WatermelonMan

with Bill Evans we are literally in paradise

That trio has achieved unparalleled things in my opinion; all three had class, elegance, and virtuosity. I still mourn LaFaro for what he gave to his instrument and to music in general...

Bill Evans is one of my absolute favorite musicians. Over more than thirty years of passion for jazz, I've never stopped rediscovering him and experiencing beautiful emotions through his music. This is the most famous trio, one of the most famous in the history of jazz (if not the number one), lasting only a few years due to the sudden death of Scott La Faro. Anyway, in my (very modest) opinion, Bill Evans would go on to provide incredible emotions towards the end of his life, with the trio featuring Eddie Gomez. In albums like "I Will Say Goodbye," "You Must Believe In Spring," or the last live recording from Paris in 1979, almost all the records from those last melancholic years, Evans had reached a level of bringing joy and beauty through his music that I've rarely found elsewhere. His improvisations have a brilliance that perhaps reminds me of Mozart's piano concertos. Please forgive the truly daring comparison between two musicians from such distant eras and cultures. It is the joy that radiates from their music that brings them together for me. Thank you, WatermelonMan, for this revival.

Imagine, the comparison you made is not at all as daring as one might think; it's music that evokes immense emotions in me as well. Bill Evans is also one of the artists I hold dear in my heart...

I too tend to consider the Trio with LaFaro as the most formidable ever seen, at least the most revolutionary. Never before had there been such an equal democracy where the 3 musicians were 3 solo voices and support, feeding off each other and developing a telepathic interplay that became tangible due to the density they radiated in the air.

You are absolutely right, zappp... Surely, a trio with such "balanced" interplay and roles has never been seen before... and (perhaps) it will never be seen again like this...