Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Portrait In Jazz
| Recorded | Dec 28, 1959 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 104371 |
The record
LaFaro and Motian arrive here as full partners rather than a backing unit, turning 'Autumn Leaves' and the rest of the standards into something closer to argument than accompaniment. This December 1959 date marks the moment the trio format started answering back.
Session personnel
- Scott LaFaro — bass
- Paul Motian — drums
- Bill Evans — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 140 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-315 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
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| 2007 | Riverside Records · UCCO-9002 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Mono OJC |
| 2015 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-088 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, Yellow OJC |
| 2020 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-088 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Blue w/ White Swirl OJC |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-315 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1962 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-315 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Concentric circles DG · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RM 12-315 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| — | Riverside Records · RLP 1162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, MGM mfg. · deep groove |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-315 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-315 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 1162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, White Label, Stereo |
Follow the players
Scott LaFaro also plays on
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