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Bill Evans & Jeremy Steig - What's New (2003)

2009-10-15T19:50:29Z

Bill Evans & Jeremy Steig - What's New (2003)


1. Straight No Chaser 
2. Lover Man 
3. What's New 
4. Autumn Leaves 
5. Time Out for Chris 
6. Sparticus Love Theme 
7. So What

Personnel: 
Bill Evans (piano) 
Leremy Steig (flute) 
Gomez (bass)
Marty Morell(drums)

Recorded at Webster Hall, N.Y.C.,on Jan.30, Feb. 3,4,5, and Mar.11,1969

Bill Evans did not record too many collaborations with other artists outside of his own trios, probably because few could hold their own in the presence of his intensely emotional improvisations. Well known are his fine recordings with Jim Hall and the album he made with Toots Tiellemans - Affinity. Far less so is this session with Jeremy Steig, son of the more famous cartoonist William Steig. Jeremy's main efforts were in the Jazz Fusion field which was in vogue in the late sixties and early seventies. This recording attests to his astonishing ability in the straight ahead jazz genre. More importantly, the level of his emotional expression at least puts him in Evan's musical ball park, and Evans,in turn, seems to be inspired by Steig's breathy and adventurous solos. The original album was tough to find, so this reissue is very welcome, particularly with so few jazz flautists currently active. Highly recommended. --- Andrew (Denver, Colorado), amazon.com

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Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent 1962 (2002)

2014-10-17T15:53:38Z

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent 1962 (2002)


1.My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers)
2.I Hear a Rhapsody (Jack Baker,George Fragos,Dick Gasparre)
3.Dream Gypsy (Judith Veveers)
4.Romain (Jim Hall)
5.Skating in Central Park (John Lewis)
6.Darn That Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen)
7.Stairway to the Stars (Matty Malneck,Frank Signorelli)
8.I'm Getting Sentimental over You (George Bassman)
9.My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers) (alternate take)
10.Romain (Jim Hall) (alternate take)

Jim Hall - guitar
Bill Evans – piano

Other than four piano solos from April 4, 1962, this set was pianist Bill Evans' first recordings after a hiatus caused by bassist Scott LaFaro's tragic death in a car accident. The first of two meetings on record in a duo format with guitarist Jim Hall, the collaborations are often exquisite. Both Evans and Hall had introspective and harmonically advanced styles along with roots in hard-swinging bebop. There is more variety than expected on the fine set with some cookers, ballads, waltzes, and even some hints at classical music. Recommended. [Some reissues include four bonus tracks, including two alternate takes and previously unheard versions of "Stairway to the Stars" and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You."] ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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Bill Evans - A Jazz Hour With Bill Evans - Autumn Leaves (1969)

2011-12-19T13:16:43Z

Bill Evans - A Jazz Hour With Bill Evans - Autumn Leaves (1969)


01	Autumn Leaves					play
02	Turn Out The Stars
03	Quiet Now
04	Nardis
05	Very Early
06	A Sleepin' Bee					play
07	What Are You Doing Th
08	T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)
09	Sugar Plum
10	Emily
11	Some Other Time

Musicians:
Bill Evans (piano)
Eddie Gomez (bass)
Marty Morel (drums).

Date & Location: unknown (possibly Amsterdam or Paris, between 1969 and 1972)

There's some mystery about the source of this 'bootleg' recording. The CD packaging, which is short on relevant information, gives no producer or engineer credit. Nor does it specify the location of the concert from which the tracks come. It's credited to the Evans-Gomez-Morrell trio of 1969 but I came across the suggestion, on a Bill Evans web site, that the date is more likely to be a few years later. I have several of the tracks on a French "Le Jazz" CD (titled 'Quiet Now') which gives Amsterdam as the concert venue, but another suggestion on the web site is that the remaining tracks might come from a different concert. Probably all this only matters to Evans specialists; to my ears the quality of the playing and the recording is consistent enough for all the pieces to be credibly from a single concert, and if they are not, your enjoyment of the music is unlikely to be affected.

