Paul Motian

Waltz for Debby

Bill Evans · 1961

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Bill Evans · 1961

The June 1961 Village Vanguard sessions captured the peak of two years of conversational jazz the three had developed together. Ten days later, LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ died in a car accident at 25.

— How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998

December 5, 1999, BIMHUIS, Amsterdam. Paul MotianPaul Motianポール・モチアン Trio with Joe Lovano (tenor sax) and Bill Frisell (guitar). Paul MotianPaul Motianポール・モチアン's music creates a space that hovers between absence and presence.

— BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, 1999

July 7, 1997, Jazz à Vienne. Martial Solal (piano), Gary PeacockGary Peacockゲイリー・ピーコック (bass), Paul MotianPaul Motianポール・モチアン (drums). A historic meeting anchored by France's greatest jazz pianist.

— Jazz à Vienne, 1997

Explorations

Bill Evans · 1961

ExplorationsExplorationsBill Evans · 1961 (February 1961) was the second Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス Trio album. The conversational interplay with Scott LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ and Paul MotianPaul Motianポール・モチアン approached its mature form — though Pettinger notes the trio had been arguing right before the session.

— Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998