Bill Evans - Trio 64 (2021 Reissue)

Released 27th August 2021.

This isBill Evans’first trio date under his own name for Verve, and the deep communication he maintains throughout withGary PeacockandPaul Motian, two brilliant rhythm players, is sublime. All of the songs are standards of one for or another, but Evans and Co. find a depth to them that’s astonishing. Bill uses the spaces between phrases in a way that broadens and deepens the emotional content. Two outstanding examples of Bill’s interpretive magic here are the novelty numbers “Little Lulu” and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” which both acquire a warmth, scope of imagery and sardonic touch that enlivens their musical essence like never before. Thisall-analog 180g vinyl LPreissue wasmastered from the original analog tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound