Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Session From The Black Forest Vol. 2

Sourced from first-generation analog recordings without any digital corruption

AAA Audiophile 200-gram 45 RPM double LP

2xHD mastering on Nagra Equipment by René Laflamme

Cut all-analog at Bernie Grundman Mastering on tube cutting equipment

Pressed in Canada

Find Bill Evans Some Other Time: The Lost Session From The Black Forest here

"Another winner from Rene LaFlamme and 2XHD, and a worthy alternative for those that don't own a reel-to-reel tape deck to experience the wonders of this previously unreleased HansGeorg Brunner-Schwer Bill Evans MPS recording. Evans is accompanied on Some Other Time by one of his best post-Scot LoFaro trios featuring Eddie Gomez on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums. Recorded five days after Evans' legendary Montreux performance, Some Other Time is for the first time available in glorious all-analog sound. (The 15-ips tape version of Some Other Time received a PF 2022 Writer's Award from me.) The sound here is simply gorgeous without some of the artificial piano sound haunting many Evans' recordings. Going to love Evans performing several tried and true jazz standards here including one of my favorite songs 'On Green Dolphin Street!'" — Writer's Choice Award 2023, Myles B. Astor, Positive Feedback Online

The recordings here constitute material from the second part of a June 20, 1968 studio session recorded by HansGeorg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) and Joachim-Ernst Brendt in Germany's Black Forest. This is no ordinary recording. This enthralling Bill Evans session was recorded five days after a famous performance at the 1968 Montreux jazz festival by Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Verve's Montreux live recording won a Grammy, but this studio session has been in the vaults ever since.

For the first time this album was mastered in all analog (AAA), from the original analog master. Mastered by René Laflamme at 2xHD Mastering lab and cut at Bernie Grundman at 45 RPM.

The 2xHD Fusion Mastering System is an innovation in audio restoration for a virtual audio reality. In the constant evolution of its proprietary mastering process, 2xHD has progressed to a new phase called 2xHD Fusion, integrating the finest state-of-the-art analog Nagra-T tape recorder modified with high-end tube playback technology, wired with OCC silver cable for better transparency and 3D imaging. 2xHD has consistently been one of the world's finest producers of audiophile albums. The many awards received are a testimony to their excellence. Whether capturing the subtleties of a chamber orchestra, or the spontaneous energy of a jazz set, 2xHD's proprietary recording and mastering techniques are state-of-the-art.

Musicians:
Bill Evans, piano
Eddie Gomez, bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums

Side A

It Could Happen To You - Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen

You Go To My Head - J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie

Side B

Wonder Why - Nikolas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn

You're Gonna Hear From Me - Andre Previn, Dory Previn

Walkin' Up

Side C

On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington

How About You - Burton Lane, Ralph Freed

What Kind Of Fool Am I - Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newly

Side D

Ill Remember April - Gene De Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye

Lover Man (Solo) - Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, James Sherman

It's All Right With Me (Solo) Incomplete - Cole Porter

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Get this one! posted on 12/30/2023 5 Stars If you are a Bill Evans fan, don't let this one pass you by. I have many of his recordings and this one is up there with the best. Close your eyes and the soundstage and music come to life. Very quiet pressing and the sound quality is second to none. Get this one!

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