In the early 1970's I had the opportunity to hear Bill Evans at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, the jazz program was just starting, and now has won several DownBeat awards for small groups and large jazz ensembles. I think he was alone at the Saturday workshop, but the trio may have performed the night before. I don't remember!
"Intutition" is one of his masterpiece, registered with Eddie Gomez (probably the bassist in this video) in one night recording session, so deeply emotional and powerful, especially tracks with Rodhes.
Marty's so underrated, man. I never hear people talking about him when they speak of Bills sidemen, but he's got a fabulous time feel, a wide breadth of vocabulary, and tastefully inventive phrasing.
This is the hardest I've ever heard this tune swing! Gomez solo was really good;inventive, tho'Evans seems to cut him short a little. Of course, Bill would also play tunes harder and faster if he didn't like the house piano-so I've heard.
Some of the greatest stuff he did was at the end... I mean c'mon his last year he was just incredible and the trio was whole different ballgame... The last trio had totally different dynamics...
Jackie Mclean once said the thing about Bird that most people missed- was the sound that came from his horn. Bill- those hands as puffy as they were from bis struggles- produced a sound- that is remarkable. His physical size Likely helped- but his absolute certainty of complex ideas , swing, and ability to execute them- - remarkable. Like 10 pistons on the keys. Paul and Scotty aside- my favorite trio. Here at the top of their game. Incredible.
DAMN!!!!!!! HOW COULD I POSSITIVELY HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS TUNE?????????? FROM A LONGGGGGGG TIME AGO LISTENING AND DIGGING JAZZ VOCALIST IN DALLAS..... SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! BETTY GREEN
Nope - this would be Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell. Scott LaFaro had died eleven years before this date, Motian left about two years after [or so]. Nice that you mentioned the classic trio though.
wow, very nice rendition!!! one thing i dont understand: watch the recordings of this trio from '65 and "now" '72- there are "just" 7 years in between but look how evans looks MUCH older
@maquih Actually I'v read in both Bill Evan's biographies How My Heart Sings & Everything Happens to Me that in 1970 he stopped using heroin & started a methadone treatment & his life improved tremendously as a result. If you really know Bill's music one can see this.
@maquih Yeah I hear yah. I think Bill was less inspired during most of the 1970s. He seemed to be content with allowing Eddie Gomez to carry the weight of the performance. My two recommendations for 70s Evan's are Tokyo Concert & Since We Met. I do love the last trios The Paris Concert vol 1 & 2 & Turn Out the Stars live @ The Village Vanguard 1980. Even though the cocaine Bill had started using heavy sped things up considerably, Bill is definitely one of the greatest musicians of all time.
Does this seem rushed to anyone else? It's like he's not thinking about every note as he usually does. Or perhaps it's just a different style of playing.
It's so hard to pick your favorites with the BE trio, but I really like marty morrell (right?) on this print right now I'm goin back to the classic trio and re-diggin that shit... but my longest standing favorite album is the last concert in germany with johnson and labarbera, just a cutting edge print front to back
Qué ironía.!!! Notensé sus manos afectadas por una tremenda artritis que lo aquejó desde muy joven. (hinchazón en sus partes superiores) No obstante, genio y figura.
@polkadots1234555 that being said, i really like this performance. don't get me wrong. i'm just sharing my generally philosophy on the way people look at music.
@maquih come on I think his music became better and better towards the end and that was a trend that continued throughout his career. Sure its different than in earlier years. The way he played in the 60s had its divine charm as well that i am not denying. You should however check out his interviews both recorded and written than you will really understand what he was about.
Yes, it's the bass player himself. I also make sounds while playing, helps keep good time and natural phrasing. For an extreme example of this, check out Keith Jarrett...lol
Onyekachi Robert-Eze many bassists and pianists sing during solos . Jarrett I do a bit It helps bypass that part of ourselves incapable of making great music.
