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On the turntable
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The Jazz RoomNo. 8 of the Continental 100
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio · 1961
Three men listening to each other more carefully than most people listen to anything.
Why it matters
Recorded on a Sunday afternoon in a basement on Seventh Avenue, ten days before the bassist Scott LaFaro was killed. You can hear the glasses. You can hear the conversation at the bar. What you mostly hear is a trio inventing a way of playing together that nobody had quite managed before — democratic, weightless, unhurried.
The Continental setting
Sunday, the papers spread across the table, no reason to dress before one o'clock.
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- 01Gloria's Step
- 02My Man's Gone Now
- 03Alice in Wonderland
The high-water mark of the piano trio.
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