Paul Motian

Waltz for Debby

Bill Evans · 1961

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Bill Evans · 1961

The June 1961 Village Vanguard sessions captured the peak of two years of conversational jazz the three had developed together. Ten days later, LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ died in a car accident at 25.

— How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998

Waltz for Debby

Bill Evans · 1961

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Bill Evans · 1961

Explorations

Bill Evans · 1961

Psalm

Paul Motian · 1982

Sunday at the Village Vanguard was recorded live on June 25, 1961, capturing Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian's trio. Eleven days later, LaFaro died in a car accident, making this their final performance together.

Explorations

Bill Evans · 1961

ExplorationsExplorationsBill Evans · 1961 (February 1961) was the second Bill EvansBill Evansビル・エヴァンス Trio album. The conversational interplay with Scott LaFaroScott LaFaroスコット・ラファロ and Paul MotianPaul Motianポール・モチアン approached its mature form — though Pettinger notes the trio had been arguing right before the session.

— Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Peter Pettinger, 1998

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker · 1987

80/81

Pat Metheny · 1980

Michael BreckerMichael Breckerマイケル・ブレッカー appeared on approximately 900 recordings — not just jazz, but pop and rock sessions where someone needed saxophone done right. He appeared on Pat MethenyPat Methenyパット・メセニー's 80/8180/81Pat Metheny · 1980 (1980) and released his own debut in 1987. He died of leukemia in 2007 at 57, having won 15 Grammy Awards.

— Michael Brecker, Wikipedia, 2024