These trio recordings of Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian captured the culmination of their work together (18 months) but also represented perhaps the best trio work ever done - an equal spontaneous partnership that allowed each to interweave their ideas with those of the other two. When I first learned that the recordings had been remastered, my first hope was that all the noises of conversation and glasses clinking would be removed. I'm happy now the extraneous noise remains because it reminds me how easy it is for us to become involved and preoccupied with our own banalities while a masterpiece could be emerging around us.