- Artist:
- Bill Evans
Moon Beams
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Release date: 30 May 2025
Article Number: 515686000
Moonbeams was recorded in three sessions in May and June 1962 in New York City and is the Bill Evans Trio's first studio recording after the sudden accidental death of bassist Scott LaFaro the year before. Chuck Israels replaces LaFaro, playing more of an accompanist role than Scott's style, and Paul Motian resumes his duties as the trio's drummer. This line-up produced the material for two albums that were to become Evans' most popular. Moonbeams contains ballads from the ‘62 sessions, which also spawned the more upbeat How My Heart Sings that same year. Moonbeams captures some of Evans‘ most introspective playing, his sense of loss evident but tempered by Israels’ sensitive performances. Evans also expresses his lyricism, which is underpinned with rhythmic firmness, even in the extraordinarily slow ‘Love in Vain’.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
- Re: Person I Knew
- Polka Dots And Moonbeams
- I Fall In Love Too Easily
- Stairway To The Stars
Side B:
- If You Could See Me Now
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- In Love In Wain
- Very Early