Waltz for Debby [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import]

Bill Evans | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
• Label: Apo
• ASIN: B000066JLO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,448 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Foolish Heart

2. Waltz for Debby [Take 2]

3. Detour Ahead [Take 2]

4. My Romance [Take 1]

5. Some Other Time

6. Milestones

7. Waltz for Debby [Take 1][*]

8. Detour Ahead [Take 1][*]

9. My Romance [Take 2][*]

10. Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy) [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Superior Sound Quality, June 23, 2002

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Toshio Fukuhara (Yokohama, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waltz for Debby (Audio CD)

This SACD version offers considerably improved sound quality over any CD remastered versions (K-2, etc). The hiss you hear from CD and LP is virtually gone. This gives listeners greater clarity and depth in sound. Unfortunately, this makes the background noise of the audience with their chats, laughs and silverware more noticeable. This could be disturbing to seriously devoted Bill Evans fans, although Paul Motian, the only living member of the trio, has recently mentioned in the Swing Journal's interview that the chatty audience never bothered the trio in those days. DSD technology, which SACD is based, has ehabled us to get closer to the real thing beyond any level achived by CD technology. Considering the fact that the information captured in the original master tape 41 years ago is well within the CD specifications, it is a wonder that DSD technology can bring even greater sound quality. Paul Motian testifies that the trio's earlier performances during their two-week engagement was better than what was played on that last Sunday. If I had a time machine, I would go back with the latest DSD recording equipment and record the superior perforamnce of the previous Sunday. Can you imagine that Bill Evans Trio was only the warm up band for a chorus group that Sunday afternoon?

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE piano trio cd, remastered (yet again!), July 4, 2002

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Ben Wilson (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waltz for Debby (Audio CD)

I thought the latest re-master of this album and the companion set, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, was good. This one really tops them both, and I hope they re-release Sunday soon. This is my 4th copy of this album, including the lp version. One note I'd like to make, though, is that the group the Bill Evans Trio opened up for that day was not a "choral group" or whatever the reviewer said below, but indeed the Trio opened for Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, one of the most unique and talented vocal groups in all of music. In 1961, they were a hot ticket in the jazz world, and it was very good for the Trio to place on the bill opposite L,H, & R because it was a great way to expose a wider audience to their music. Whatever may have been the case, this is an essential buy for Evanophiles and anyone who likes to revel in beautiful sounds.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible CD Layer, December 13, 2006

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D. Allen "Mr. Mojorisin" (North Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waltz for Debby (Audio CD)

These Analogue Productions hybrid SACD's have incredible CD layers,and they are the best sounding CD's in my large collection. I wish Doug Sax remastered everything that I've ever purchased - jazz, blues, or rock. If you happen to like CCR, listen to what Analogue Productions did with their catalog. They were remastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, who also happen to be ace mastering guru's.