Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival

200g 45rpm Double LP!
Cut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab by Acoustic Sounds!
Plated & Pressed at QRP!

Winner of the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group!

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As others have noted, this album occupies a unique place in the Bill Evans discography. It's the only album to document drummer Jack deJohnette's too-short stay in the trio. The trio's performance on this album won them the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.

By the time this set was recorded, live in Montreux on June 15, 1968, Eddie Gomez and Evans had been playing together for two years. Gomez provided a different brand of virtuosity to that offered by Scott LaFaro in Evans's classic trio of five years earlier but he was clearly the best bass player Evans had worked with since LaFaro's tragic death. The groove between the two was deep and comfortable, so comfortable that in this set, Evans did something he hadn't done before, at least on a recording: he showcased Gomez for an entire piece, the almost 7-minute-long "Embraceable You".

As the liner notes by Gene Lees reveal, Evans' performance at the renowned jazz festival in the nightclub of the Montreux Casino, one of the most fashionable resorts in Switzerland, was one of his best. He and Gomez played with more exuberance, more happiness and more drive. Evans' brooding, introspective musical side has been represented well on records before; the bright side has been too-little heard, but it's here in this album.

At the end of each number the audience exploded in applause so stormy and extended that it had to be heavily edited for the album.

For the 45rpm 2LP edition of this sparkling Bill Evans piano performance, Analogue Productions turned to mastering engineer Matthew Lutthans, who cut the sides at The Mastering Lab by Acoustic Sounds.

For this edition only the best vinyl pressing would do - a 200-gram super-silent luxurious-sounding platter from Quality Record Pressings, makers of the world's finest-sounding LPs. And Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on cardboard gatefold jacket with vibrantly reproduced original artwork. How does it get any better? Well, they've cut this edition at 45rpm! The dead-quiet double-LP, with the music spread over four sides of vinyl, reduces distortion and high frequency loss as the wider-spaced grooves let your stereo cartridge track more accurately.

First-rate and top-notch, this album will make a superb addition to your record collection.

Features

• 200g Vinyl
• 45rpm
• Double LP
• Dead-quiet vinyl
• Wider grooves allow more accurate cartridge tracking
• Reduced distortion and high frequency loss
• Cut by mastering engineer Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab by Acoustic Sounds
• Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on cardboard gatefold jacket with vibrantly reproduced original artwork

Musicians

Selections

Side One:

1. One For Helen
2. A Sleepin' Bee

Side Two:

1. Mother Of Earl
2. Nardis

Side Three:

1. I Loves You Porgy
2. The Touch Of Your Lips

Side Four:

1. Embraceable You
2. Someday My Prince Will Come
3. Walkin' Up