Bill Evans The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings,1961, LTD ED 180G 4LP NEW.
Editorial Reviews 

Ranked time after time as one of the best live jazz recording sessions in history, and yielding two of Evans' most classic albums (Waltz for Debby, Sunday at the Village Vanguard), The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 represents the pinnacle of spontaneous musical communication: three men breathing as one on a tiny bandstand. This box set is the ultimate collectable item for any jazz fan. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl, this four-LP set comes with a 12-page booklet, complete with new liner notes by reissue producer Bill Belmont, as well as the original liner notes by the producer of the original recordings,Orrin Keepnews. Reproductions of session notes and photographer Steve Schapiro's proof sheets from the performances add vintage context to the packaging. Also included in the box is a stunning metallic and black poster of the famous cover Evans, in profile, deep in concentration at his piano. Everything Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian had been working on for the previous 18 months led to this moment on June 25, 1961. The little-known pianist and his trio performed afternoon and evening sets that Sunday to a small audience that unknowingly sat through what would become a very famous and final set by the trio as a whole. The 25-year old LeFaro died tragically in a car accident just ten days later. The performances on these LPs demonstrate a new and more interactive approach to playing as a trio, one in which all instruments carry melodic responsibilities and function as equal voices. Contrapuntal dialogues take place between Evans's poetic piano and LaFaro's bass, with Motian's sustained riveted ride cymbal providing a carpet of stars. These recordings provide something of a sonic time capsule: sequenced in the original order of the five sets; the audience's murmurings and applause peppered throughout; even an interrupted take is left intact. This box set is the definitive keepsake for audiophiles, Bill Evans fans and jazz collectors, alike, and, in its limited run, will go quickly.

Tracklist Afternoon Set 1A1Spoken Introduction0:42A2Gloria's Step (Take 1 - Interrupted)5:41A3Alice In Wonderland (Take 1)7:03B1My Foolish Heart4:58B2All Of You (Take 1)8:14B3Announcement And Intermission1:43Afternoon Set 2C1My Romance (Take 1)7:09C2Some Other Time4:57C3Solar8:56Evening Set 1D1Gloria's Step (Take 2)6:09D2My Man's Gone Now6:21D3All Of You (Take 2)8:31E1Detour Ahead (Take 1)7:17Evening Set 2E2Discussing Repertoire0:30E3Waltz For Debbie (Take 1)6:47E4Alice In Wonderland (Take 2)8:31F1Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy)6:10F2My Romance (Take 2)7:26F3Milestones6:32Evening Set 3G1Detour Ahead (Take 2)7:40G2Gloria's Step (Take 3)7:00G3Waltz For Debby (Take 2)6:58H1All Of You (Take 3)8:17H2Jade Visions (Take 1)4:12H3Jade Visions (Take 2)4:04H4... A Few Final Bars1:16 Companies, etc. Recorded At –  Phonographic Copyright ℗ –  Copyright © –  Pressed By –  – 22939 Remastered At –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Credits Bass –  Coordinator [Production Coordination], Reissue Producer –  Drums –  Engineer –  Liner Notes – ,  Piano –  Producer [Original] –  Remastered By [Digital Remastering] –  Remastered By [Vinyl] – ,  Research [Tape Research] – 

Notes Recorded in performance at the Village Vanguard, New York City; June 25, 1961. 

180 gram vinyl.