Even though it only features two instruments for the whole duration, it never ever becomes one-dimensional or repetetive. If not for an inspirational collaboration of tremendous creative outpouring, one wonders what fate may have befallen Evans.

Evans' underlying playing is complete mastery and when he takes the lead Hall somehow makes the guitar sound like a bass and drums! 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.Evans’s left hand and Hall’s batterie effects frequently conjure up the impression of a phantom drummer at work. No other version outside of this analogue copy brings you face-to-face with these two jazz giants’ sonic communion, a kind of spiritual musical summit on which Evans’ deft keyboard touches and Hall’s reliably subtle phrasings seamlessly mesh and wonderfully dance, the compositions streaked with natural instrumental decay, full-frequency extensions, and poignant emotionalism that, on this LP, you can feel. My favourite pieces at the moment are Evans' own composition "Romain", which is an extraordinarily melancholy piece of NY bedsit music.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. At the time it was as distinctive as the record it contained, indicating — as far as jazz was concerned — we really were no longer in Kansas.It gets all the stars because is is a great modern jazz album performed as only the late, lamented Mr Evans could arrange and do. I am not generally a fan of Bill Evans (wash your mouth out with soap and water) but have always admired Jim Hall.

Throughout its history, Mobile Fidelity has remained true to this goal, pioneering state-of-the-art technologies and setting audiophile standards that remain in place today. Dream Gypsy shows them separating again, fashioning fragments and jigsaw puzzle-pieces of a tune, scattering them for the listener to assemble. They were part of a circle of musicians in New York in the early sixties, centred on George Russell, and including Jimmy Giuffre and Gil Evans, all united in a common aesthetic. On Skating in Central Park that chiming guitar sound becomes a dominant feature and, set against it, Evans is wittily wistful and melancholy, each piano note precise and clear cut until he smoothly recedes into the background and lets Hall take centre stage.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. We will introduce you exclusively to Duologi finance products provided by Specialist Lending Ltd t/a Duologi through the Deko platform. Neither musician is trying to dominate the conversation but just attempting to enhance each others playing in a quiet sensitive way. Questo disco rappresenta una pietra miliare nella storia del jazz e rappresenta ai massimi livelli la capacità di interplay e di arrangiamento di due musicisti straordinari, quali Evans e Hall, che condividono la stessa idea di suoni.