At Shelly's Manne-Hole
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| Live album by Bill Evans | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | May 30 & 31, 1963, "Shelly's Manne-Hole", Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
| Length | 47:40 (CD) | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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At Shelly's Manne-Hole (or more completely, Bill Evans Trio at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California) is a live album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1963 as his last recording for the Riverside label. The trio featured Chuck Israels, who followed Scott LaFaro on bass in autumn 1961,[1] and Larry Bunker on drums, who just joined the reformed trio, after Paul Motian had left.[2]
Reception
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Daniel Gioffre wrote of the album: "This particular trio may lack some of the sheer combustive force of the better-known lineup, but it is, if possible, even more sensitive, melancholic, and nostalgic than the previous band... Jazz is rarely as sensitive or as melodic as this. Another classic from Bill Evans and company."[3]
Track listing
- "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:37
- "The Boy Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 5:22
- "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 5:15
- "Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 5:45
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:46
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 8:54
- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:57
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 8:44
- "Blues in F" – 5:44
"All the Things You Are" was not part of the original album, and first released on the 1989 digitally remastered CD release as a bonus track. On later issues the song was also edited as the last track of the album.
Credits
- Bill Evans – piano
- Chuck Israels – bass
- Larry Bunker – drums
References
- ↑ Leonard Feather Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 60s, Horizon Press, New York 1966, p. 164
- ↑ Evans and Motian actually played at least one more time together in December 1963, recorded in New York with Gary Peacock on bass, and released as Trio '64 on Verve. Cf. Bill Evans disocography on Jazzdisco.org.
- 1 2 Gioffre, Daniel. "At Shelly's Manne-Hole > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.