December 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” perform with demonstrative zeal for their British witness at the BBC, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of U.S. darkness in the invariable shadows of the fallen towers. Callahan & band (Jessica Billey, Mike Saenz and Jim White) cover Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Smog with grey,…
One of Bill Evans best live albums, on the 1968 recorded At the Montreux Jazz Festival the legendary pianist plays in a more experimental and extroverted way than ever. He is backed by drummer Jack DeJohnette, who had just joined the trio and would gain great renown in later years due to his three-decade work as a member…
Further Conversations with Myself, released on the Verve label in 1967, was Bill Evans sequel to his 1963 Grammy Award LP Conversations with Myself. As on that initial album, here all the pieces are unaccompanied solos with piano overdubs. On Further, however, he plays just two pianos instead of the three he had previously employed….
One of the two most important associations in the early development of the incredible talent of Bill Evans was undoubtedly his nine-month 1958 stay with the Miles Davis Sextet that also included John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. The other was the year-and-a-half span in which Scott LaFaro was the bassist in Bill s newly-formed trio…
180-Gram Vinyl Limited Edition. Portrait in Jazz, recorded on December 28, 1959, was Bill Evans third album as a leader, and also Evans first LP with the talented bassist Scott LaFaro. The Evans LaFaro-Motian trio would record a second studio album, Explorations, on February 2, 1961, but they would reach a climax with their June…
Craft Recordings is proud to reissue You Must Believe in Spring, the celebrated 70th studio album from the pioneering jazz pianist Bill Evans. Recorded in 1977 and released in 1981, just months after Evans death, the album marks the artist s final studio recording with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund and includes stunning performances of…
180 -Gram Vinyl Limited Colored Vinyl- Contains specially liner notes by Brian Morton – *(*)All Music. Explorations (Riverside RLP-351), recorded on February 2, 1961, was Bill Evans fourth LP as a leader and the second studio album by the pianist s legendary trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Their first recording together had been…
All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Bill Evans Trio s Trio 64 Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP, and Housed in Stoughton Gatefold Jacket This is Bill Evans first trio date under his own name for Verve, and the deep communication he maintains throughout with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, two brilliant rhythm players, is sublime. All…
Craft Recordings announces the relaunch of Original Jazz Classics – the acclaimed reissue series that faithfully presented more than 850 memorable jazz albums over three decades. This reissue of the Bill Evans Trio s landmark recording Waltz For Debby has been cut from the original master tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180-gram…
Bill Frisell convenes a new line-up of musical friends on his third Blue Note album, Four, which features the acclaimed guitarist with Gregory Tardy on saxophone and clarinet, Gerald Clayton on piano, and Johnathan Blake on drums. Together, the foursome delves into intimate explorations of thirteen Frisell originals (both old and new) to create this stunning…
Bill Henderson – Bill Henderson With The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve By Request Series) [180g LP] Bill Henderson may not have been a household name among jazz singers, but this 1963 release raises a valid point that maybe he should have been. Of course, taking on this mix of standards with the Oscar Peterson Trio…
Charlie Parker s first album with a string section landed in 1950, ten years after his debut recordings. Although the overtly lush arrangements of Charlie Parker with Strings were Parker s idea, the record must ve been something of a relief to producer Norman Granz, especially when the sides went on to become Bird s…
Essential Collection from Late Great Down-Home Soul Legend Back on Vinyl LP! The antithesis of the sweaty R&B shouter that prowled the edge of stages, Bill Withers dealt in mellow, downhome-styled soul and emotional vulnerability, qualities that come to the fore on his seminal 1981 Greatest Hits collection. Evidence of Withers crossover appeal is found not only via his…
Keeping It Real for 50 Years: Bill Withers Still Bill Is an Understated Soul Masterwork Distinguished by Unstinting Consistency, Universal Emotions, Smooth Singing, and Direct Songwriting Mastered on Mobile Fidelity s Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI for Definitive Sound: Mobile Fidelity s 180g Vinyl LP Plays with Lifelike Presence, Richness, Detail, Textures, and Transparency …
Crafted from extraordinary unheard interviews, and restoring key performances into color for the first time, Billie is the story of the singer who changed the face of American music, and the journalist who died trying to tell it. Billie Holiday had one of the greatest voices of all time. She was a woman of breath-taking talent and global popularity…
Limited eco-mix yellow colored vinyl. Billie Eilish s third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT , released via Darkroom Interscope Records is her most daring body of work to date, a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs – ideally listened to in it s entirety from beginning to end – does exactly as the…