I've long since felt that cameramen have to prove they know nothing about music during the interview process. Actually, it is the producer that calls shots/angles during the taping process. So, y'know, they're going to go for the artistic expression, logic be damned. Fxsakes! I don't remember who it was but I saw a great band and the shot during the bass solo was of the tuning pegs.
@ANTiRussia1how is what he said degradation of a musician? it's people like you who make it hard for up-and-coming musicians to rise, you're dragging down the progression of music. by that i mean people who refuse to find any fault with big name people like bill evans on principle of who they are, not what they are playing. i am a huge bill evans fan and even though i might not agree with ika1, i feel that it's completely fair to question anyone's performance no matter how acclaimed they are.
@ANTiRussia1 haha i think the word you might be looking for instead of degradation could be degeneration? because that would explain everything. degradation means something completely different and that's why i totally thought you were saying something else. now i know what you're saying because of your second comment. you chose the wrong word i think.
Too fast Evans... It sounds richer, more pleasing to the ear, more melodious when played slower. This version sounds awful. Scott Lafaro would have been very displeased.,☹️
wouldn't say awful.. it is high tempo, and I like it. I do love the slower version Ralph Towner did on guitar with Oregon, Moon and Mind recording. It's impossible for me to dislike anything Bill Evans did, from all I've heard, he definitely influenced a lot of my favorites, including Towner and Chick Corea.
My grandma knitted sweaters for Bill (Knit for Mary F) and I remember him playing her piano when I was really young.
I saw them at the Great American Music Hall in 1973 When San Fran was fantastic 👍
classic tune by the great Scott LaFaro. the Bill Evans trio with eddie gomez and marty morrell was brilliant, they were really swinging here.
One of the finest pieces of music ever!
In the early 1970's I had the opportunity to hear Bill Evans at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, the jazz program was just starting, and now has won several DownBeat awards for small groups and large jazz ensembles. I think he was alone at the Saturday workshop, but the trio may have performed the night before. I don't remember!
"Intutition" is one of his masterpiece, registered with Eddie Gomez (probably the bassist in this video) in one night recording session, so deeply emotional and powerful, especially tracks with Rodhes.
Could it get any more sublime than this? Wonderful upload...Thank You!....
THis tune is the absolute bomb, gotta love this!!!
Bill Evans is the MAN...BABY!!!
a pleasure to listen to the genius @ work.great trio.
when i die, the first person i better see in heaven is Bill Evans
Nice drumming from Marty Morell !
+kltan Thanks, was wondering who :)
Marty's so underrated, man. I never hear people talking about him when they speak of Bills sidemen, but he's got a fabulous time feel, a wide breadth of vocabulary, and tastefully inventive phrasing.
I Love that 602 flat ride!
They are really having fun, and so am i
LA BRAVURA DI BILL E' INCREDIBILE!
The first time i encountered jazz it was this tune ...❤❤
This is the hardest I've ever heard this tune swing!
Gomez solo was really good;inventive, tho'Evans seems to cut him short a little.
Of course, Bill would also play tunes harder and faster if he didn't like the house piano-so I've heard.
Some of the greatest stuff he did was at the end... I mean c'mon his last year he was just incredible and the trio was whole different ballgame... The last trio had totally different dynamics...
Jackie Mclean once said the thing about Bird that most people missed- was the sound that came from his horn. Bill- those hands as puffy as they were from bis struggles- produced a sound- that is remarkable. His physical size
Likely helped- but his absolute certainty of complex ideas , swing, and ability to execute them- - remarkable. Like 10 pistons on the keys. Paul and Scotty aside- my favorite trio. Here at the top of their game. Incredible.
I can't agree that he lost his edge over the last years. Some of the most powerful playing ever heard is from his last few concerts.
for sure
totally.
Makes me sad.
And such a good composition!
