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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAy4_sqsKA&t=5s
I’m not exactly an avid cinema-goer but I couldn’t resist taking a short trip into Dublin to see Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a biographical drama about the late great jazz pianist Bill Evans, the trailer for which is above.
I suppose Bill Evans is best known for his wonderful contributions to what many people regard as the greatest jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue which was released in 1959. This film, however, focuses on the period after he had left the Miles Davis band that made that album in order to pursue a career leading a piano trio. It could be argued that it was this step that led to Bill Evans’s most important contribution to the evolution of jazz because he basically created the modern piano trio, converting it from what it had been before – a pianist with bass and drum backing – to an equal partnership of the three diverse instruments. To put such a combination together required him to find musicians of equal creativity and understanding, and he found them when he formed his first regular trio with the brilliant Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. In a short period that band made four superb albums (two in studio, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, and two live, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby). Astonishingly, the music for the two live albums was recorded on the same day, 25th June 1961.
Just when it seemed a wonderful future was opening up for the trio, tragedy struck. Bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in a car accident, just 10 days after the Village Vanguard date. Evans was completely devastated by this event, so much so that he stopped playing completely for several months. He was paralysed by grief. For a man whose whole life revolved around playing the piano this was an indication of the depth of the bereavement he felt. It also made Evans sink even deeper into the heroin habit he was already struggling with.
The film focusses on the the period after LaFaro’s death, when Bill Evans stays in New York City with his brother Harry (who was also a musician) before his escalating drug use forces him to leave in order to detox with is parents in Florida. It’s essentially a portrait of a man’s struggles with grief and his inner demons, and is at times grim but it is keenly felt and very absorbing. Bill Evans was a shy and introverted man who found his own talent hard to cope with, and was consequently very insecure, but the film does not try to turn him into some kind of martyr. Neither does it try to come up with a glib “explanation” of his heroin addiction. Like the complex harmonic progressions that abound in the music, not everything has a straightforward resolution. The honesty of the film is one of its greatest strengths.
The look of the film is very “art house”. Shot (mostly) in stark black-and-white (see the trailer), it makes striking use of light and shadow. In places it reminded me a lot of Night of the Hunter. Another interesting thing is that although it is set largely between New York and Florida, it was actyually shot in Ireland!
Mark O’Halloran’s script avoids a linear narrative, instead jumping backwards and forewards, giving the story a dreamlike quality. For example, flash-forwards to the 1970s are shot in vibrant saturated colour to contrast with the monochrome of the rest of the film. These sequences are previews of yet more tragedy in Evans’s life: the deaths by suicide of his partner Ellaine Schultz in 1973 and his brother Harry Evans in 1979. Bill Evans himself passed away in 1980.
Finally I have to take my hat off to Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie for his utterly compelling performance as Bill Evans. I can’t think of many examples of an actor so completely inhabiting such an enigmatic role. I suppose he was helped because there are quite a few examples of Evans playing and talking on film, but even so it was a standout performance.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans is highly recommended, and not only for jazz fans! It’s showing at The Lighthouse and the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.
P.S. The title of the film is the same as that of a studio album made by an earlier manifestation of the Bill Evans Trio, with Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, before he teamed up with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.
P.P.S. Since Autumn is coming on, here’s my favourite track from Portrait in Jazz with Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian showing what they could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc
#AndersDanielsenLie #BillEvans #EverybodyDigsBillEvans #film #Jazz #PaulMotian #ScottLaFaro -
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAy4_sqsKA&t=5s
I’m not exactly an avid cinema-goer but I couldn’t resist taking a short trip into Dublin to see Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a biographical drama about the late great jazz pianist Bill Evans, the trailer for which is above.
I suppose Bill Evans is best known for his wonderful contributions to what many people regard as the greatest jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue which was released in 1959. This film, however, focuses on the period after he had left the Miles Davis band that made that album in order to pursue a career leading a piano trio. It could be argued that it was this step that led to Bill Evans’s most important contribution to the evolution of jazz because he basically created the modern piano trio, converting it from what it had been before – a pianist with bass and drum backing – to an equal partnership of the three diverse instruments. To put such a combination together required him to find musicians of equal creativity and understanding, and he found them when he formed his first regular trio with the brilliant Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. In a short period that band made four superb albums (two in studio, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, and two live, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby). Astonishingly, the music for the two live albums was recorded on the same day, 25th June 1961.
Just when it seemed a wonderful future was opening up for the trio, tragedy struck. Bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in a car accident, just 10 days after the Village Vanguard date. Evans was completely devastated by this event, so much so that he stopped playing completely for several months. He was paralysed by grief. For a man whose whole life revolved around playing the piano this was an indication of the depth of the bereavement he felt. It also made Evans sink even deeper into the heroin habit he was already struggling with.
The film focusses on the the period after LaFaro’s death, when Bill Evans stays in New York City with his brother Harry (who was also a musician) before his escalating drug use forces him to leave in order to detox with is parents in Florida. It’s essentially a portrait of a man’s struggles with grief and his inner demons, and is at times grim but it is keenly felt and very absorbing. Bill Evans was a shy and introverted man who found his own talent hard to cope with, and was consequently very insecure, but the film does not try to turn him into some kind of martyr. Neither does it try to come up with a glib “explanation” of his heroin addiction. Like the complex harmonic progressions that abound in the music, not everything has a straightforward resolution. The honesty of the film is one of its greatest strengths.
The look of the film is very “art house”. Shot (mostly) in stark black-and-white (see the trailer), it makes striking use of light and shadow. In places it reminded me a lot of Night of the Hunter. Another interesting thing is that although it is set largely between New York and Florida, it was actyually shot in Ireland!
Mark O’Halloran’s script avoids a linear narrative, instead jumping backwards and forewards, giving the story a dreamlike quality. For example, flash-forwards to the 1970s are shot in vibrant saturated colour to contrast with the monochrome of the rest of the film. These sequences are previews of yet more tragedy in Evans’s life: the deaths by suicide of his partner Ellaine Schultz in 1973 and his brother Harry Evans in 1979. Bill Evans himself passed away in 1980.
Finally I have to take my hat off to Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie for his utterly compelling performance as Bill Evans. I can’t think of many examples of an actor so completely inhabiting such an enigmatic role. I suppose he was helped because there are quite a few examples of Evans playing and talking on film, but even so it was a standout performance.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans is highly recommended, and not only for jazz fans! It’s showing at The Lighthouse and the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.
P.S. The title of the film is the same as that of a studio album made by an earlier manifestation of the Bill Evans Trio, with Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, before he teamed up with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.
P.P.S. Since Autumn is coming on, here’s my favourite track from Portrait in Jazz with Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian showing what they could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc
#AndersDanielsenLie #BillEvans #EverybodyDigsBillEvans #film #Jazz #PaulMotian #ScottLaFaro -
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAy4_sqsKA&t=5s
I’m not exactly an avid cinema-goer but I couldn’t resist taking a short trip into Dublin to see Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a biographical drama about the late great jazz pianist Bill Evans, the trailer for which is above.
I suppose Bill Evans is best known for his wonderful contributions to what many people regard as the greatest jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue which was released in 1959. This film, however, focuses on the period after he had left the Miles Davis band that made that album in order to pursue a career leading a piano trio. It could be argued that it was this step that led to Bill Evans’s most important contribution to the evolution of jazz because he basically created the modern piano trio, converting it from what it had been before – a pianist with bass and drum backing – to an equal partnership of the three diverse instruments. To put such a combination together required him to find musicians of equal creativity and understanding, and he found them when he formed his first regular trio with the brilliant Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. In a short period that band made four superb albums (two in studio, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, and two live, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby). Astonishingly, the music for the two live albums was recorded on the same day, 25th June 1961.
Just when it seemed a wonderful future was opening up for the trio, tragedy struck. Bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in a car accident, just 10 days after the Village Vanguard date. Evans was completely devastated by this event, so much so that he stopped playing completely for several months. He was paralysed by grief. For a man whose whole life revolved around playing the piano this was an indication of the depth of the bereavement he felt. It also made Evans sink even deeper into the heroin habit he was already struggling with.
The film focusses on the the period after LaFaro’s death, when Bill Evans stays in New York City with his brother Harry (who was also a musician) before his escalating drug use forces him to leave in order to detox with is parents in Florida. It’s essentially a portrait of a man’s struggles with grief and his inner demons, and is at times grim but it is keenly felt and very absorbing. Bill Evans was a shy and introverted man who found his own talent hard to cope with, and was consequently very insecure, but the film does not try to turn him into some kind of martyr. Neither does it try to come up with a glib “explanation” of his heroin addiction. Like the complex harmonic progressions that abound in the music, not everything has a straightforward resolution. The honesty of the film is one of its greatest strengths.
