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<p>This peculiar 'movie' won an Honorary Oscar in 1948 for its careful blending of "artistry and patience " Alas, it didn't inspire more movies acted out by birds. In this one, prolific screenwriter Dean Reisner stepped into the director's seat for the first and...

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Bill Carter

Bill Carter

GRAMMY Award winning pianist Bill Charlap returns to Blue Note with a sublime new album featuring his sterling trio with bassist Peter Washington & drummer Kenny Washington. Stunning new set presents Great American Songbook standards alongside songs by great jazz composers including Billy Strayhorn,...

A subtle tour de force" are the words with which Billboard met guitarist Bill Connors's Of Mist and Melting upon the album's release in 1978; and revisiting this music decades later only confirms that special spirits were indeed at work when the Manfred Eicher-produced...

A guitarist's guitarist, Bill Connors has always had the admiration of his peers, drawing praise for his left-hand vibrato, his sense of space, his liquid phrasing, the way he lingers on a note - all qualities evident on this 1977 recording. Jazz Journal: "The...

<p>Superstar cowboy actor "Wild Bill" Elliot traded in his boots and spurs at Allied Artists for gumshoes and a badge in a series of crackling crime dramas playing a Los Angeles County Sheriff's department detective lieutenant. Dubbed Lt. Andy Flynn in the first film,...

<p>Blue Collar Comedy Tour's breakout star Bill Engvall created, executive produces and stars as Bill Pearson, a family counselor who could use some counseling of his own to deal with his unconventional brood in this family-centered sitcom. TV titans Nancy Travis and Tim Meadows...

Bill Evans Trio

From Bill Evans' first-ever performance at a concert hall in New York City comes. At Town Hall, Volume One. Featuring the sensitive accompaniment of Chuck Israels on bass and Arnold Wise on drums. Included is a 13-minute solo suite dedicated to the memory of...

BILL EVANS – BEHIND THE DIKES – THE 1969 NETHERLANDS RECORDINGS (LIMITED 3LP GATEFOLD EDITION) – FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF HISTORIC CONCERTS IN HOLLAND!Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings is the first official release of pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gomez and Marty...

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To this day, jazz pianists are influenced by Bill Evans by his use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his trademark rhythmically independent, 'singing' melodic lines. Evans gained his first spotlight when joining Miles Davis' sextet during the time Kind of...

Ranked time after time as one of the best live jazz recording sessions in history, and yielding two of Evans' most classic albums (Waltz for Debby, Sunday at the Village Vanguard), The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 represents the pinnacle of spontaneous musical communication:...

The 1961 engagement of Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian at the Village Vanguard is widely considered to be one of the most historic in jazz. This 3-CD set presents all five sets the trio performed in their original order. First time available...

Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Vinyl)

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Vinyl LP pressing. The second album by the original Bill Evans group - released in 1961 - was recorded after the pianist, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian had spent a year working together and honing the telepathy that established a new standard...

Bill Evans's return to full activity in 1962 came almost a year after his celebrated trio recordings at the Village Vanguard. Just ten days after that classic "live" session, bassist Scott LaFaro had died in a highway accident. Evans, deeply shaken, eventually reformed his...

Acclaimed jazz artist Bill Evans' Momentum album is the 1972 live album recorded at a concert at Stadsschouwburg in Groningen, the Netherlands. The trio includes, next to Bill Evans on piano, Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morell on drums. The ensemble plays compositions...

Bill Evans Trio - On A Friday Evening - Craft Recordings - Newly discovered live performance by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gomez - bass and Eliot Zigmund - drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can...

180-GRAM GATEFOLD DOUBLE LPNewly discovered live performance by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Eddie Gomez — bass and Eliot Zigmund — drums. The previously unreleased concert took place on June 20, 1975, at Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BCptured for radio host Gary Barclay, it...

Bill Evans Trio

Bill Evans Trio

2008 24 bit remaster from the original tapes. Album also features Scott Lafaro and Paul Motian.

The first of two albums recorded at the legendary final appearance of the Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard, these recordings have long been recognized as capturing the unique interaction that characterized the trio of Evans, LaFaro and Motian. This new edition of...

Digitally remastered edition of this 1961 album from the Jazz pianist. Sunday at the Village Vanguard was recorded live on June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard in New York City over five recorded sessions (two matinee and three soiree). It is well remembered...

Never-before-released recording of piano great Bill Evans with bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker captured live in Copenhagen at the Radiohuset and TV-BYEN studios in August 1964. Features Evans' only known version of "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," two different readings...

Waltz For Debby, the fourth and final album by one of the most influential groups in jazz history, the Bill Evans Trio, was originally released in 1962 as a companion to Sunday At The Village Vanguard. Original Jazz Classics Series is pressed on 180-gram...

Waltz for Debby" was recorded June 25, 1961 live at the Village Vanguard jazz club. The place acoustics played a big role: the small, triangular basement club naturally produced a warm, close-up sound. They were used portable Ampex tape machines with relatively few microphones...

For this amazing 1965 album (released by the Verve label in February of 1966), Bill Evans and his trio (featuring bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker) meet a 48-piece symphony orchestra conducted and arranged by Claus Ogerman. The Symphony Orchestra album includes compositions...

Newly mastered edition of pioneering jazz pianist Bill Evans' seventieth studio album, "You Must Believe In Spring", his final recording session with bassist Eddie G?mez and drummer Eliot Zigmund. This 2-LP set features ALL-ANALOG mastering cut at 45RPM from the original tapes, by Kevin...

Cited years later as one of Evans' personal favorites, this 1961 LP (his second with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian) features his gorgeous versions of How Deep Is the Ocean; Sweet and Lovely; Nardis; Beautiful Love (two takes), and more. The last studio session...

Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings brings together the complete studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio featuring Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Included are the albums Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, plus 26 alternate takes - 17 previously unreleased. The collection includes...

Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings brings together the complete studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio featuring Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Included are the albums Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, plus 26 alternate takes - 17 previously unreleased. The collection includes...

Interplay is a 1963 album from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans, originally released on the Riverside label. Joining Evans are Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Jim Hall (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). This new edition of the album is released as part...

Originally released in 1962, Moon Beams is the first Bill Evans Trio album with Chuck Israel on bass, following the death of Scott LaFaro. Featuring the tracks "Re: Person I Knew" and "Very Early," the trio of Evans (piano) and Israel (bass) is completed...