Is it worth buying? I would say emphatically: yes - mainly for four reasons. 1. It captures the trio in good form, full of spirit and vitality in the faster pieces, but with Evans also typically concentrated and lyrical in the slower pieces. 2. In about 60 minutes playing time there's a good range and variety of material, with warm, tuneful mid-tempo pieces ("Emily", "Sugar Plum", "A Sleeping Bee" and "Very Early") striking a nice balance between the lively faster numbers ("Autumn Leaves", "Nardis" and "Twelve Tone Tune") and the slower ballads. 3. The ballads are especially well done. There are poised and well-shaped readings of the Evans favourites, "Some Other Time", "Turn out the Stars", and "Quiet Now" and a particularly eloquent "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" which for me is one of his very best ballad performances - it's a lovely example of how he could make the piano sing, and he sustains the piece through its changes of moods and feelings as if on a single breath. Every Bill Evans fan should hear this track. 4. For a live, "bootleg" album it is notably well recorded, the trio being captured with good fidelity and balance. It sounds as if Evans had a particularly good piano for the concert, and maybe it was partly this that inspired him to such committed playing. The piano sound is especially well served by the recording, with a greater range and fullness of tone than Evans often received even on some of his better-known albums: his mid-to-low registers are nicely resonant and the occasional high register flourishes come across without distortion.

If you're not put off by the fact that most of the material is familiar Evans repertoire I would warmly recommend it as worth a place in any Bill Evans collection, and it could appeal to the more casual buyer too. --- MikeG (England), amazon.com

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Bill Evans - Symbiosis (1974)

2009-10-15T19:48:42Z

Bill Evans - Symbiosis (1974)


1st Movement (Moderato, Various Tempi) - 24:58
Track 1 (a) 7:58
Track 2 (b) 5:17
Track 3 (c) 11:43

2nd Movement (Largo- Andante - Maestoso - Largo) - 15:55
Track 4 (a) 9:11
Track 5 (b) 6:44

PERSONNEL

Piano [Steinway & Fender-rhodes] - Bill Evans
Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor - Claus Ogerman
Concertmaster - David Nadien
Bass - Eddie Gomez
Bassoon - Wally Kane
Clarinet, Clarinet [Bass] - Danny Bank , Ron Janelly
Congas - Ralph McDonald
Contrabassoon - Donald MacCourt
Drums - Marty Morell
Flute - Bill Slapin , Don Hammond , Hubert Laws
French Horn - Al Richmond , Brooks Tillotson , Earl Chapin , James Buffington , Pete Gordon (2) , Ray Alonge
Oboe - George Marge , Phil Bodner
Percussion - Dave Carey , Doug Allen , George Devens
Saxophone [Alto] - Harvey Estrin , Jerry Dodgion , Phil Woods , Walt Levinsky
Trombone [Bass] - Paul Faulise , Tommy Mitchell
Trombone [Tenor] - Urbie Green
Trumpet - Bernie Glow , Johnny Frosk , Marky Markowitz , Marvin Stamm , Mel Davis , Victor Paz
Tuba - Don Butterfield

Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans is most often thought of as a "trio" player, as most of his albums have been piano/bass/drums, with the occasional solo or duo album. But he did record a select few albums with orchestras, and that's what makes SYMBIOSIS a special and unique entry in Evans' hugh catalog. Recorded in 1974, it was released in 1994 on CD for the first time. Further, this albums contains no standards or Evans originals--the title piece is a multi-part suite composed, arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman (who also collaborated with Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra, among many others).

The album runs the stylistic gamut: there are moments of Philip Glass-like minimalism (!), samba-flavored big-band passages, echoes of the early 20th century Russian composers, Third Stream jazz, lush yet slightly ominous string arrangements and '70s film music. Throughout, Evans, alternating between acoustic and electric pianos, shimmers and entrances with his inventively lyrical solos. Not your "typical" Bill Evans album--but that's what makes SYMBIOSIS such a fine, gently challenging listen. ---Rovi

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Bill Evans - The Complete Riverside Recordings (12CD)

2010-10-18T21:38:08Z

Bill Evans - The Complete Riverside Recordings (12CD)

CD1
New Jazz Conceptions
with Teddy Kotick (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded September 1956

01 - I Love You
02 - Five
03 - Conception
04 - Easy Living
05 - Displacement
06 - Speak Low
07 - Our Delight
08 - No Cover, No Minimum (take 1-Alternate)
09 - No Cover, No Minimum (take 2-Originally Issued)
10 - I’ve Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
11 - Waltz For Debby        play
12 - My Romance             play
13 - Minority
14 - Young And Foolish
15 - Night & Day
16 – Oleo

