Scott LaFaro

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

Scott LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ rewrote the role of the bass in jazz. Before him, bass largely kept time with a walking line; Scott LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ turned it into an independent melodic voice in contrapuntal dialogue. He died in a car accident eleven days after the Village Vanguard recordings, at age 25.

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

October 1966, Munch Museum, Oslo. Recorded by NRK with Eddie Gomez and Alex Riel — 'Very Early,' 'Stella By Starlight,' 'Nardis.' Evans finding a new breath in the post-Scott LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ era.

— Bill Evans Trio — Oslo 1966, 1966

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