Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 2

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 2

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Feb. 2:

Bill Evans – Explorations (1961)

Explorations is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans that was originally released by Riverside Records in 1961. It was the second and final studio album Evans recorded with his classic trio featuring Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums.

Bill Evans Trio Explorations Full Album – 1961

00:00 | – | 01 – Israel 06:11 | – | 02 – Haunted Heart 09:39 | – | 03 – Beautiful Love (take 2) 14:47 | – | 04 – Beautiful Love (take 1) 20:54 | – | 05 – Elsa 26:05 | – | 06 – Nardis 31:56 | – | 07 – How Deep is the Ocean 35:30 | – | 08 – I Wish I Knew 40:11 | – | 09 – Sweet and Lovely 46:06 | – | 10 – The Boy Next Door.

Personnel: Bill Evans – piano Scott Lafaro – bass Paul Motian – drums.

Credits: Design [Cover] – Ken Deardoff Engineer [Recording] – Bill Stoddard Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – David Luke Producer, Sleeve Notes – Orrin Keepnews Recorded at Bell Sound Studio in New York City; February 2nd, 1961. Digital Remastering, 1987 – David Luke. (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley).

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The album’s eight original tracks include five jazz standards and three modern jazz compositions. Explorations opens with a cover of John Carisi‘s “Israel,” which had first been recorded by Miles Davis on the second Birth of the Cool session. The trio also covers Davis’s own “Nardis,” which Evans had first recorded in 1958 with Cannonball Adderley. Ted Gioia notes that “you could trace Evans’s entire career by studying his different interpretations of this composition over the years, documented by more than 30 recordings.” Also included is the ballad-waltz “Elsa” composed by Evans’s friend Earl Zindars. Peter Pettinger comments that “Evans began it with an air of mystery, like the unveiling of a secret, the gentle introduction melting imperceptibly into the tune.”

Bill Evans would record it again just a few weeks later with Adderley for the album, Know What I Mean? and then revisit it a few years later on Trio ’65. A number of later live versions through 1975 are also in circulation, and Evans would record several other Zindars compositions through the years.

Pettinger notes that the treatment of Irving Berlin‘s classic song “How Deep Is the Ocean?” was “remarkable at the time for leaving the melody till the end.” Unlike Evans’s three previously released trio recordings, Explorations includes no originals by the pianist.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet – Lonely Woman (1962)

Lonely Woman is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Atlantic label.

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

"Lonely Woman" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:20
"Animal Dance" - 4:05
"New York 19" - 7:59
"Belkis" - 3:43
"Why Are You Blue?" (Gary McFarland) - 6:34
"Fugato" - 2:48
"Lamb, Leopard (If I Were Eve)" - 6:25
"Trieste" - 5:43

Personnel

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Milt Jackson - vibraphone
John Lewis - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums

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Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Awakening (1970)

The Awakening is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring trio performances with bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Frank Gant recorded in 1970 for the Impulse! label.

Track listing

"The Awakening" (Ahmad Jamal) – 6:19
"I Love Music" (Emil Boyd, Hale Smith) – 7:19
"Patterns" (Ahmad Jamal) – 6:19
"Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) – 5:05
"You're My Everything" (Harry Warren, Joe Young, Mort Dixon) – 4:40
"Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) – 6:27
"Wave" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 4:25

Personnel

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Ahmad Jamal – piano
Jamil Nasser – bass
Frank Gant – drums

Chick Corea – Return to Forever (1972)

Return to Forever is a jazz fusion album by Chick Corea recorded over two days in February 1972 but was not released in the USA until 1975—Corea’s fourth release for the label. It is the debut of a quintet featuring singer Flora Purim, flautist/saxophonist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke and percussionist Airto Moreira, who would go on to record under the name Return to Forever.

Track listing:

All music is composed by Chick Corea.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	“Return to Forever”		12:06
2.	“Crystal Silence”		6:59
3.	“What Game Shall We Play Today”	Neville Potter	4:30
Total length:			23:35

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	“Sometime Ago – La Fiesta”	Potter	23:13
Total length:			23:13 46:48

Personnel:

Return to Forever

Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes electric piano
Joe Farrell – flute, soprano saxophone
Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar (tracks 1–3), double bass (track 4)
Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
Flora Purim – vocals, percussion

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Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition – Audio-Visualscapes (1988)

Audio-Visualscapes is an album by Jack DeJohnette‘s Special Edition, featuring Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Mick Goodrick, and Lonnie Plaxico, recorded in 1988 and released on the MCA/Impulse! label.

Track listing:

All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated

Side one

"PM's AM" - 5:50
"Donjo" (Greg Osby) - 6:20
"Master Mind" (Osby) - 8:07

Side two

"Slam Tango" - 6:06
"The Sphinx" (Ornette Coleman) - 15:22

Side three

"One for Eric" - 12:10
"Brown, Warm & Wintery" - 5:45

Side four

"Audio-Visualscapes" (DeJohnette, Lonnie Plaxico, Osby, Mick Goodrick, Gary Thomas) - 14:25

Personnel:

Jack DeJohnette – drums, synthesizer (sampled grand piano, expander, drum machine)
Gary Thomas – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet (through voice processor and Vocoder)
Greg Osby – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (through Pitch Rider)
Lonnie Plaxico – electric bass, upright bass
Mick Goodrick – electric guitar

The Modern Jazz Quartet – For Ellington (1988)

For Ellington is a tribute album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances of compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1988 and released on the East West label.

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

"For Ellington" (John Lewis) - 8:01
"Jack the Bear" - 5:04
"Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 5:05
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 5:45
"Ko Ko" - 5:44
"Maestro E.K.E." (Milt Jackson) - 5:37
"Sepia Panorama" - 5:32
"Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Mills) - 6:33
"Come Sunday" - 4:11

Personnel

Milt Jackson - vibraphone
John Lewis - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums, percussion

Django Bates – Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (1995)

Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1995 and released on the JMT label.