BILL EVANS TRIO: HAUNTED HEART: THE LEGENDARY RIVERSIDE STUDIO RECORDINGS (REMASTERED)

Performer: Bill Evans, piano; Scott LaFaro, double bass; Paul Motian, drums
Composer: Bill Evans Trio
Number of discs: 5
Barcode: 0888072682092
Label: Craft Recordings
Format: LP
Genre: Jazz
Year: 2025

The legendary Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings by the Bill Evans Trio

Five-LP 180-gram box set

Lacquer cutting by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

All studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian

Edition includes previously unreleased recordings, alternate takes, remastered tracks, and new liner notes

This unmissable five-LP 180-gram box set brings together all studio recordings made by Bill Evans with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. The set includes the albums Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, along with 26 alternate tracks, 17 of which are completely unreleased until now. The box also contains rare photographs, an introduction by John Densmore (The Doors), and liner notes written for the occasion by renowned scholar Eugene Holley Jr. Remastering was handled by Paul Blakemore, while lacquer cutting was done by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

Bill Evans, piano; Scott LaFaro, double bass; Paul Motian, drums

Portrait in Jazz (Stereo)

Side A
Come Rain or Come Shine (Take 5, Album Master)
Autumn Leaves (Take 13, Stereo Album Master)
Witchcraft (Take 5, Album Master)
When I Fall in Love (Take 2, Album Master)

Side B
Peri’s Scope (Take 2, Album Master)
What Is This Thing Called Love (Take 4, Album Master)
Spring Is Here (Take 6, Album Master)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Take 5, Album Master)
Blue in Green (Take 3, Album Master)

Alternate Takes from Portrait in Jazz Session (Mono)

Side A
Witchcraft (Take 4, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Witchcraft (Take 6, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Spring Is Here (Take 4, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Come Rain or Come Shine (Take 2, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Come Rain or Come Shine (Take 4, Alternate)

Side B
Autumn Leaves (Take 9, Mono Album Master)
Blue in Green (Take 1, Alternate)
Blue in Green (Take 2, Alternate)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Take 1, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)

Explorations (Stereo)

Side A
Israel (Take 1, Album Master)
Haunted Heart (Take 3, Album Master)
Beautiful Love (Take 2, Album Master)
Elsa (Take 5, Album Master)

Side B
Nardis (Take 2, Album Master)
How Deep Is the Ocean (Take 3, Album Master)
I Wish I Knew (Take 4, Album Master)
Sweet and Lovely (Take 4, Album Master)

Alternate Takes from Explorations Session (Stereo)

Side A
Elsa (Take 4, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Elsa (Take 6, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Sweet and Lovely (Take 3, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Sweet and Lovely (Take 5, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)

Side B
Sweet and Lovely (Take 6, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Nardis (Take 1, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Beautiful (Take 1, Alternate)
I Wish I Knew (Take 2, Alternate)

Alternate and Unreleased Takes from Explorations Session (Stereo)

Side A
I Wish I Knew (Take 3, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
I Wish I Knew (Take 5, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
Haunted Heart (Take 2, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
The Boy Next Door (Take 1, Outtake, Previously Unreleased)

Side B
The Boy Next Door (Take 4, Outtake)
The Boy Next Door (Take 6, Outtake)
Walking Up (Take 1, Outtake, Previously Unreleased)
How Deep Is the Ocean (Take 1, Alternate, Previously Unreleased)
How Deep Is the Ocean (Take 2, Alternate)