BILL EVANS/SCOTT LaFARO WALTZ FOR DEBBY RARE ORIG 1961 RIVERSIDE DG MONO LP NICE

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BILL EVANS/SCOTT LaFARO~WALTZ FOR DEBBY~RARE ORIG 1961 RIVERSIDE DG MONO LP~NICE BILL EVANS/SCOTT LaFARO~WALTZ FOR DEBBY~RARE ORIG 1961 RIVERSIDE DG MONO LP~NICE

Bill Evans Trio With Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian ?– Waltz For Debby
Riverside Records ?– RLP 399

VERY NICE COPY OF THIS ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING FROM 1961 - 57 YEARS AGO!
COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH SOME DAMAGE TO THE CORNERS BUT NO SPLITS.
VINYL IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH LIGHT SCUFFS/A FEW LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES.
THE ALBUM PLAYS WITH VERY LIGHT SURFACE NOISE AND ONLY OCCASIONAL POPS/CLICKS. THERE IS A CLICK ON THE FIRST TRACK THAT LASTS ABOUT 4 REVOLUTIONS.
GREAT MONO AUDIO SOUND!
ORIGINAL DEEP GROOVE LABELS AND ORIGINAL CATALOG NUMBER, RLP 399, ON THE COVER AND THE LABELS.
A CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUM AND VERY HARD TO FIND IN THIS VINTAGE AND CONDITION!

Tracklist
My Foolish Heart     4:56
Waltz For Debby     6:54
Detour Ahead     7:35
My Romance     7:11
Some Other Time     5:02
Milestones     6:37

Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also contained drummer Paul Motian. While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates. Evans chose the material here, and, possibly, in some unconscious way, revealed on these sessions -- and the two following LaFaro's death (Moonbeams and How My Heart Sings!) -- a different side of his musical personality that had never been displayed on his earlier solo recordings or during his tenures with Miles Davis and George Russell: Evans was an intensely romantic player, flagrantly emotional, and that is revealed here in spades on tunes such as "My Foolish Heart" and "Detour Ahead." There is a kind of impressionistic construction to his harmonic architecture that plays off the middle registers and goes deeper into its sonances in order to set into motion numerous melodic fragments simultaneously. The rhythmic intensity that he displayed as a sideman is evident here in "Milestones," with its muscular shifting time signature and those large, flatted ninths with the right hand. The trio's most impressive interplay is in "My Romance," after Evans' opening moments introducing the changes. Here Motian's brushwork is delicate, flighty and elegant, and LaFaro controls the dynamic of the tune with his light as a feather pizzicato work and makes Evans' deeply emotional statements swing effortlessly. Of the many recordings Evans issued, the two Vanguard dates and Explorations are the ultimate expressions of his legendary trio.

    Recorded At – Village Vanguard
    Mastered At – Plaza Sound Studios

    Bass – Scott LaFaro
    Design [Album] – Ken Deardoff
    Drums – Paul Motian
    Engineer [Recording] – Dave Jones (10)
    Liner Notes – Joe Goldberg
    Photography By [Back Liner Photo] – Don Silverstein*
    Piano – Bill Evans
    Producer – Orrin Keepnews

Recorded 'live' at The Village Vanguard; New York; June 25, 1961.

    Matrix / Runout: RLP-12-399-A
    Matrix / Runout: RLP-12-399-B