The look of the film is very “art house”. Shot (mostly) in stark black-and-white (see the trailer), it makes striking use of light and shadow. In places it reminded me a lot of Night of the Hunter. Another interesting thing is that although it is set largely between New York and Florida, it was actyually shot in Ireland!
Mark O’Halloran’s script avoids a linear narrative, instead jumping backwards and forewards, giving the story a dreamlike quality. For example, flash-forwards to the 1970s are shot in vibrant saturated colour to contrast with the monochrome of the rest of the film. These sequences are previews of yet more tragedy in Evans’s life: the deaths by suicide of his partner Ellaine Schultz in 1973 and his brother Harry Evans in 1979. Bill Evans himself passed away in 1980.
Finally I have to take my hat off to Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie for his utterly compelling performance as Bill Evans. I can’t think of many examples of an actor so completely inhabiting such an enigmatic role. I suppose he was helped because there are quite a few examples of Evans playing and talking on film, but even so it was a standout performance.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans is highly recommended, and not only for jazz fans! It’s showing at The Lighthouse and the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.
P.S. The title of the film is the same as that of a studio album made by an earlier manifestation of the Bill Evans Trio, with Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, before he teamed up with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.
P.P.S. Since Autumn is coming on, here’s my favourite track from Portrait in Jazz with Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian showing what they could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc
#AndersDanielsenLie #BillEvans #EverybodyDigsBillEvans #film #Jazz #PaulMotian #ScottLaFaro -
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAy4_sqsKA&t=5s
I’m not exactly an avid cinema-goer but I couldn’t resist taking a short trip into Dublin to see Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a biographical drama about the late great jazz pianist Bill Evans, the trailer for which is above.
I suppose Bill Evans is best known for his wonderful contributions to what many people regard as the greatest jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue which was released in 1959. This film, however, focuses on the period after he had left the Miles Davis band that made that album in order to pursue a career leading a piano trio. It could be argued that it was this step that led to Bill Evans’s most important contribution to the evolution of jazz because he basically created the modern piano trio, converting it from what it had been before – a pianist with bass and drum backing – to an equal partnership of the three diverse instruments. To put such a combination together required him to find musicians of equal creativity and understanding, and he found them when he formed his first regular trio with the brilliant Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. In a short period that band made four superb albums (two in studio, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, and two live, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby). Astonishingly, the music for the two live albums was recorded on the same day, 25th June 1961.
Just when it seemed a wonderful future was opening up for the trio, tragedy struck. Bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in a car accident, just 10 days after the Village Vanguard date. Evans was completely devastated by this event, so much so that he stopped playing completely for several months. He was paralysed by grief. For a man whose whole life revolved around playing the piano this was an indication of the depth of the bereavement he felt. It also made Evans sink even deeper into the heroin habit he was already struggling with.
The film focusses on the the period after LaFaro’s death, when Bill Evans stays in New York City with his brother Harry (who was also a musician) before his escalating drug use forces him to leave in order to detox with is parents in Florida. It’s essentially a portrait of a man’s struggles with grief and his inner demons, and is at times grim but it is keenly felt and very absorbing. Bill Evans was a shy and introverted man who found his own talent hard to cope with, and was consequently very insecure, but the film does not try to turn him into some kind of martyr. Neither does it try to come up with a glib “explanation” of his heroin addiction. Like the complex harmonic progressions that abound in the music, not everything has a straightforward resolution. The honesty of the film is one of its greatest strengths.
The look of the film is very “art house”. Shot (mostly) in stark black-and-white (see the trailer), it makes striking use of light and shadow. In places it reminded me a lot of Night of the Hunter. Another interesting thing is that although it is set largely between New York and Florida, it was actyually shot in Ireland!
Mark O’Halloran’s script avoids a linear narrative, instead jumping backwards and forewards, giving the story a dreamlike quality. For example, flash-forwards to the 1970s are shot in vibrant saturated colour to contrast with the monochrome of the rest of the film. These sequences are previews of yet more tragedy in Evans’s life: the deaths by suicide of his partner Ellaine Schultz in 1973 and his brother Harry Evans in 1979. Bill Evans himself passed away in 1980.
Finally I have to take my hat off to Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie for his utterly compelling performance as Bill Evans. I can’t think of many examples of an actor so completely inhabiting such an enigmatic role. I suppose he was helped because there are quite a few examples of Evans playing and talking on film, but even so it was a standout performance.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans is highly recommended, and not only for jazz fans! It’s showing at The Lighthouse and the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.
