{"product_id":"bill-evans-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival-analog-productions-45rpm-lp","title":"Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival - Analogue Productions 45rpm ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cp\u003e180-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings! Now at 45 RPM!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCut by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab by Acoustic Sounds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOld-style tip-on gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the liner notes by Gene Lees reveal, Evan's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of each number the audience exploded in applause so stormy and extended that it had to be heavily edited for the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the 45 RPM 2LP edition of this sparkling Bill Evans piano performance, we turned to mastering engineer Matthew Lutthans, who cut the sides at The Mastering Lab by Acoustic Sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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, we've cut this edition at 45 RPM! 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59548774170705,"sku":"753088762475","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/original_7e49c14e-3d7d-43fb-99e4-5e6a87f05467.jpg?v=1779356782","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/bill-evans-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival-analog-productions-45rpm-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}