CD2 
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
with Sam Jones (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr)
Recorded December 1958

01 - Tenderly                  play
02 - What Is There To Say?
03 - Peace Piece
04 - Lucky To Be Me
05 - Some Other Time
06 - Epilogue
07 - You & The Night & The Music
08 - How Am I To Know?
09 - Woody’n You (Take 1)
10 - Woody’n You (Take 2)
11 - My Heart Stood Still
12 - Green Dolphin Street
13 - Peri’s Scope              play
14 – Witchcraft

CD3 
Portrait In Jazz
with Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded December 1959

01 - Spring Is Here
02 - What Is This Thing Called Love?
03 - Come Rain Or Come Shine                     play
04 - Blue In Green (Take 2-Previously Unissued)  play
05 - Blue In Green (Take 3-Originally Issued)
06 - Autumn Leaves (Mono)
07 - Autumn Leaves (Stereo)
08 - Some Day My Prince Will Come
09 - When I Fall In Love
10 - Elsa
11 - Sweet & Lovely
12 - Beautiful Love (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
13 - Beautiful Love (Take 2-Originally Issued)

CD4 
Explorations
with Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded February 1961

01 - I Wish I Knew
02 - The Boy Next Door
03 - Haunted Heart                         play
04 - Nardis
05 - How Deep Is The Ocean?
06 - Israel
07 - Who Cares? (Take 4-Previously Unissued)
08 - Who Cares? (Take 5-Originally Issued)
09 - Goodbye
10 - Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
11 - Toy
12 - Elsa
13 - Waltz For Debby
14 – Venice                               play

CD5 
Sunday At the VIllage Vanguard
with Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded June 1961

01 - Know What I Mean? (Take 12-Alternate)
02 - Know What I Mean? (Take Re-7-Originally Issued)  play
03 - Alice In Wonderland (Take 1-Alternate)
04 - My Foolish Heart                                 play
05 - All of You (Take 1-Previously Unissued)
06 - My Romance (Take 1-Originally Issued)
07 - Some Other Time
08 - Solar
09 - Gloria’s Step (Take 2-Originally Issued)
10 - My Man’s Gone Now

CD6 
Waltz For Debby
with Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded June 1961

1. All of You (Take 2-Originally Issued)
2. Detour Ahead (Take 1-Alternate)
3. Waltz For Debby (Take 1-Alternate)
4. Alice In Wonderland (Take 2-Originally Issued)
5. Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy)
6. My Romance Take 2-Alternate)
7. Milestones                                        play
8. Detour Ahead (Take 2-Originally Issued)
9. Gloria’s Step (Take 3-Alternate)

CD7 
Moon Beams
with Chuck Israels (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded May-June 1962

01 - Waltz For Debby (Take 2-Originally Issued)
02 - All of You (Take 3-Alternate)
03 - Jade Visions (Take 1-Alternate)
04 - Jade Visions (Take 2-Originally Issued)       play
05 - ...A Few Final Bars
06 - Danny Boy
07 - Like Someone In Love
08 - In Your Own Sweet Way                         play
09 - Easy to Love
10 - How My Heart Sings
11 - Summertime
12 - If You Could See Me Now
13 - Walking Up

CD8 
How My Heart Sings!
with Chuck Israels (b); Paul Motian (dr)
Recorded May-June 1962

01 - Very Early
02 - Show-Type Tune
03 - Re: Person I Knew
04 - 34 Skidoo
05 - Palkadots & Moonbeams
06 - I Should Care
07 - I Fall in Love Too Easily                      play
08 - Ev’rything I Love                              play
09 - In Love In Vain
10 - Stairway to the Stars
11 - In Your Own Sweet Way (Take 1-Originally Issued)
12 - In Your Own Sweet Way (Take 2-Previously Unissued)
13 - It Might As Well Be Spring

CD9 
Interplay
with Freddie Hubbard (tr); Jim Hall (g); Percy Heath (b); Philly Joe Jones (dr)
Recorded July 1962

01 - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
02 - When You Wish Upon A Star
03 - You Go To My Head
04 - You & The Night & The Music
05 - Interplay
06 - I’ll Never Smile Again (Take Re-6-Previously Unissued)
07 - I’ll Never Smile Again (Take Re-7-Originally Issued)
08 - Loose Bloose (Take 3)
09 - Loose Bloose (Takes 2 & 4)
10 - Fudgesickle Built For Four                         play
11 - Times Remembered

CD10 
At Shelly’s Manne Hole
with Chuck Israels (b); Larry Bunker (dr)
Recorded May 1963

01 - Funkallero
02 - My Bells
03 - There Came You
04 - Run Ride
05 - What Kind Of Fool Am I? (Take 1)
06 - My Favorite Things/Easy To Love/Baubles, Bangles & Beads
07 - When I Fall In Love                       play
08 - ‘Spartacus’ Love Theme/Nardis
09 - Everything Happens To Me
10 - April In Paris

CD11 
The Solo Sessions Volume 1
Recorded January 1963

01 - All The Things You Are
02 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
03 - I Loves You, Porgy
04 - What Kind Of Fool Am I? (Take 2)
05 - Love Is Here To Stay                       play
06 - Ornithology
07 - Autumn In New York/How About You?
08 - All The Things You Are
09 - Lover Man
10 - Love Is Here To Say                        play
11 - Stella By Starlight

CD12 
The Solo Sessions Volume 2
Recorded January 1963 .

01 - ‘Round Midnight
02 - Who Cares?
03 - The Boy Next Door
04 - Isn’t It Romantic?
05 - What Is This Thing Called Love?
06 - How About You?                            play
07 - Blues In F/Five
08 - Everything Happens To Me
09 - In A Sentimental Mood
10 - My Heart Stood Still
11 - Time Remembered
12 - Wonder Why
13 - Swedish Pastry

Musicians:

Cannonball Adderley - Leader, Sax (Alto)
Ray Brown - Bass
Larry Bunker - Drums
Kenny Burrell - Guitar
Ron Carter - Bass
Paul Chambers - Bass
Bill Evans - Piano
Eddie Gómez - Bass
Jim Hall - Guitar
Percy Heath - Bass
Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet
Chuck Israels - Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Sam Jones - Bass
Connie Kay - Drums
Lee Konitz - Sax (Alto)
Teddy Kotick - Bass
Scott LaFaro - Bass
Harold Land - Sax (Tenor)
Paul Motian - Drums
Zoot Sims - Sax (Tenor)
Eliot Zigmund – Drums

18 LPs on 12 CDs recorded 1956 to 1963. The set includes 151 performances in chronological order, including the entire existing output of the legendary 1961 Village Vanguard sessions, as well as 17 selections from a previously unissued solo studio session and 7 other unreleased items. This boxed set also comes with a 32-page illustrated booklet including rare photos, full discographical details, an appreciation of Evans by critic Martin Williams, and personal commentary on each session by producer Orrin Keepnews.

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Bill Evans - You Must Believe In Spring 1981

2010-05-25T23:10:19Z

Bill Evans - You Must Believe In Spring (1981)


01. B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine) (Bill Evans) - 3:13
02. You Must Believe In Spring (Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman/Jacques Demy/Michel Legrand) - 5:40
03. Gary's Theme (Gary McFarland) - 4:16
04. We Will Meet Again (For Harry) (Bill Evans) - 4:00
05. The Peacocks (Jimmy Rowles) - 6:00
06. Sometime Ago (Sergio Mihanovich) - 4:34
07. Theme From M*A*S*H (aka Suicide Is Painless) (Michael Altman/Johnny Mandel) - 5:55

Personnel:
- Bill Evans - piano
- Eddie Gómez - bass
- Eliot Zigmund – drums

After more than a decade as one of the pianist’s most sympathetic bassists, this was Eddie Gomez’s last recording with Evans, a trio set with drummer Eliot Zigmund recorded in 1977 and released after Evans’ death in 1980.

Evans never stopped searching for new ideas. He might be faulted for repeatedly looking for them in the same tunes, but this program is quite varied, including Johnny Mandel’s “Suicide is Painless” (the theme from M.A.S.H. ); Michel Legrand’s title track; Gary McFarland’s waltz “Gary’s Theme,” complementing Evans’ own “B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine),” composed for Evans’ wife; and “We Will Meet Again (For Harry),” Evans’ tribute to his brother.

In Evans’ hands, melodies and time signatures are often more whispered, more shadowed, than stated, as in the opening “B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine)” and the somber, reflective title track, which blossoms, after Gomez’ mid-song solo, like dogwoods on a mid-May morning. Evans boasted such a unique, unmistakable touch—emotional and beautiful and even soft, but never sweet. (Gomez is pretty amazing himself on “M.A.S.H.,” laying down the foundation rock solid yet pushing the music forward, too.)