P.S. The title of the film is the same as that of a studio album made by an earlier manifestation of the Bill Evans Trio, with Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, before he teamed up with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.
P.P.S. Since Autumn is coming on, here’s my favourite track from Portrait in Jazz with Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian showing what they could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc
#AndersDanielsenLie #BillEvans #EverybodyDigsBillEvans #film #Jazz #PaulMotian #ScottLaFaro -
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAy4_sqsKA&t=5s
I’m not exactly an avid cinema-goer but I couldn’t resist taking a short trip into Dublin to see Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a biographical drama about the late great jazz pianist Bill Evans, the trailer for which is above.
I suppose Bill Evans is best known for his wonderful contributions to what many people regard as the greatest jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue which was released in 1959. This film, however, focuses on the period after he had left the Miles Davis band that made that album in order to pursue a career leading a piano trio. It could be argued that it was this step that led to Bill Evans’s most important contribution to the evolution of jazz because he basically created the modern piano trio, converting it from what it had been before – a pianist with bass and drum backing – to an equal partnership of the three diverse instruments. To put such a combination together required him to find musicians of equal creativity and understanding, and he found them when he formed his first regular trio with the brilliant Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. In a short period that band made four superb albums (two in studio, Portrait in Jazz and Explorations, and two live, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby). Astonishingly, the music for the two live albums was recorded on the same day, 25th June 1961.
Just when it seemed a wonderful future was opening up for the trio, tragedy struck. Bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in a car accident, just 10 days after the Village Vanguard date. Evans was completely devastated by this event, so much so that he stopped playing completely for several months. He was paralysed by grief. For a man whose whole life revolved around playing the piano this was an indication of the depth of the bereavement he felt. It also made Evans sink even deeper into the heroin habit he was already struggling with.
The film focusses on the the period after LaFaro’s death, when Bill Evans stays in New York City with his brother Harry (who was also a musician) before his escalating drug use forces him to leave in order to detox with is parents in Florida. It’s essentially a portrait of a man’s struggles with grief and his inner demons, and is at times grim but it is keenly felt and very absorbing. Bill Evans was a shy and introverted man who found his own talent hard to cope with, and was consequently very insecure, but the film does not try to turn him into some kind of martyr. Neither does it try to come up with a glib “explanation” of his heroin addiction. Like the complex harmonic progressions that abound in the music, not everything has a straightforward resolution. The honesty of the film is one of its greatest strengths.
The look of the film is very “art house”. Shot (mostly) in stark black-and-white (see the trailer), it makes striking use of light and shadow. In places it reminded me a lot of Night of the Hunter. Another interesting thing is that although it is set largely between New York and Florida, it was actyually shot in Ireland!
Mark O’Halloran’s script avoids a linear narrative, instead jumping backwards and forewards, giving the story a dreamlike quality. For example, flash-forwards to the 1970s are shot in vibrant saturated colour to contrast with the monochrome of the rest of the film. These sequences are previews of yet more tragedy in Evans’s life: the deaths by suicide of his partner Ellaine Schultz in 1973 and his brother Harry Evans in 1979. Bill Evans himself passed away in 1980.
Finally I have to take my hat off to Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie for his utterly compelling performance as Bill Evans. I can’t think of many examples of an actor so completely inhabiting such an enigmatic role. I suppose he was helped because there are quite a few examples of Evans playing and talking on film, but even so it was a standout performance.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans is highly recommended, and not only for jazz fans! It’s showing at The Lighthouse and the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.
P.S. The title of the film is the same as that of a studio album made by an earlier manifestation of the Bill Evans Trio, with Sam Jones on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums, before he teamed up with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.
