Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions [CD]

ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS

£11.86

Cat. no: EJC55780
Format: CD
Barcode: 8436559469715
Release Date: 09 Dec 2022
Genre: Jazz

ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS BILL EVANS: NEW JAZZ CONSEPTIONS This release contains Bill Evans’ debut album as a leader, New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside RLP-12-223), in its entirety, including an alternate version of “No Cover, No Minimum” that completes the session

The LP primarily showcases Evans in a trio format, but also contains three solo piano tracks, one of which is Evans’ earliest recording ever of his legendary composition “Waltz for Debby”. A couple of rare sessions from the same period, which feature Evans as a sideman on dates for guitarists Dick García and Joe Puma, have been added as a bonus. BILL EVANS, piano, TEDDY KOTICK, bass, PAUL MOTIAN, drums New York, September 18 & 27, 1956. *BONUS TRACKS: 13-15: Bill Evans (p), Dick García (g), Jerry Bruno (b), Camille Morin (d). New York, 1955. 16-18: Bill Evans (p), Eddie Costa (vib), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Paul Motian (d). New York, 1957. 4.5 Stars: DOWN BEAT original review: New Jazz Conceptions “This is an important frst-LP-as-leader, and on any count, is one of the more creative modern jazz piano albums in a number of months.” (Nat Hentoff)

Tracks: Love You / Five / Conception / Easy Living / Displacement / Speak Low / Our Delight / No Cover, No Minimum / I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good / Waltz For Debby / My Romance / No Cover, No Minimum [Alternate Version] / Kimona My House / Like Someone In Love / Ev'ry Night About This Time / I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good / Mother Of Earl / Indian Summer