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• Explorations, the second album by the original Bill Evans Trio, features intimate readings of five standards plus three modern jazz compositions that became synonymous with the trio’s sound. Originally released by Riverside Records in 1961, it was the second and final studio album Evans recorded with his classic trio featuring Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. It is a follow-up to the trio’s first recording from two years earlier (Portrait In Jazz).

  Few musicians seemed less likely to make an impact on the New York jazz scene in the late Fifties than Bill Evans (1929-80), whose introspective solos and delicate touch were far removed from what was commonly considered “hard bop.” Yet Evans was indeed heard, and quickly became one of the most influential musicians on any instrument of the last half century.

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