Portrait in Jazz

by Bill Evans, Bill Evans Trio

Overview

This 1959 studio session features Bill Evans with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, his earliest important trio and first working group to be recorded. Even at this early stage Evans and his bandmates display a substantial degree of interplay, getting well away from the tradition of the bass and drums playing a totally subservient role to the piano. The pianist's updated arrangements of the seven standards take them into new territory, highlighted by "Autumn Leaves," "Someday My Prince Will Come," and "Spring Is Here." The date is rounded out by two originals, the haunting modal work "Blue in Green" made famous on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (and wrongly credited to Davis as its composer, as Evans insisted upon credit when the original LP of this session was first issued) and the playful, upbeat "Peri's Scope." Previously reissued as a part of Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics series, this Keepnews Collection expanded reissue includes previously unavailable alternate takes of "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "Blue in Green" that were omitted from the 12-CD The Complete Riverside Recordings boxed set, along with expanded liner notes by Riverside founder/producer Orrin Keepnews. ~ Ken Dryden

Product Details

Release Date:	03/04/2008
Label:	Fantasy / Riverside Records
UPC:	0888072306783

Tracks

1. Come Rain or Come Shine
2. Autumn Leaves
3. Witchcraft
4. When I Fall in Love
5. Peri's Scope
6. What Is This Thing Called Love?
7. Spring Is Here
8. Someday My Prince Will Come
9. Blue in Green
10. Come Rain or Come Shine
11. Autumn Leaves
12. Blue in Green
13. Blue in Green

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bill Evans   Primary Artist,Piano
Bill Evans Trio   Primary Artist
Paul Motian   Primary Artist,Drums
Scott LaFaro   Primary Artist,Bass

Technical Credits

Harold Arlen   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Larry Morey   Composer
Jack Higgins   Engineer
Jacques Prevert   Composer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Frank Churchill   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Miles Davis   Composer
Morley   Composer
David Luke   Digital Remastering
Bill Evans   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Orrin Keepnews   Producer,Liner Notes,Original Liner Notes
Victor Young   Composer
Churchill   Composer
Frank E. Churchill   Composer
Ken Braren   Cover Design,Cover Production
Lawrence Shustak   Photography
Melvin Sokolsky   Cover Photo
Harris Lewine   Cover Design,Cover Production
Joseph Kosma   Composer
Arlen & Mercer   Composer
Paul Bacon   Cover Design,Cover Production