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I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
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I have been enjoying Bill Frisell Gone, Just like a train. Review: “...as if Carl Perkins and Duane Eddy took on Otis Rush and Bill Evans in a bridge tournament.”
I have limited explosure to Bill Frisell, but he seems to have a diverse sound and can play many different genres of music. Thanks for sharing.
I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
Not by the trio, but Undercurrent was the first album I listened to, and my favorite from Bill Evans by far. His (and Jim Hall's) improvisations, and the overall tone of the piano, in these tunes were incredible in terms of both melody and harmony.
I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby are 2 of the best live albums of any genre
Also, for work inspired by Bill Evans, I would recommend Chucho Valdes' lovely solo tribute, "Bill (Evans)". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0efPOn5C4c
I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
Hmm, I think it’s called “Time Remembered”? I believe that’s the one with their take on Danny Boy, my favorite interpretation of it (narrowly beating the King’s Singers).
I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
I'm recovering from a year-long obsessive binge of Bill Evans Trio. For other fans here, I'm curious as to what your favorite album is? I Will Say Goodbye and Since We Met are brlliant, of course, but Sunday at the Village Vanguard with Scott Lafaro holds a special place in my heart. Yours?
Hold my beer, I gotta go listen to the intro to "So What" again now... :-)
Those lush opening chords are what got me into Bill Evans. I also discovered Jaco Pastorius in a similar way. His bass playing in Bright Size Life was so distractingly good I had to investigate.
At about 35 seconds into this[1] filmed version of So What, recorded between the 2 sessions for Kind of Blue, you can hear Gil conducting his intro, arranged for his orchestra. It sounds like pretty much exactly what Bill and PC play on the record.
I'll give him credit for the sound of Flamenco Sketches[2] though, maybe my favourite Miles track, adapted from his Peace Piece. And I love the 1958 Stella he was on[3], although for me Coltrane is the star of that.
Also I love his duo records with Tony Bennett.
I really, really dislike his trio stuff though, gee. (Jazz pianist here.) Unswinging, and argghh that clunky locked-hands style is the worst. It puzzles me when people talk as if everything he ever did was uniquely great, and rave about his genius.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_What_(Miles_Davis_compositi...
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diHFEapOr_E