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Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 – July 6, 1961) [1] was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro broke new ground on the instrument, developing a countermelodic style of accompaniment rather than playing traditional walking basslines, as well as virtuosity that was practically unmatched by any of his contemporaries.
Waltz for Debby is a live album by jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans and his trio consisting of Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian. It was released in 1962. It was released in 1962.
In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader, forming a trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio. They recorded two studio albums, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations , and two albums recorded during a 1961 engagement at New York's Village Vanguard ...
The trio played five sets—two in the afternoon and three in the evening—each one comprising four or five numbers and lasting about half an hour. [4] This was the last performance by the Bill Evans Trio with bassist Scott LaFaro, who was killed in a car accident eleven days after the recording. [5]
Explorations is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans that was 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.
Portrait in Jazz is the fifth studio album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans as a leader, released in 1960. It is the first of only two studio albums to be recorded with his famous trio featuring bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian.
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, a three-CD box set released in 2005, marks the first time the entire Bill Evans Trio's complete sets at the Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961, have been released in their entirety (outside of the 12-disc set containing Evans' complete Riverside recordings).
Trio with Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d) Riverside 1961 Sunday at the Village Vanguard: Live - Trio with Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d) Riverside 1961 Waltz for Debby: Live - Trio with Scott LaFaro (b), Paul Motian (d) Riverside 1961–62 Nirvana: Herbie Mann (flute) and Bill Evans Trio with Chuck Israels (b), Paul Motian (d) Atlantic: 1962