Among this reissue’s bonus tracks, “Without a Song” is about as ebullient as you’ll ever hear this pianist, and “Freddie Freeloader,” the one track on Miles Davis’ landmark album Kind of Blue where Evans did not play, presents the rare sound of Evans on electric piano.

As a rule, Evans could pick up the program from an elementary school chorus festival and play it inventively and beautifully. This set is no exception. ---Chris M. Slawecki, allaboutjazz.com

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Bill Evans And Orchestra ‎– Brandeis Jazz Festival 1957 (2005)

2019-05-18T15:30:21Z

Bill Evans And Orchestra ‎– Brandeis Jazz Festival 1957 (2005)


1 	All About Rosie (Part I & Part II)	10:45
2 	Suspensions	6:01
3 	Transformation	5:59
4 	On Green Mountain	10:23
5 	All Set	8:52
6 	Revelations	12:02
7 	Dancing In The Dark	6:13
8 	I Love You	4:09
9 	's Wonderful	5:48

Alto Saxophone – John Laporta
Arranged By, Conductor – George Russell, Gunther Schuller
Baritone Saxophone – Teo Macero
Bass – Ernie Furtado (tracks: 7 to 9), Fred Zimmerman, Joe Benjamin (tracks: 1 to 4)
Bassoon – Manuel Zegler
Bongos – Don Elliott (tracks: 9)
Drums – Al Beldini (tracks: 7 to 9), Ted Sommer
Flute – Robert DiDomenica
French Horn – Jimmy Buffington
Guitar – Barry Galbraith
Harp – Margaret Ross
Mellophone – Don Elliott (tracks: 7, 9)
Piano – Bill Evans
Tenor Saxophone – Hal McKusick
Trombone – Jimmy Knepper
Trumpet – Art Farmer, Louis Mucci
Vibraphone – Don Elliott (tracks: 7), Teddy Charles
Voice, Bass [Pizzicato] – Charles Mingus (tracks: 6)

Tracks 1 to 4: Brandeis Jazz Festival, New York, June 10 & 20, 1957.
Tracks 5 & 6: Brandeis Jazz Festival, New York, June 18, 1957
Tracks 7 to 9 are bonus tracks from Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 6, 1957.

This oddly packaged CD compilation issued by the European label Gambit is a bit misleading, as it combines titles that appeared on several different releases, though none of the performances actually come from a concert. Most of the material is representative of third stream experiments popular for a time in the late '50s and early '60s, with Bill Evans in the role as a hired hand rather than leader, the role that falls either to conductors Gunther Schuller or George Russell, with most of the tracks originating from a Columbia LP titled Modern Jazz Concert and having reappeared in various incarnations with other selections in earlier reissues. Russell's impressive modern big band scoring of his "All About Rosie" is easily one of the highlights, with terrific ensembles and solos. Charles Mingus' "Revelations" is rather ominous, often suggesting the influence of Igor Stravinsky. The last three tracks are from an unrelated live Newport Jazz Festival Verve recording by mellophonist Don Elliott, who leads a quartet with Bill Evans, bassist Ernie Furtado, and drummer Al Beldini through merely average arrangements of three standards. The piecemeal gathering of these very dissimilar sessions for two different labels is troublesome, though the difficulty in acquiring this music make this edition a viable option for collectors. ---Ken Dryden, AllMusic Review

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Bill Evans Trio - At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

2016-11-10T12:33:22Z

Bill Evans Trio - At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)


1 	Isn't It Romantic 	4:34
2 	The Boy Next Door 	5:14
3 	Wonder Why 	5:05
4 	Swedish Pastry 	5:35
5 	Our Love Is Here To Stay 	4:41
6 	'Round Midnight 	8:50
7 	Stella By Starlight 	4:50
8 	Blues In "F" 	5:05
9	All the Things You Are		8:52

