Riverside RLP-9473

Bill Evans 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 trio with the same drummer (Paul Motian) and Chuck Israels on bass. Their first visit to a studio was for a dual purpose: to make an all-ballad-tempo album, Moonbeams, and this normal set at the same time. It was producer Orrin Keepnews thought that recording eight slow numbers in a row might prove unduly enervating; accordingly, the total two-album repertoire was interspersed over three days of recording and the net result was two excellent additions to the Evans catalog.

Musicians:

Bill Evans, piano
Chuck Israels, bass
Paul Motian, drums

Selections:
1. How My Heart Sings
2. I Should Care
3. In Your Own Sweet Way (take 1)
4. Walking Up
5. Summertime
6. 34 Skidoo
7. Ev'rything I Love
8. Show-Type Tune

Recorded May 17, May 29, and June 5, 1962 in New York.