BILL EVANS, SHELLY MANNE & MONTY BUDWIG – Empathy (2023 Reissue with 2 Bonus Tracks) – LP – 180g Vinyl

LP – 180g Audiophile Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Includes the complete album plus two bonus tracks.

Bill Evans spent late 1961 and most of 1962 participating on a variety of recording projects which featured him playing either solo or along with musicians with whom he rarely worked. Empathy was the first of only two albums Evans recorded with drummer Shelly Manne (their second collaboration, A Simple Matter of Conviction, was taped in 1966). It features the pianist and drummer in a trio format, with Monty Budwig on bass, and presents an unusual program, with four out of six tunes Evans would never record again in any format.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. The Washington Twist (6:26)
2. Danny Boy (3:41)
3. Let’s Go Back To The Waltz (4:32)
4. Danny Boy [solo Piano Version] (10:10)

Side B
1. With A Song In My Heart (9:12)
2. Goodbye (5:11)
3. I Believe In You (5:51)
4. Goodbye [quartet Version] (6:16)