Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions - 4609LP

Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions - 350307

New Jazz Conceptions

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Cat No: 4609LP

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Format Details: Blue Vinyl

Release Date: 09 December 2022

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436559469715

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 04 August 2023

Label: Jazz Wax

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8435723700456

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 06 November 2026

Label: 20th Century Masterworks

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436563187155

Genres: Jazz

Description
This release contains Bill Evans' debut album as a leader, New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside RLP-12-223), in its entirety, including an alternate version of "No Cover, No Minimum" that completes the session.

The album primarily showcases Evans in a trio format, but also contains three solo piano tracks, one of which is Evans' earliest recording ever of his legendary composition "Waltz for Debby". A couple of rare sessions from the same period, which feature Evans as a sideman on dates for guitarists Dick García and Joe Puma, have been added as a bonus.

"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." - **** 1/2 Nat Hentoff, DownBeat (from the original review of 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.

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Limited edition pressing on 180g blue coloured vinyl, includes new liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and Paris' prestigious publication Jazz Magazine. Includes the earliest recording of the hit 'Waltz For Debby'.
New Jazz Conceptions was Bill Evans' first studio album recorded under his own name. However, by September 1956, at 27-years old, he already had many studio recordings under his belt, and a lot of playing experience. The album primarily displays Evans in a trio format alongside 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'.
"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." - **** 1/2 Nat Hentoff, DownBeat
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