Evans, Bill. (1929–1980) & LaBarbera, Joe. (b. 1948) & Johnson, Marc. (b. 1953)
Interplay - Signed LP
Signed LP from the innovative jazz pianist, who has signed boldly on the cover of his 1963 album Interplay, adding above "I like this one! A good day," and the date "1979" and signed also by the two last members of the Bill Evans Trio, Joe LaBarbera and Marc Johnson, who add their signatures and the year 1979 evidently from a concert appearance that year, despite the fact that neither appear with Evans on the present album.Recorded in July and August 1962, Interplay featured Evans on piano with Percy Heath (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Jim Hall (guitar), and Freddie Hubbard (trumpet.) Described and "enigmatic and unusual," the album included only one original (the title track), along with standards such as "You Go to my Head" and "When You Wish Upon a Star." The recording was reissued with further material in 1982 as The Interplay Sessions.
Bill Evans worked briefly with Miles Davis before forming his own trio in the late 1950s. Evans’s influence as a keyboard artist has been acknowledged by the likes of Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett. Plagued by a decades-long struggle with hepatitis and drug addition, Evans died at the age of 51 and autograph material is uncommon. (15378)
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