC-369
Release Year: 2009
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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