Bill Evans Trio

Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio Japan Import edition

"Sunday at the Village Vanguard" is the first of two releases from the legendary recording session on June 25, 1961 at the New York jazz club of the same name. Bill Evans selected material for this album that pays tribute to his bassist Scott LaFaro, who died shortly thereafter.

The Bill Evans Trio is widely regarded as one of the finest jazz trios ever, primarily because of the excellent, equal interplay of its musicians. Instead of just rhythmically supporting the pianist, LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian contribute to a dialogue at eye level. This can be heard, for example, on "My Man's Gone Now." Belongs in every collection!

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While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, with increasing popularity, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now appearing. Typically, the Universal Archive master tapes are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not own an SACD player.