To speak of the music for a bit: What I find interesting about this final phase is Evans' use of time. I've been thinking and listening a lot about time since reading Jim's & Larry Kart's comment regarding this aspect in the Coltrane at the Half Note thread. There is a different use of time here compared to Evans' first VV sessions, especially in his playing; the common phrase for late Evans is: hurried. I don't think it's that. What I hear is Evans' has deepened his approach toward the piano, toward time, it strikes my as more sax based than trumpet based, with the use of time being much more complex. Maybe an example of what I mean is better. In Waltz For Debby, when I listen to Detour Ahead, it sounds like a Miles Davis solo, I can close my eyes, change the instrument from piano to trumpet, and Miles appears. With this last trio, his playing is, for me at least, fuller, with very different way to approach, a different fell for time in each cut. Even the role of the bass has changed here. I'm finding the later years of Evans' very interesting. Don't know if this is making any sense, probably need more time to listen and think about these areas in Evans' playing -- so ask me again in a year and I might know something of what I'm trying to say, if even then.