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2005 compilation album by Bill Evans
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 , a three-CD box set released in 2005, marks the first time the entire
Bill Evans Trio's complete sets at the
Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961 have been released in their entirety (outside of the twelve-disc set containing Evans' complete
Riverside recordings). It also marks the first US release of the first take of "Gloria's Step," which is incomplete due to a power failure.
These sets, from which the classic LPs
Sunday at the Village Vanguard and
Waltz for Debby were drawn, were the trio's final live recordings. Bassist
Scott LaFaro would die in an automobile accident on July 6.
The album was deemed by the
Library of Congress to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" and added to the
United States National Recording Registry for the year 2009.
[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the set as part of its suggested "core collection".
[3]
Track listing
Disc one
Afternoon Set 1
Spoken introduction
"Gloria's Step" (Take 1, interrupted) (Scott LaFaro)
"Alice in Wonderland" (Take 1) (
Sammy Fain -
Bob Hilliard ) [Sb]
"
My Foolish Heart " (
Victor Young -
Ned Washington ) [W]
"
All of You " (Take 1) (
Cole Porter )
Announcement and intermission
Afternoon Set 2
"
My Romance " (Take 1) (
Richard Rodgers -
Lorenz Hart ) [W]
"Some Other Time" (
Leonard Bernstein -
Betty Comden -
Adolph Green ) [W]
"
Solar " (
Miles Davis ) [S]
Disc two
Evening Set 1
"Gloria's Step" (Take 2) [S]
"
My Man's Gone Now " (
George Gershwin -
Ira Gershwin -
DuBose Heyward ) [S]
"All of You" (Take 2) [S]
"
Detour Ahead " (Take 1) (
Lou Carter -
Herb Ellis -Johnny Frigo) [Wb]
Evening Set 2
Discussing repertoire
"
Waltz for Debby " (Take 1) (Bill Evans-Gene Lees) [Wb]
"Alice in Wonderland" (Take 2) [S]
"
Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy) " (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward) [Wb]
"
My Romance " (Take 2) [Wb]
"
Milestones " (
Miles Davis ) [W]
Disc Three
Evening Set 3
"Detour Ahead" (Take 2) [W]
"Gloria's Step" (Take 3) [Sb]
"Waltz for Debby" (Take 2) [W]
"All of You" (Take 3) [Sb]
"Jade Visions" (Take 1) (Scott LaFaro) [Sb]
"Jade Visions" (Take 2) [S]
...A few final bars
Relation to original LPs
Tracks marked with [S] were originally released on Sunday at the Village Vanguard. The original running order was:
"Gloria's Step" (evening set 1, take 2)
"My Man's Gone Now" (evening set 1)
"Solar" (afternoon set 2)
"Alice in Wonderland" (evening set 2, take 2)
"All of You" (evening set 1, take 2)
"Jade Visions" (evening set 3, take 2)
In addition, tracks marked with [Sb] were bonus tracks on the CD reissue.
Tracks marked with [W] were originally released on Waltz for Debby. The original running order was:
"My Foolish Heart" (afternoon set 1)
"Waltz for Debby" (evening set 3, take 2)
"Detour Ahead" (evening set 3, take 2)
"My Romance" (afternoon set 2, take 1)
"Some Other Time" (afternoon set 2)
"Milestones" (evening set 2)
In addition, tracks marked with [Wb] were bonus tracks on the CD reissue.
Personnel
References
^ Bailey, C. Michael (November 1, 2005).
"Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961" .
All About Jazz .
Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
^ Dryden, Ken.
Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 – Review at
AllMusic . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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a
b
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 167.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .
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