lxv. EVANS, Bill (1929-1980)
Stella By Starlight (1963)
Bill Evans, piano
(4:50)
From Conversations With Myself.
All Evans, on three separate tracks.
At the time, overdubbing was a fairly new, controversial technology. You hear his left hand in the left channel and then it switches to the right channel -- all the while, he is grooving on top with his unbelievable grace and style.
Stella was written by Victor Young for the 1944 film, The Uninvited, starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey and Gail Russell -- a gothic, haunted-house piece of cinema that still stands up well.
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