Bill Evans – Live in Tokyo (CD, Sony Music) – Mint / Sealed Latin Like a Virgin cemented Madonna’s

Like a Virgin cemented Madonna’s place as the defining pop icon of the decade

allowing space for extended improvisation and close interplay

The music shifts between tightly structured passages and freer

All of the bands featured here make distinctive contemporary music out of the 80s roots of the first cold wave movement

The performances are straight-ahead

Bill Evans – Live in Tokyo (CD, Sony Music) – Mint / Sealed Latin Like a Virgin cemented Madonna’sA live solo piano recording from Bill Evans, captured during his 1973 performance in Japan. Live in Tokyo presents Evans in an intimate setting, highlighting his harmonic depth, lyrical phrasing, and nuanced control of dynamics. Mint and Sealed CD on Sony Music.