Bill Evans Trio - At Shelly's Manne-Hole

This is the last album Bill Evans made for his first label. The fact alone would give this at least historical significance; and there is surely also some importance to its being one of only two occasions on which the pianist was recorded for Riverside during a live performance (the other, or course, resulted in the classic pair of Village Vanguard albums, now OJCCD-140-2 and OJCCD-210-2). But above all, these two nights at Shelly Mann's club in Hollywood marked the only recording by the excellent but short-term third trio; after the untimely death of Scott LaFaro, bassist Chick Isreals joined Bill and Paul Motian. Then in 1963, Los Angeles studio-Stalward drummer Larry Bunker made this brief but noteworthy conribution to the Evans legend.

1. Isn't It Romantic

2. The Boy Next Door

3. Wonder Why

4. Swedish Pastry

5. Our Love Is Here To Stay

6. 'Round Midnight

7. Stella By Starlight

8. Blues In "F"

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