Portrait in Jazz

THE JEAN-PIERRE LELOIR COLLECTION

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

DELUXE PACKAGING 

"Portrait in Jazz" (Riverside RLP12-315) was Bill Evans’ third album as a leader, following New Jazz Conceptions (1956) and Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958). It was also Evans’ first LP with the talented bassist Scott LaFaro, who would tragically die in a car crash in 1961. This CD is completed by a different take of “Autumn Leaves”, which was issued on the Mono version of the LP, as well as by the original version of “Blue in Green”, recorded by Bill Evans with Miles Davis for the classic album "Kind of Blue".

PERSONNEL:

BILL EVANS, piano
SCOTT LaFARO, bass
PAUL MOTIAN, drums

New York, December 28, 1959.

BONUS TRACKS (10-11):

10: From the same sessions.
Different take issued on the Mono version of the LP.

11: Miles Davis (tp), John Coltrane (ts), Bill Evans (p),
Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d).New York, March 2, 1959.

TRACKS:

01 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
02 AUTUMN LEAVES
03 WITCHCRAFT
04 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
05 PERI’S SCOPE
06 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
07 SPRING IS HERE
08 SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
09 BLUE IN GREEN
10 AUTUMN LEAVES [Mono take]
11 BLUE IN GREEN [from Kind of Blue]

Total Time: 52:26