condition (records/cover): NM / NM
Gatefold sleeve. No obi.
A Japanese Verve double LP gathering four immortal answers to the same eighty-eight-key question: Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Bud Powell and Wynton Kelly - the powerhouse, the poet, the prophet and the groove master, side by side across two discs of prime label material. As piano surveys go, the curation is essentially unimprovable: four completely distinct touches, four schools of time and harmony that between them cover most of what modern jazz piano can be or has been - Powell's bebop fire that started it all, Evans's harmonic introspection that opened the impressionist door, Kelly's buoyant blues lilt that every accompanist studies, Peterson's orchestral command that ends arguments. Perfect both as a listening feast and as a masterclass in how differently genius can sit at the same instrument, ideally consumed in one sitting with the sleeve notes in hand.
Japanese 2LP edition, gatefold, quiet vinyl for music that lives entirely in the touch. Piano civilization, boxed.
