Bill Evans Trio – Waltz for Debby

2nd take from the sessions at Village Vanguard, recorded June 25, 1961. This was the trio's last live recording.

Bill Evans – piano
Scott LaFaro – bass
Paul Motian – drums

#jazz #BillEvans (1929–1980) #BornOnThisDay

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9WDyHGz-9M&list=PLbnJYtsl3xpgDgpMfktlPtctPumPiqdOS&index=22&pp=iAQB8AUB

Aora mesma, me espeta la pluve 🌧 con #BillEvans. :RedCrystalHeart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rndsppFleRI

#BillEvans' Morning Glory is a revelation. Recorded live in Buenos Aires in 1973 (and released in 2022), it captures a moment of political optimism. Combined with a 10 am showtime & the audience's rapturous appreciation for Evans & his trio -- this is a potent brew. By the encores, Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez & drummer Marty Morrell are lit up--as is the audience. Jazz musicians often get more 💙 in places like Japan, Europe & South America than in the U.S. That's life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ-mhSmoZxk

#BillEvans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) is a landmark album. Evans' near-telepathic interplay with bassist #ScottLaFaro and drummer #PaulMotian redefined the art of the trio. LaFaro is dazzling: the fact that he died in a car accident 11 days after the recording elevates the performances to legend. The ambient club noise is poignant; the room is tiny. Devastated by LaFaro's death, Evans didn't play again for months--and possibly never fully recovered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfU0nCQnUU4

♬〜 Stan Getz - Night And Day 💿Stan Getz & Bill Evans
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♬〜 Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby 💿New Jazz Conceptions
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#MilesDavis' #KindofBlue is influential--not just because it's the greatest jazz album of all time. Richard Williams 2009 book, The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music, makes the case that Kind of Blue influenced everyone from #theVelvetUnderground to #BrianEno. No doubt the album led to the creation of a whole sub-genre, #ECM. After Kind of Blue, #BillEvans never again recorded with Miles Davis. But Evans was just getting started.

#MilesDavis and #BillEvans produced sublime music together. Davis said he planned #KindofBlue around Evans' piano. Evans took some heat for being a white guy in the hippest Black band on the planet. But it was nothing compared to the racism Davis endured. He was assaulted & bloodied by the police in 1959 for having a smoke outside a NYC club where he was playing. Davis' name was on the marquee, he was at the height of his fame & Kind of Blue had just been released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXk1LBvIqU

Like many, I became aware of #BillEvans when I listened to #MilesDavis' Kind of Blue. Evans' piano intro on So What was so great. His liner notes also caught my attention--he explained why improvisation is such a demanding art form. I love this version of the Evans Trio playing So What because it's wild & recorded in Canada. Bill Evans could swing hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zZN6Fmsn8

#BillEvans birthday is coming up on August 16th, so I may post a few thoughts over the coming days (and welcome others to add theirs). Evans died on September 15, 1980--leaving a complex, brilliant legacy. Great releases keep coming. A live 2022 release (recorded in 1979), #InnerSpirit, is joyous, often exuberant. Even tracks like Suicide is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H). The track mirrors Evans' life & death from terrible addictions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-10M2R16M

Stan Getz & Bill Evans

This LP was recorded in 1964 but shelved until 1973. I'm not quite sure why...but it's kind of what you'd expect from that particular "cool jazz" team-up...a mellow affair.

Nicely recorded by Rudy van Gelder and given a flat, quiet pressing (at GZ, I think).

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♬〜 Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby 💿New Jazz Conceptions
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Bill Evans Trio
[Bill Evans – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans

Scott LaFaro – double bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro

Paul Motian – drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Motian]

"Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
(Riverside 1961)
https://songwhip.com/bill-evans-trio/sunday-at-the-village-vanguard-keepnews-collection

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One of the highlights of a long career: Tony Bennett with Bill Evans.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/2LxFPn34TNcgwZnPcxbRQR?si=aLc3JKN_SK22ehv2h0rkvw

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Tony Bennett and Bill Evans – Make Someone Happy

From the second of two albums Bennett made with jazz pianist/collaborator Bill Evans. Love both Bennett's voice and Evans's lyrical interludes here.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCDjyPNCls&list=OLAK5uy_myKJVVh-PeGsHYRIjuCGP7Gv0rh3JRNOE&index=12&pp=8AUB

6. und 7.7. #Billevans (Foto), #Wolfganghaffner und #Simonoslender #live in der #Gastegarage, #Hasbergen bei #Osnabrück. #Jazz #Funk #Konzert #Jazzrock #Gastspiel. Infos: gaste-garage.de

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent

I can't help but start with the cover - the great photograph "Weeki Wachee Spring" by Toni Frissell. Iconic.

And, of course, this brings together two jazz greats - Bill Evans (piano) and Jim Hall (guitar).

Music's great. Recording is not tip-top. Might be MoFi or the master, but there's quite a lot of dynamic range and it sounds like the tape saturated on occasion. But totally worthwhile regardless.

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Totalement jouissif et groovy! Miel pour les oreilles!

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=y0EZ6cTc5SQ

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Totalement jouissif et groovy! Miel pour les oreilles!

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=y0EZ6cTc5SQ

#billevans #jazz #piano

Totalement jouissif et groovy! Miel pour les oreilles!

https://yt.artemislena.eu/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fy0EZ6cTc5SQ

#billevans #jazz #piano