I know they say pop will eat itself (and probably has by now, while I wasn't looking) but it seems that jazz reissues may go the same way. Both this release and Monk's Monk's Dream set covered below are identical compilations to those reviewed back in Jazzwise 134 and 196 respectively. For readers who don't treasure those back issues, it's worth repeating that New Jazz Conceptions was Evans's debut under his own name, with little previous recording to indicate his talent. Though less lyrical than his later work, he gives fascinating hints of what's to come, but his right-hand work also displays an impressive energy sometimes bringing to mind the tricky lines of Lennie Tristano, but as played by Horace Silver. The rhythmic games of his compositions ‘Displacement’ and ‘Five’ (which became the sign-off theme for his subsequent working trios) are greatly aided by Motian and the less well-remembered Kotick. I'm still disturbed that the three short unaccompanied solos, including the first-ever ‘Waltz For Debby’, are grouped together rather than distributed between the trio tracks, as originally released. And I'm still underwhelmed by the bonus material, on which Evans was the pianist for sessions led by Dick Garcia and Joe Puma, but the Conceptions album is a must-hear.