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Empathy

Shelly Manne

Recorded	Aug 14, 1962
Label	Verve Records
Released	1962
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 282926

The record

Bill Evans steps into someone else's rhythm section for once, his harmonic patience meeting the drummer's brushwork as genuine two-way conversation rather than backing track, Budwig's bass filling the middle.

Session personnel

Monty Budwig — bass
Shelly Manne — drums
Bill Evans — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 49 pressings on file.

1962	Verve Records · V-8497 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Pressing earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; gatefold
2013	Analogue Productions · AP-8497 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Numbered, Remastered, Stereo, 200 g, Gatefold Analogue Productions · gatefold
1962	Verve Records · V-8497 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1962	Verve Records — STEREO
1962	Verve Records · V6-8497 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Verve Records · V6-8497 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · gatefold
1962	Verve Records · V6-8497 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Verve Records · VLP 9070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Verve Tape · VSTC 288 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album
1962	Verve Records · 72019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Verve Records · SVLP 9070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Verve Records · V-8497 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Verve Records · PS-8001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Verve Records · PS-8001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo