Bill Evans - Art of Duo: Conversations with Myself & Further Conversations With Myself

One of Bill Evans' first projects after signing with Verve in the early 1960s was his landmark album Conversations With Myself, in which the pianist laid down a basic track for each song and overdubbed two additional lines on top of it. Unlike previous attempts by other artists, Evans truly is responding to what he hears on the initial performance and there are no dull tracks within this session. Highlights include the inspired treatment of "'Round Midnight," the shimmering, beautiful setting of "Love Theme From Spartacus," the dirge-like "N.Y.C.'s No Lark" (an anagram of pianist Sonny Clark, who had recently died from a drug overdose) and the playful duet of Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk." Two tracks that initially appeared on a separate anthology are also included.< Read More