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Undercurrent - Silver Label Series

BILL EVANS & JIM HALL Undercurrent (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Silver Label Series special limited edition 6-track vinyl LP mastered on the GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180-gram High Definition Vinyl. Originally released in 1962 by Blue Note Records, this diverse set encompasses ballds, waltzes, and hard-swinging bop. Gatefold picture sleeve with original cover art image from Toni Frissell's photograph "Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida", individually numbered on the reverse. This example is in the opened perforated loose bag, the sleeve displays light wear and the vinyl has minimal signs of play)

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Price Info
$60.30, £45.00  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Tuesday 16th December
Release Year 2014 - 11 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Complete Stock List Go to Bill Evans (Piano)
Product Catalogue No MOFI1-031
Music Genre Jazz
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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1/4" / 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to analog console to lathe

Bill Evans catapulted to the top of the jazz world in June 1961 after reeling off three straight masterpiece sessions at New York's Village Vanguard with his trio. Yet the emotional highs came to a screeching halt shortly thereafter when bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident. Devastated, Evans refrained from playing for nearly a year. If not for an inspirational collaboration of tremendous creative outpouring, one wonders what fate may have befallen Evans. Undercurrent, the outcome of two studio sessions with guitarist Jim Hall, is that project.

Side One
1. My Funny Valentine
2. I Hear a Rhapsody
3. Dream Gypsy

Side Two
1. Romain
2. Skating in Central Park
3. Darn That Dream

While Evans managed to sit down for a few one-off takes between LaFaro's passing and these April-May 1962 dates, he largely remained on hiatus and abstained from recording. Whether it owes to the intimate pairing, he and Hall's brotherly chemistry, or the exquisite selection of program material, the results consistently come across as the equivalent of a private meditation - such is the level of introspective depth and quietly shaded interplay throughout. For Evans, the duet clearly functions as therapy, a healing episode in which his partner patiently lays back, shadowing moves and suggesting others, neither musician interested in the spotlight but each striving for (and achieving) transcendent beauty.

In tackling standards such as Rodgers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine" and the Broadway classic "Darn That Dream," as well as the Hall original "Romain," the pair traverses complex harmonies with the astute elegance of a figure skater. At times, Evans and Hall go for broke on a hard-swinging romps, yet it's their implied melancholy and drifting, softly struck melodic refrains on waltzes and ballads that bestows Undercurrent with a nuanced romanticism and whispered atmosphere befitting the record's title.

Indeed, even the album's cover - an iconic photograph by Toni Frissell - exhibits the surreal, almost-hallucinogenic properties of the fare contained within.


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Recording Artist Bill Evans (Piano)
Product Title Undercurrent - Silver Label Series
Product Information Bill Evans (Piano) Undercurrent - Silver Label Series USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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