Bill Evans – New Jazz Conceptions

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THE COMPLETE ALBUM + BONUS TRACK 180g VINYL – HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIOPHILE PRESSING.

New Jazz Conceptions was Bill Evans’ first studio album recorded under his own name. The album primarily showcases Evans in a trio format (with Teddy Kotick on bass, and Paul Motian on drums), but also contains three solo piano tracks, one of which is Evans’ earliest recording ever of his legendary composition ‘Waltz for Debby’.

BILL EVANS piano
TEDDY KOTICK bass
PAUL MOTIAN drums

New York, September 18, 1956 & September 27, 1956.
Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews.

BONUS TRACK: Joe Puma (guitar), Bill Evans (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Paul Motian (drums). New York, late summer 1957.

“This is an important first LP-as-leader, and on any count, is one of the more creative modern jazz piano albums in a number of months.” – Nat Hentoff, Down Beat

“Even in 1956 (more than a year before he joined the Miles Davis Sextet), Evans had his own chord voicings and a lyrical yet swinging style. A strong start to a significant career.”- Scott Yanow, AllMusic.