Yet the emotional highs came to a screeching halt shortly thereafter when bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident. Audio Venue Ltd, t/a Audio Venue is a credit broker, not a lender and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 738562). The cover of the album doesn’t feature any names or even a title, just a mysterious black and white photograph of a woman floating, Ophelia-like, in dark water.

Whether it owes to the intimate pairing, he and Halls' brotherly chemistry, or the exquisite selection of program material, the results consistently come across as the equivalent of a private meditation, such is the level of introspective depth and quietly shaded interplay throughout.However, those were big band albums and had no space at all for any real interaction between the pianist and guitarist.

The still strikingly modern looking cover uses the image of “A model floating in the water at Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida. Il disco da il meglio di se soprattutto in formato vinile e risulta estremamente appetibile anche per i non addetti ai lavori o chi semplicemente cerca un jazz elegante e magistrale. These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the site, you can disable them by changing the settings of your browser but you will not be able to use the site normally. Whether it owes to the intimate pairing, he and Hall’s brotherly chemistry, or the exquisite selection of program material, the results consistently come across as the equivalent of a private meditation – such is the level of introspective depth and quietly shaded interplay throughout.We will introduce you exclusively to Duologi finance products provided by Specialist Lending Ltd t/a Duologi through the Deko platform. No other version outside of this analogue copy brings you face-to-face with these two jazz giants’ sonic communion, a kind of spiritual musical summit on which Evans’ deft keyboard touches and Hall’s reliably subtle phrasings seamlessly mesh and wonderfully dance, the compositions streaked with natural instrumental decay, full-frequency extensions, and poignant emotionalism that, on this LP, you can feel. I also love "Skating In Central Park" which sways along with gently caressed piano chords and a delightfully subdued guitar lead.

There are a few exceptions, though--the blues come gleaming through on the limber "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" and the more reflective "Romain. There is more variety than expected on the fine set with some cookers, ballads, waltzes, and even some hints at classical music. LondonJazz is a not-for profit venture, but may occasionally take on work as a paid publicist and/or sell advertising packages.The front cover image for Undercurrent is Toni Frissell's photograph "Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida". They were part of a circle of musicians in New York in the early sixties, centred on George Russell, and including Jimmy Giuffre and Gil Evans, all united in a common aesthetic.

Note that the DOL cover is not black and white but has a blue tint, as in the Blue Note reissue of 1988, but with no lettering.

I'm glad to have it in my collection, but I will view it as a placeholder until a better pressing comes along. There have been a fair number of releases of Undercurrent on vinyl over the years, but Pure Pleasure’s 180 gram audiophile incarnation is the first to combine notably high quality sound with packaging that does justice to the eerie, enigmatic beauty of the original. I was chilling to this disc the other day, nodding my head to this oh-so-natural music and wishing I had half of Evans' talent. For Evans, the duet clearly functions as therapy, a healing episode in which his partner patiently lays back, shadowing moves and suggesting others, neither musician interested in the spotlight but each striving for (and achieving) transcendent beauty. Some reissues include four bonus tracks, including two alternate takes and previously unheard versions of "Stairway to the Stars" and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You.