DAMN!!!!!!! HOW COULD I POSSITIVELY HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS TUNE?????????? FROM A LONGGGGGGG TIME AGO LISTENING AND DIGGING JAZZ VOCALIST IN DALLAS..... SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! BETTY GREEN
Yes, this is Gomez in the video. Elsewhere on TH-cam is this entire concert (4 songs total).
Thanks for sharing
Scott...
laFaro passed away in 61
Yea I know mate. ‘-( And you know that the tune Gloria’s Step is a La Faro composition?
What a great loss. I am still pissed to this day that Bill let himself slip away like that.
This is what jazz is good for :)
ARTE ALLO STATO PURO!
late bill evans has such a presence
Wow! This swings so FUCKING HARD!!! Love it
BILL ES EL SEÑOR!!
WHO'S LIKE BILL EVANS??? That's a singular style...
The part at 4:00 is so awesome.... Eddie does a really cool bass line there
Yeah!!
Yes!!!...I agree. Scott Lafaro was a true innovator.that trio was the best, three people of one mind
This shows Bill Evans playing in a more post-Bop style. Adventurous and swinging!
This is great stuff! Thanks.
@Deito25
Not a suspicion, but a positiveness: it's Marty Morell...
this song is wat standard jazz is all about
This played in one of the episodes of Better Call Saul during season 2
Nope - this would be Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell. Scott LaFaro had died eleven years before this date, Motian left about two years after [or so]. Nice that you mentioned the classic trio though.
wow, very nice rendition!!!
one thing i dont understand:
watch the recordings of this trio from '65 and "now" '72- there are "just" 7 years in between but look how evans looks MUCH older
Heroin will do that to you.
@maquih Actually I'v read in both Bill Evan's biographies How My Heart Sings & Everything Happens to Me that in 1970 he stopped using heroin & started a methadone treatment & his life improved tremendously as a result. If you really know Bill's music one can see this.
@maquih Yeah I hear yah. I think Bill was less inspired during most of the 1970s. He seemed to be content with allowing Eddie Gomez to carry the weight of the performance. My two recommendations for 70s Evan's are Tokyo Concert & Since We Met. I do love the last trios The Paris Concert vol 1 & 2 & Turn Out the Stars live @ The Village Vanguard 1980. Even though the cocaine Bill had started using heavy sped things up considerably, Bill is definitely one of the greatest musicians of all time.
amazing piano player : )
Does this seem rushed to anyone else? It's like he's not thinking about every note as he usually does. Or perhaps it's just a different style of playing.
thanks, I was about to ask.
Drummer is Marty Morell
Muito bom!!!
@ehanbameh1 What about the Tokyo Concert Album? I think the music on that is killing! especially the version of Gloria's Step.
It's so hard to pick your favorites with the BE trio, but I really like marty morrell (right?) on this print
right now I'm goin back to the classic trio and re-diggin that shit... but my longest standing favorite album is the last concert in germany with johnson and labarbera, just a cutting edge print front to back
Qué ironía.!!! Notensé sus manos afectadas por una tremenda artritis que lo aquejó desde muy joven. (hinchazón en sus partes superiores) No obstante, genio y figura.
Bill,nos lo dijo Bill Crow que tocò con èl,se pinchaba entre los dedos.Nada de artritis,era heroìna...
That's Marty Morrell on the drums.
All those comments about heroin producing great music go out the window here. Bill has kicked the habit and is playing better than ever!
@jazz4asahel he was actually 25 when he died
😀🌱💚🌼
@utubuser10 Sorry bud, that's Eddie Gomez on the stand up in this video. Scott Lafaro died 11 years before this set was taped
0:17
@utubuser10 i wish there was a video of him playing it, but alas.
Really, who do you think is singing along in the same rhythm as his improvised solo?
@polkadots1234555 that being said, i really like this performance. don't get me wrong. i'm just sharing my generally philosophy on the way people look at music.
so swingin.... FUCK
I'm back after 9 years... I'll always love BILL
is that steve gadd on drums?
