The Original Jazz Classics CD and standard CD reissues are just not competitive sonically. To my ears and on my system, the HDTracks 24/192 is surprisingly good, but overall it has always sounded somewhat closed-in with less air and frequency extension than I thought could be delivered. But none matched my aural memories of that beautiful double slab of 45rpm AP vinyl. So, I have many alternative digital reissues. When I made my downsizing transition and had to give up my vinyl (read about that HERE), I searched and searched for a digital reissue that might come close. But, I'm here to talk with you about digital releases of this album. It is long out of print at Analogue Productions, and a used copy last sold on Discogs for $269.98 in January 2022 with none listed for sale as I write this. And I'm sure that is still the case, if you could find a copy of it. It was superb: highly resolving, airy extended top-end, transparent, beautiful timbral accuracy. Once upon a time, I had the Analogue Productions 45rpm vinyl reissue of this album, and I loved it. It is knock-it-out-of-the-park great!īill Evans Trio, Waltz for Debby. If this is one of your favorite albums, as it is mine, you should run, not walk, to get this new release. But, none of the digital reissues match the sound of this terrific Pure DSD256 release from HDTT. New York, December 28, 1959.Waltz for Debby is one of the great jazz albums. Six tracks from "Portrait in Jazz" (featuring the same trio) have been added here as a bonus. LaFaro would die in a car accident just ten days later, at the age of 25.
The Evans-LaFaro-Motian Trio would reach a climax with their Jclub recordings at the Village Vanguard in New York. Their first recording together had been the studio album Portrait in Jazz, taped on December 28, 1959, which marked Evans’ third album as a leader, following "New Jazz Conceptions" (1956) and Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958). "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.
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