Evans, his pain, and the music: “I have always preferred playing without an audience.”
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079: Miles Davis, ‘So What’ (“Kind of Blue”)
THE masterpiece, universally acknowledged . By rockers, by rappers, by jazzists, by aficionados and cognoscenti, by layfolk and by elevator riders. A monolith of lyric beauty and depth.
It is perfect.
124: Bill Evans, ‘Nardis’
Dying from his life-long drug habit, in a harrowing burst of creative energy, Bill Evans raged against ‘the dying of the light’ night after night in these relentless, probing, profound performances.
Continue reading...060: The Bill Evans Trio, ‘Gloria’s Step’ from “Live at The Village Vanguard”
If I could take just one single piece of music to my desert island, it would be this.
Continue reading...244: Bill Evans/Miles Davis, ‘On Green Dolphin Street’
Moledro — a feeling of resonant connection with an artist.
Some disparate notions about Bill Evans, all of them moledros.
209: The Real Group: ‘Monica Vals’ (‘Waltz for Debby’)
When they say ‘The voice is the only instrument made by God’, they’re thinking of Margareta Bengston of The Real Group singing Bill Evans’ ‘Waltz for Debby’. Four minutes in heaven.
Continue reading...138: Eliane Elias, ‘Baubles, Bangles and Beads’
I can’t think of a single reason why Brazilian/American jazz/bossanova pianist/singer Eliane Elias isn’t a household name – she is a serious musician, outstandingly talented, commercially appealing, and uncommonly pleasing to look at.
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