Ron Jeremy. lol
Lafaro was dead in 1972, it's Gomez
@maquih come on I think his music became better and better towards the end and that was a trend that continued throughout his career. Sure its different than in earlier years. The way he played in the 60s had its divine charm as well that i am not denying. You should however check out his interviews both recorded and written than you will really understand what he was about.
Eddie Gomez on bass
Does anyone hear something that sounds like a man making sounds to the bass while the bass has it's solo?
jazzists like this bassist often sing their improvised melodies while they execute them
Yes, it's the bass player himself. I also make sounds while playing, helps keep good time and natural phrasing. For an extreme example of this, check out Keith Jarrett...lol
Thanks lol, I thought I was losing it haha
The bassist here, Eddie Gomez, although not as bad as Keith Jarrett who just screeches along, is also known for singing loudly in unison w/ his solos.
Onyekachi Robert-Eze many bassists and pianists sing during solos . Jarrett I do a bit It helps bypass that part of ourselves incapable of making great music.
i feel like bill's hands got fatter and fatter with age. lol...legend though.
Logan Ferguson it was heroin
I've long since felt that cameramen have to prove they know nothing about music during the interview process. Actually, it is the producer that calls shots/angles during the taping process. So, y'know, they're going to go for the artistic expression, logic be damned. Fxsakes! I don't remember who it was but I saw a great band and the shot during the bass solo was of the tuning pegs.
brubeck? that is Bill Evans.
Who's the drummer?
scott would have been proud of eddie
I feel like the form was loose in spots any thoughts
hi! .. i didnt know that he was hooked up with/ to (sorry.. im german^^) heroin.. thanks for the information
@ANTiRussia1how is what he said degradation of a musician? it's people like you who make it hard for up-and-coming musicians to rise, you're dragging down the progression of music. by that i mean people who refuse to find any fault with big name people like bill evans on principle of who they are, not what they are playing. i am a huge bill evans fan and even though i might not agree with ika1, i feel that it's completely fair to question anyone's performance no matter how acclaimed they are.
haha, well. That isn't what BE said :)
...a "dry" club performed gloria's step
That cameraman surely knew shit about music, the takes during the bass solo are terrible...shame!... anyway, amazing Bill and his band as usual
The piano (the instrument itself) sounds as though it hasn't a decent note in it, as though Evans is having to work like a dog with it.
Typical Baldwin brittle annoying "quality".
The beginning song intro sounds like the piano needs some serious work right there! Ruins the whole feeling of that 1961 tune of Scotty’s.
@rayjr62 he became better every year until his death surprisingly.
@ANTiRussia1 not as abusive as degradation, i'm sorry. and at least it's the right word.
@ANTiRussia1 haha i think the word you might be looking for instead of degradation could be degeneration? because that would explain everything. degradation means something completely different and that's why i totally thought you were saying something else. now i know what you're saying because of your second comment. you chose the wrong word i think.
Not much to understand other than Heroin. In this set his hands look as if he is retaining water. Very puffy.
academic [scientist]
Sorry, too fast - not La Faro's intention, to play it like they're double-parked.
You’re really criticizing Bill Evans? Lol
Eddie is real good but Marc Johnson is just better, the Johnson, LaBarbera trio was tops
こんな投げやりにピアノを奏でるエバンスは見たくなかった。とても悲しいです。
actually no
way to fast jesus
He had kicked heroin and was now a coke addict.
And there are faint echoes of McCoy now
Too fast Evans... It sounds richer, more pleasing to the ear, more melodious when played slower. This version sounds awful. Scott Lafaro would have been very displeased.,☹️
wouldn't say awful.. it is high tempo, and I like it. I do love the slower version Ralph Towner did on guitar with Oregon, Moon and Mind recording. It's impossible for me to dislike anything Bill Evans did, from all I've heard, he definitely influenced a lot of my favorites, including Towner and Chick Corea.