Sunday At The Village Vanguard - The Bill Evans Trio (1LP Vinyl) [Original Jazz Classics]
Product details
- Label Craft Recordings
- Artist The Bill Evans Trio
- Series Original Jazz Classics
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2023
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard by The Bill Evans Trio.
On the evening of June 25, 1961, The Bill Evans Trio took the stage at The Village Vanguard in New York City and captured one of the most cherished live recordings in the jazz canon. What unfolds across these six performances is a portrait of a trio operating at the height of its collective conversation, a group whose interplay redefined what a piano, bass, and drums could achieve together.
The program opens with "Gloria's Step," easing you into the intimate atmosphere of the Vanguard before flowing into the aching, deliberate "My Man's Gone Now" and the brisk swing of "Solar." Side two carries the mood forward with "Alice In Wonderland," the elegant "All Of You," and closes on the hushed, contemplative "Jade Visions," a piece that lingers long after the needle lifts.
Listening to this album is like pulling up a chair in a packed basement club, the clink of glasses and the murmur of the room folding into the music itself. The performances trade in subtlety rather than spectacle, favoring warmth, restraint, and a rare, almost telepathic responsiveness among the players. It is a document of a specific night, preserved with all the immediacy that a live setting can offer.
This edition honors that legacy with all-analog mastering from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, a treatment that draws out every breath of ambience and every delicate touch of the keys. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, it delivers the kind of quiet surfaces and dynamic range that let the room and the music speak for themselves.
The presentation matches the care of the audio. The record arrives in a single tip-on jacket wrapped with an obi spine, and it is housed in a Craft Recordings three-ply anti-static inner sleeve to keep the pressing protected between plays. Every element has been chosen to serve the recording and to reward repeated, attentive listening.
Manufactured and distributed by Concord and made in the U.S.A., this is ℗ 2022 and © 1961 Craft Recordings. For collectors and newcomers alike, it stands as an essential addition to any jazz shelf, a timeless evening at the Vanguard rendered with the fidelity it has always deserved.
Pressing Details:
Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York City; June 25, 1961.
All-analog mastering from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI. Single tip-on jacket with obi spine wrap.
Comes with Craft Recordings three-ply anti-static inner sleeve.
℗ 2022 & © 1961 Craft Recordings.
Manufactured and Distributed by Concord.
Made in U.S.A.
Track Listing:
A1. Gloria's Step
A2. My Man's Gone Now
A3. Solar
B1. Alice In Wonderland
B2. All Of You
B3. Jade Visions
Artist: The Bill Evans Trio
Supporting Artists: Scott LaFaro
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Craft Recordings
Catalog Number: CR00609
Series: Original Jazz Classics
Release Year: 2023
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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