Name: Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
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Bill Evans Trio – Explorations

The Bill Evans Riverside Recordings Box Set

180-gram 45 RPM 2LPs

Mastered by Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman at AcousTech Mastering AAA analogue from original master tapes

Praise for the Riverside Recordings LP Box Set from Analogue Productions

“Bill Evans’ Explorations…the most lyrically riveting piano trio in jazz history, playing near-peak.

Explorations sounds wonderful.

All the tones, overtones, and rhythmic subtleties are vivid, present, and true.” — Fred Kaplan, The Absolute Sound, February/March 2005

The second album by the original Bill Evans group 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 for trio interaction.

Featuring intimate readings of several standards, plus three compositions from the jazz world that became synonymous with the trio’s sounds, and with ample space for LaFaro’s virtuosity to shine, the album was cited by Evans years later as among his own favourite recordings.

Track List: Bill Evans Trio – Explorations

1. Israel

2. Haunted Heart

3. Beautiful Love

4. Elsa

5. Nardis

6. How Deep Is the Ocean?

7. I Wish I Knew

8. Sweet and Lovely

9. The Boy Next Door

Brand

Analogue Productions

Analogue Productions It was in 1992 that Acoustic Sounds owner Chad Kassem reissued his first Analogue Productions title, Virgil Thompson's The Plow That Broke The Plains, originally on Vanguard. Analogue Productions began as a vehicle for Kassem to license his favorite all-time recordings and reissue them as remastered and as a superior version to the original release. Since its inception AP has reissued hundreds of titles, ranging from classical to folk, pop, rock, blues and jazz. Included in the many highlights of Analogue Productions' history are the Fantasy 45 Jazz Reissues, the Blue Note Reissues, and premium box sets of the music of such legendary acts as The Doors, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nat "King" Cole and Norah Jones. True to its name, Analogue Productions works with the original analogue master tapes - more than any other reissue label! The result is superior sound - richer, warmer and more lifelike, than digital.