«On Portrait in Jazz», Bill Evans can be heard for the first time with his legendary trio, consisting of him on piano, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. During his time with Miles Davis, Evans realized that the best way to express his creativity would be within a piano trio. Half a year after the recordings for Davis’ Kind of Blue, Portrait in Jazz was created. The virtuoso, only 23-year-old Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian formed an equal trio with Evans that not only accompanied the pianist. LaFaro played a kind of counter-melody to Evans and, in technical terms, became a role model for bassists who followed him.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but rather cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to protect the softer photopolymer from scratching. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
