EXPLORATIONS + 2 BONUS TRACKS + 3 ALT. TAKES Included here in its entirety, Explorations was Bill Evans' fourth album as a leader, following New Jazz Conceptions (1956), Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958), and Portrait in Jazz (1959). It was also Evans' second LP with the talented bassist Scott LaFaro, who would die soon after. In addition to all of the music produced during the date, we have also included the only two existing live versions by this trio of tunes from the album, recorded at Birdland less than a year before the studio session. Includes 16-page booklet
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