I dig this album, a lot. Starting with the cover, fitting for a much more prominent release than what's the case here. Silvery and placed in a frame, invites you to step inside and doesn't reveal anything about the music if you take away the names. Majestic in its minimalism. The session in review was left on the shelves for 15 years after recording, as was the case with countless gems from jazz sessions at the time, even when, or because, Bill Evans was involved. There certainly wasn't a lack of recording sessions or creativity it seems, the problem was rather the format, you couldn't put out an LP every month, whereas nowadays you can, but the talent and artistic integrity is highly questionable. This event, five numbers and a retake clocks in at 35 minutes, that's more or less how long the this jam lasted on a late evening in 1959, on the heel of a Chet Baker recording session. In that light maybe it's understandable that Evans, as the leader, put the lid on the jar to let it mature a few years. Evans, Chambers and Jones knew each other well, having played as part of other groups and settings, prominently Miles Davis' Quintet, Chambers being the stayer in that respect. Jones had just left Miles and Evans was about to take over for Red Garland for the recording of Kind of Blue. As a trio however, this was a one off, and we might never have heard of it was it not for the Chet Baker producer Orrin Keepnews. he recorded it and remembered it one day in the mid 70's. He got Evans to listen to it again and Evans agreed to put it out, as a testament to Paul Chambers talents on the bass. The tunes are not performed in any way spectacularly, but this combo creates quality.