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Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by marklacey » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 8:06 AM UTC

omosubi wrote: post #40

itneverfails wrote: post #21

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

Add to this Portrait in Jazz and Explorations.

I’ve been listening to those four albums very regularly for 6-7 years now. For a while I listened to at least one of the four each night.

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by j7ake » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 8:33 AM UTC

Bill Evans in the long-form of this episode discusses how he approached his career: which was focus on the music first and foremost. He pushes back against trying to solve too many problems at the same time.

“If I spread myself all over the place I would have lost sight of everything.”

“Gosh if you try to accept every problem you’re just going to go insane. So you have to choose some field in which you operate at your best capacity which will then serve as an influence towards all the other problems that you may worry about. So if I take care of the music the best I can with my truest beliefs, then all these other things will be affected as I desire them to be affected, as much as I can affect them.”

I am immediately a fan of him.

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by samch93 » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 9:18 AM UTC

itneverfails wrote: post #21

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?

Undercurrent is my favorite, closely followed by waltz for debby, stellar artist!

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by phonebucket » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 9:50 AM UTC

itneverfails wrote: post #21

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?

'Conversations With Myself' was enjoyable for me. Multiple Bills, playing at once!

Nice to see some jazz fans on HN.

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by asimovfan » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 10:08 AM UTC

itneverfails wrote: post #21

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 is my favourite

I recommend trying out Ahmad Jamal maybe you like him too

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by polytely » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 10:11 AM UTC

The full documentary is worth checking out:

The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwXAqIaUahI

Are there modern equivalents of this type of content? Longform discussions with a genius about their field, it is so good.

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by RBerenguel » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 10:25 AM UTC

itneverfails wrote: post #21

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?

The 1972 ORTF Paris recording (https://www.discogs.com/Bill-Evans-Trio-Complete-February-19...) is the one I listen to most (although Conversations with Myself is a close one). I particularly like the rendition of Autumn Leaves and Someday My Prince Will Come from it, although the whole album is excellent. For some reason, not available on Apple Music, though (I’ve had it on CD for many years).

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by RBerenguel » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 10:28 AM UTC

andrewzah wrote: post #7

includeunistdh wrote: post #6

Bill Evans & Jim Hall --> Undercurrent

They also played on Intermodulation and Interplay, great albums. For guitarists, I like Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, and Joe Pass as well.

I guess I’m not the only one that hears Green and thinks his solos sound as crisp as Evans’ in the piano :)

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by jeremiecoullon » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 10:39 AM UTC

polytely wrote: post #56

The full documentary is worth checking out: The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwXAqIaUahI Are there modern equivalents of this type of content? Longform discussions with a genius about their field, it is so good.

I guess (good) podcasts are the modern equivalent!

Re: Bill Evans – The Creative Process and Self-Teaching (2007) [video]

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Post by willtim » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 10:51 AM UTC

itneverfails wrote: post #21

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 usually recommend "Since We Met" to anyone new to Evans, its a great collection of tunes and a great performance. "I Will Say Goodbye" is a great record too, although my CD copy has lots of tape wow and flutter all over it. I'm not sure if the broken tape machine was used in mastering or whether all recordings have these artefacts.