EVANS BILL/MOON BEAMS/HOW MY HEART SINGS

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AFTER THE DEATH OF BASSIST SCOTT LAFARO IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTBILL EVANS STOPPED PLAYING FOR ALMOST A YEAR. HIS COMEBACK WAS WITH MOON BEAMS AND HOW MY HEART SINGSRECORDED AT THE SAME PERIOD IN MAY AND JUNE 1962 AT THE SOUND MAKERS STUDIO IN NEW YORK WITH ON THE BASS CHUCK ISRAELS AND DRUMMER PAUL MOTIAN. MOON BEAMS CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF BALLADS RECORDED DURING THIS PERIOD AND IS LIKE SLOWBROODINGROMANTICFULL OF LOSS....JUST SO MUCH TO ENJOY ON A RAINY DAY. THE MORE UP-TEMPO TUNES WERE PUT ON HOW MY HEART SINGS. FIFTY YEARS LATERTHE RECORDING REMAINS PAINFULLY INTROSPECTIVEUP-TEMPO OR NOT. EVANS WAS THE VAN GOGH OF JAZZ: SENSIBLE AND TROUBLEDCHARACTERISTICS THAT EXPRESSED THEMSELVES IN HIS PLAYING HIS ENTIRE CAREER.