O concerto em Tokyo do Bill Evans Trio em 1973 foi a sua primeira gravação para a Fantasy e resultou novamente numa nomeação para Grammy. Com o baixo de Eddie Gomez e Marty Morell na bateria, este LP apresenta uma mistura de canções menos convencionais e tesouros perdidos com standards bem conhecidos, surpreendentemente apenas uma composição de Evans, T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two).

• Edição Limitada Sony Japan
• Jazz Analog Legendary Collection
• Capa Deluxe Premium
• Vinil Audiófilo 180 Gramas
• Prensagem na Sony Pressing no Japão
• Masterizado por Mark Wilder a partir das Fitas Master Originais
• Supervisionado por Masamichi Okazaki e Koki Hanawa
• OBI Strip Japonesa

The Bill Evans Trio's 1973 concert recorded at the Yubin Chokin Hall in Tokyo, was his first recording for Fantasy and it produced yet another Grammy-nomination for the presentation. With bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, this LP mixes offbeat songs with overlooked gems, familiar standards, and surprisingly, only one Evans composition, the demanding "T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two)." Bobbie Gentry's "Mornin' Glory" was an unusual choice to open the performance and seems a bit conservative for Evans. The adrenaline picks up considerably with his midtempo waltzing take of Jerome Kern's "Up with the Lark" and a driving "My Romance." Evans also revisits the twisting Scott LaFaro tune "Gloria's Step," which showcases both Gomez and Morell. The closer, "On Green Dolphin Street," is given a slight bossa nova flavor and isn't nearly as aggressive as most of the pianist's live recordings of this popular standard.

Jazz critic Kiyoshi Koyama found that Evans's playing was different, more fresh and colourful. He, and his aficionados, also noted a change in Evans' clothes: black tuxedo, bright pink shirt; "reportedly, this was the first time he had ever chosen such bold colors." The album includes "Hullo Bolinas", a Steve Swallow composition named after a town in California, which is one of the few Evans' piano solos; Eddie Gomez "brought the tune to Bill's attention just before the trio left for Japan." After the trio played it during a public performance, "Morell expressed the opinion that the number would have greater impact without bass and drums." Evans was convinced by Morell, so he played it alone. This piece was Evans's only piano solo of the whole Japanese tour.

Músicos: 

Piano – Bill Evans
Baixo – Eddie Gomez
Bateria – Marty Morell

Créditos:

Design de capa – Mitsuru Yamada
CBS/Sony Director de Produção – Kiyoshi Itoh
Engenheiros – Kenichi Handa, Tomoo Suzuki, Yuichi Maejima
MC – Teruo Isono
Fotografia (capa & contra-capa) – Tadayuki Naitoh
Produtor – Helen Keane
Supervisão de Masamichi Okazaki e Koki Hanawa

Lista de Faixas:

01. "Mornin' Glory" (Bobbie Gentry) – 5:17
02. "Up with the Lark" (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) – 6:36
03. "Yesterday I Heard the Rain" (Gene Lees, Armando Manzanero) – 6:24
04. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:32
05. "When Autumn Comes" (Clare Fischer) – 5:54
06. "T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two)" (Bill Evans) – 6:22
07. "Hullo Bolinas" (Steve Swallow) – 3:46
08. "Gloria's Step" (Scott LaFaro) – 7:07
09. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 6:38

Gravado no Yūbin Chokin Hall, Tóquio, Japão, 20 Janeiro, 1973.

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