Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz (2017) [Hi-Res]

"... gets you every which way. At its least great, it is merely brilliant ... what makes Evans extra-extra-special is the way his playing drags you in and shares the vulnerability at its core. Oh, the humanity!"
- MOJO

"... one of the great masterpieces of modern music, presenting the pianist's new trio with the young, phenomenal bassist Scott LaFaro ... it seemed to Evans that he had found his ultimate trio, with a bassist that could play with an equal level of technique and imagination as the leader and his drummer, Motian, who had already been playing with the pianist for a number of years ... a must have."
- All About Jazz

Considered a pivotal album in jazz, this 1960 release from pianist Bill Evans marked the debut of his classic but short-lived trio, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. Tragically, LaFaro would die in a car accident less than two years after Portrait In Jazz was recorded, plunging Evans into a deep depression that kept him away from music entirely for many months.

Tracklist:
01. Bill Evans Trio - Come Rain Or Shine
02. Bill Evans Trio - Autumn Leaves
03. Bill Evans Trio - Witchcraft
04. Bill Evans Trio - When I Fall In Love
05. Bill Evans Trio - Peri's Scope
06. Bill Evans Trio - What Is This Thing Called Love?
07. Bill Evans Trio - Spring Is Here
08. Bill Evans Trio - Some Day My Prince Will Come
09. Bill Evans Trio - Blue In Green