Música recomendada: Bill Evans Trio Portrait Jazz (1960)

Portrait in Jazz: Grabado el 28 de diciembre de 1959 y editado en 1960 en Reeves Sound Studios, en New York City.

Eight months after his successful collaboration with Miles Davis on the album Kind of Blue, Evans recorded Portrait in Jazz with a new group (the Bill Evans Trio) that helped change the direction of modern jazz.

Most noticeably, LaFaro's bass is promoted from a mere accompanying instrument to one of almost equal status to the piano (though not to the extent that it would be on later albums such as Sunday at the Village Vanguard). It is one of Evans' more up-tempo and swinging albums (the presence of several ballads notwithstanding).


Track listing
1. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:24
2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Mercer) – 6:00
3. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:37
4. "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:57
5. "Peri's Scope" (Bill Evans) – 3:15
6. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 4:36
7. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:09
8. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 4:57
9. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Evans) – 5:25

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
1. "Come Rain or Come Shine" [Take 4] - 3:23
2. "Autumn Leaves" [Take 9, mono] - 5:25
3. "Blue in Green" [Take 1] – 4:39
4. "Blue in Green" [Take 2] – 4:26
 
Personnel
Bill Evans – piano
Scott LaFaro – bass
Paul Motian – drums
 
Additional personnel
Orrin Keepnews – producer
Jack Higgins – engineer
George Horn – mastering