Bill Evans: The Montreux Jazz Festival

Posted By : Alexix | Date : 12 Apr 2010 07:39:42 | Comments : 4 |

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This 1968 release of Bill Evans' performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival the year before is a pinnacle of trio interplay (handily justifying its being awarded a Grammy for Best Instrumental Small Group Jazz Performance). Drummer Jack DeJohnette, at the beginning of his career ascension, spent only a year with Evans. His playing at this performance embraces the rich trio format that Evans developed, wherein each of the three are of seemingly equal voice. Listening to this set, one is hard pressed to identify any one musician as being in support of the others; rather, they are in tandem or in conversation. The previously unissued "Quiet Now" joins "I Loves You Porgy" as gorgeously emotive meditation for solo piano.--cduniverse

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Tracks:

1. spoken introduction
2. One for Helen
3. A Sleepin' Bee
4. Mother of Earl
5. Nardis
6. Quiet Now
7. I Loves You, Porgy
8. The Touch of Your Lips
9. Embraceable You
10. Someday My Prince Will Come
11. Walkin' Up

Bill Evans: Piano
Eddie Gomez: Bass
Jack Dejohnette: Drums

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Part1 · Part2 · Part3

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Posted By: fastone_pg Date: 12 Apr 2010 08:28:27

Many thanks for the post!

Just a question: which are right, the titles or the track numbers?

Posted By: Alexix Date: 12 Apr 2010 12:56:34

Yeah, it's my mistake, the tracks 1 and 2 are only one.

Posted By: jazzbuff Date: 12 Apr 2010 23:38:23

Great album! If you want a mind-blowing version in 24/96 super hi-res or 16-bit standard CD, check this Avax post out, it's still very much alive:

http://avaxhome.ws/music/jazz/Bill_Evans_Montreux_Audiophile_LP_Japan.html

Posted By: LezDawson Date: 11 May 2010 21:44:01

THIS IS NOT THE SAME CD ISSUE AS ADVERTISED, so no surprise there is no LOG or CUE.
The track listing has tracks in slightly different order, and the master is not great. I have since obtained the proper Verve remastered version, which is MUCH nicer.
This does have the Verve remaster scans though.

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