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Scott LaFaro

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Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut short in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 near Geneva, New York, his home town. Although he performed for only six years (1955-1961), his innovative approach to the bass astounded his contemporaries, and to this day his recorded performances continue to surprise and delight. Those who have found the Bill Evans Jazz Resource on the Internet know of the profound interplay among Paul Motian, Scott LaFaro and Bill Evans in a jazz trio that for many musicians to this day remains a model of sonority, complexity, and swing

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Article: Album Review

Bill Evans: Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)

Read "Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


The past five years have been a banner period for recordings drawn from the vast canon of Bill Evans work, encompassing both previously issued material and newly discovered performances. Adding to the fact that one can easily hunt down previously issued expansive reissues of Evans' Riverside, Verve, and Fantasy catalogs, many unearthed tapes have finally seen ...

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Article: Album Review

John Scofield Dave Holland: Memories Of Home

Read "Memories Of Home" reviewed by Jack Kenny


This album is fundamentally about rapport, deep listening, and a shared musical history that traces back to Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and the quartet with Joe Lovano and Al Foster. John Scofield's distinctive guitar style seamlessly integrates post-bop, fusion, funk, and roots-based influences. His dry, idiosyncratic tone and subtle inflections have helped redefine modern ...

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Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: CD1: 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); 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); Witchcraft (Take 4, Alternate, Mono); Witchcraft (Take 6, Alternate, Mono); Spring Is Here (Take 4, Alternate, Mono); Come Rain or Come Shine (Take 2, Alternate, Mono); Come Rain or Come Shine (Take 4, Alternate, Mono); CD2: Autumn Leaves (Take 9, Mono Album Master); Blue in Green (Take 1, Alternate, Mono); Blue in Green (Take 2, Alternate, Mono); Someday My Prince Will Come (Take 1, Alternate, Mono); Israel (Take 1, Stereo Album Master); Haunted Heart (Take 3, Stereo Album Master); Beautiful Love (Take 2, Stereo Album Master); Elsa (Take 5, Stereo Album Master); Nardis (Take 2, Stereo Album Master); How Deep Is the Ocean (Take 3, Stereo Album Master); I Wish I Knew (Take 4, Stereo Album Master); Sweet and Lovely (Take 4, Stereo Album Master); Elsa (Take 4, Alternate, Stereo); Elsa (Take 6, Alternate, Stereo); Sweet and Lovely (Take 3, Alternate, Stereo); Sweet and Lovely (Take 5, Alternate, Stereo); CD3: Sweet and Lovely (Take 6, Alternate, Stereo); Nardis (Take 1, Alternate, Stereo); Beautiful (Take 1, Alternate, Stereo); I Wish I Knew (Take 2, Alternate, Stereo); I Wish I Knew (Take 3, Alternate, Stereo); I Wish I Knew (Take 5, Alternate, Stereo); Haunted Heart (Take 2, Alternate, Stereo); The Boy Next Door (Take 1, Outtake, Stereo); The Boy Next Door (Take 4, Outtake, Stereo); The Boy Next Door (Take 6, Outtake, Stereo); Walking Up (Take 1, Outtake, Stereo); How Deep Is the Ocean (Take 1, Alternate, Stereo); How Deep Is the Ocean (Take 2, Alternate, Stereo).

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Explorations

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Israel; Haunted Heart; Beautiful Love" [Take 2]; Elsa; Nardis; How Deep Is the Ocean?; I Wish I Knew; Sweet and Lovely.

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Article: Album Review

Bill Evans Trio: Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)

Read "Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)" reviewed by Mark Corroto


On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile, a barrier many believed human beings could never break. Today, any elite miler can run that time, which makes Bannister's accomplishment harder for modern sports fans to fully appreciate. Something similar happens when listening to pianist Bill Evans' two Riverside studio sessions, Portrait in Jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

WDR Big Band featuring John Goldsby and Bob Mintzer: Big Band Bass

Read "Big Band Bass" reviewed by Artur Moral


What better way to bid farewell to a long, fruitful relationship than with a mutual gift? That is the decision John Goldsby and the extraordinary WDR Big Band made after 30 years of intense collaboration. Extended partnerships are perhaps not too frequent in today's jazz landscape, even in the more conducive orchestral realm: well-known are the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Legendary Bass Played By Newark Native Scott Lafaro Loaned To New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Legendary Bass Played By Newark Native Scott Lafaro Loaned To New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Legendary Bass Played by Newark Native Scott LaFaro Loaned to New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for 2025 TD James Moody Jazz Festival and 2026 Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass Ben Williams (Nov 9), Max Gerl (Nov 13), Christian McBride (Nov 22), and Gregory Jones (Nov 23) will all play the famous instrument at the ...

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Article: Album Review

Anat Fort: The Dreamworld of Paul Motian

Read "The Dreamworld of Paul Motian" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Borrowing a sentiment from the title of the 1959 Riverside Records album Everybody Digs Bill Evans, it is safe to say that pianist Anat Fort digs Paul Motian. Her The Dreamworld of Paul Motian says so. We can attribute a big part of Motian's career success to pianist Bill Evans (1929 -1980). Portrait In ...

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Article: Album Review

Jim Witzel Quartet: Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)

Read "Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)" reviewed by Troy Dostert


While tributes to pianist Bill Evans have certainly not been in short supply over the years, he has unsurprisingly been given far more attention by pianists than from other instrumentalists. Efforts from guitarists have been particularly rare. There are some noteworthy exceptions: John McLaughlin took a stab at it in 1993 with Time Remembered (Verve) alongside ...


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