....the other day and am just now getting to hear it. I'm doin OK, though. I'm only about three months behind in digesting the new music constantly coming in, sometimes daily. Anyway, I've heard a lot about this record and I'm sure I won't be disappointed, yo.
I love this record. It is a classic and while it may be better for Sunday afternoon, I love it with the first cup of coffee on Sunday morning. Other choices are Thomas A. Dorsey and the Precious Lord recordings. Something about Gospel music that just seems right for Sunday morning. I also have a penchant for anything by Dusty Springfield or Dylan. What about you moggers?
This was recorded in New York in October 1956 by Bill Evans with the George Russell Sextet, which featured Art Farmer on the trumpet.For a nasty psychopath shot dead at the age of 21 in 1881, William Bonney has been responsible for a fair number of tunes of varying types
This mellow song is from one of Evans' two seminal live albums with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian as The Bill Evans Trio. Jade Visions is credited to LaFaro but it is obviously not about LaFaro (bass player). Throughout 'Sunday at The Village Vanguard' and 'Waltz for Debby', which were recorded during the same sessions, it's difficult to conceptualize that any of the songs are anything but the w...
....the other day and am just now getting to hear it. I'm doin OK, though. I'm only about three months behind in digesting the new music constantly coming in, sometimes daily. Anyway, I've heard a lot about this record and I'm sure I won't be disappointed, yo.
Bill Evans is playing a piano whose upper register sounds too bright and chimey. It's very easy to overlook since the performance is so good. This trio with bassist Marc Johnson and Pat LaBarbera had marvelous interplay. Many think it was one of his best. The link to the performance on the "Moonbeams" album let's you hear Evans' first recording of "Re:".MOG doesn't seem seem to create Play buttons