Bill Evans - piano 
Chuck Israels - bass 
Larry Bunker - drums

Although the Scott LaFaro-Paul Motian lineup of the Bill Evans Trio is generally considered to be the strongest, Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker make a strong case of their own on At Shelly's Manne-Hole, a 1964 release that finds the entire band in classic form. This particular trio may lack some of the sheer combustive force of the better-known lineup, but it is, if possible, even more sensitive, melancholic, and nostalgic than the previous band. The leadoff track, "Isn't It Romantic," is one of Evans' finest moments, with the gently swinging theme leading into a strong, if restrained, solo from Israels. Over Bunker's sensitive brush work, Evans comments briefly and beautifully on the theme before returning to the head. The band's readings of such classics as "'Round Midnight," "Stella By Starlight," and "All the Things You Are" are wonderful, but it is the lesser-known tracks, such as "Swedish Pastry" and the aforementioned "Isn't It Romantic," that makes this recording so valuable. Jazz is rarely as sensitive or as melodic as this. Another classic from Bill Evans and company. --- Daniel Gioffre, Rovi

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Bill Evans Trio - Live In Switzerland 1975

2010-04-29T21:15:41Z

Bill Evans Trio - Live In Switzerland 1975


01 Sugar Plum 07:27
02 Midnight Mood 08:23
03 Turn Out The Stars 04:56
04 Gloria's Step 07:09
05 Up With The Lark 06:19
06 Twelve Toned Tune 07:10
07 Morning Glory 04:25
08 Sareen Jurer 06:59
09 Time Remembered 05:38
10 My Romance 07:54
11 Waltz For Debby 05:58
12 Yesterday I Heard The Rain 05:42

Bill Evans, piano
Eddie Gomez, bass
Eliot Zigmund, drums

Epalinges, Switzerland, 6th February 1975

This CD comes from a live 1975 concert by the Bill Evans Trio, which was broadcast by Radio Suisse in Switzerland. The pianist is in superb form, joined by longtime bassist Eddie Gomez and newcomer Eliot Zigmund on drums. The sound is excellent, without the annoying announcers or distortion, so this release could have very well been produced from the master tape itself. The set is wide-ranging, including both recent and older compositions by Evans, "Gloria's Step" (the best known work by former Evans sideman Scott LaFaro, who died far too young), along with standards like a buoyant "My Romance." The leader's treatment of his ballad "Turn Out the Stars" is rather upbeat, while his somewhat avant-garde composition "T.T.T.T." (also known as "Twelve Tone Tune Two") is a modern masterpiece. Perhaps the greatest surprise was Evans' inventive treatment of pop singer Bobbie Gentry's "Morning Glory." The only real problem with this CD is the sloppy composer credits on two numbers. This 1990 release may be somewhat difficult to find, but it is one of the better bootlegs issued under Bill Evans' name. --- Ken Dryden, Rovi

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Bill Evans Trio - The Birdland Session (1960)

2011-01-30T19:30:38Z

Bill Evans Trio - The Birdland Session (1960)

12 March 1960
01. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer/Prevert) - 4:56
02. Our Delight (Dameron) - 6:38
03. Beautiful Love/Five (Theme) (Evans/Van Alsytne/Young) - 5:24

19 March 1960
04. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer/Prevert) - 6:48
05. Come Rain or Come Shine/Five (Theme) (Arlen/Mercer) - 5:08

30 April 1960
06. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer) - 4:55
07. Nardis (Davis) - 7:26
08. Blue in Green (Davis/Evans) - 6:14
09. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer/Prevert) - 7:09

7 May 1960
10. All of You (Porter) - 6:58
11. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer) - 4:39
12. Speak Low (Nash/Weill) - 6:48

Bill Evans - Piano
Scott LaFaro - Bass
Paul Motian - Drums
Symphony Sid – MC

The legendary edition of the Bill Evans Trio featured impeccable drummer Paul Motian and ill-starred bassist Scott LaFaro; they made a handful of recordings for Riverside, but their only released live sessions came from their final engagement at the Village Vanguard in June, 1961. The release of these airchecks from four separate broadcasts is a welcome addition to their discography. There are three excellent takes of "Autumn Leaves," with the first kicked off by a long Scott LaFaro solo. Evans offers a stunning seven-minute "Nardis," which is possibly his earliest live recording of the piece that he would perform and record many more times. LaFaro delivers a compelling solo that only hints at the potential that was extinguished with his death in an auto crash following the famous 1961 Village Vanguard sessions. Even with the noise typically found in releases made from vintage radio broadcasts, this is a historic session worth the extra effort to locate. ---Ken Dryden, Rovi

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