P.P.S. Since Autumn is coming on, here’s my favourite track from Portrait in Jazz with Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian showing what they could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc
#AndersDanielsenLie #BillEvans #EverybodyDigsBillEvans #film #Jazz #PaulMotian #ScottLaFaro -
Related to the upcoming "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" movie, here's an article about Scott LaFaro, the bassist in the Village Vanguard trio.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/scott-lafaro-the-tragic-1961-death-of-a-jazz-bass-wunderkind/
#jazz #jazzpiano #billevans #billevanstrio #scottlafaro #villagevanguard
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Related to the upcoming "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" movie, here's an article about Scott LaFaro, the bassist in the Village Vanguard trio.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/scott-lafaro-the-tragic-1961-death-of-a-jazz-bass-wunderkind/
#jazz #jazzpiano #billevans #billevanstrio #scottlafaro #villagevanguard
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Related to the upcoming "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" movie, here's an article about Scott LaFaro, the bassist in the Village Vanguard trio.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/scott-lafaro-the-tragic-1961-death-of-a-jazz-bass-wunderkind/
#jazz #jazzpiano #billevans #billevanstrio #scottlafaro #villagevanguard
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Related to the upcoming "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" movie, here's an article about Scott LaFaro, the bassist in the Village Vanguard trio.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/scott-lafaro-the-tragic-1961-death-of-a-jazz-bass-wunderkind/
#jazz #jazzpiano #billevans #billevanstrio #scottlafaro #villagevanguard
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Related to the upcoming "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" movie, here's an article about Scott LaFaro, the bassist in the Village Vanguard trio.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/scott-lafaro-the-tragic-1961-death-of-a-jazz-bass-wunderkind/
#jazz #jazzpiano #billevans #billevanstrio #scottlafaro #villagevanguard
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This week I listened to "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" [1] by the Bill Evans Trio.
There are many great #piano trios, but this combo really stands out. Impeccable taste combined with humility and understatement. What a wonderful piece of art.
I remembered bassist Scott La Faro in the wake of the news of Glen Hansard's passing, while pondering how many artists humanity has lost way too early.
Both Scott and Glen could have graced us with so much more of their works, but at least their recorded legacy will stay with us.
Let's enjoy the beautiful things.
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This week I listened to "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" [1] by the Bill Evans Trio.
There are many great #piano trios, but this combo really stands out. Impeccable taste combined with humility and understatement. What a wonderful piece of art.
I remembered bassist Scott La Faro in the wake of the news of Glen Hansard's passing, while pondering how many artists humanity has lost way too early.
Both Scott and Glen could have graced us with so much more of their works, but at least their recorded legacy will stay with us.
Let's enjoy the beautiful things.
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This week I listened to "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" [1] by the Bill Evans Trio.
There are many great #piano trios, but this combo really stands out. Impeccable taste combined with humility and understatement. What a wonderful piece of art.
I remembered bassist Scott La Faro in the wake of the news of Glen Hansard's passing, while pondering how many artists humanity has lost way too early.
Both Scott and Glen could have graced us with so much more of their works, but at least their recorded legacy will stay with us.
Let's enjoy the beautiful things.
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This week I listened to "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" [1] by the Bill Evans Trio.
There are many great #piano trios, but this combo really stands out. Impeccable taste combined with humility and understatement. What a wonderful piece of art.
I remembered bassist Scott La Faro in the wake of the news of Glen Hansard's passing, while pondering how many artists humanity has lost way too early.
Both Scott and Glen could have graced us with so much more of their works, but at least their recorded legacy will stay with us.
Let's enjoy the beautiful things.
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This week I listened to "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" [1] by the Bill Evans Trio.
There are many great #piano trios, but this combo really stands out. Impeccable taste combined with humility and understatement. What a wonderful piece of art.
I remembered bassist Scott La Faro in the wake of the news of Glen Hansard's passing, while pondering how many artists humanity has lost way too early.
Both Scott and Glen could have graced us with so much more of their works, but at least their recorded legacy will stay with us.
Let's enjoy the beautiful things.
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`Motian noted, "We were supposed to make a record date with Miles [Davis]: the trio, Bill, myself and Scott. ... We were talking to Miles about it, it was all set up, and then Scott got killed and the whole thing got forgotten."`
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro#Death
#ScottLaFaro #bass #jazz #history #music #BillEvans #MilesDavis
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`Motian noted, "We were supposed to make a record date with Miles [Davis]: the trio, Bill, myself and Scott. ... We were talking to Miles about it, it was all set up, and then Scott got killed and the whole thing got forgotten."`
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro#Death
#ScottLaFaro #bass #jazz #history #music #BillEvans #MilesDavis
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`Motian noted, "We were supposed to make a record date with Miles [Davis]: the trio, Bill, myself and Scott. ... We were talking to Miles about it, it was all set up, and then Scott got killed and the whole thing got forgotten."`
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro#Death
#ScottLaFaro #bass #jazz #history #music #BillEvans #MilesDavis
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`Motian noted, "We were supposed to make a record date with Miles [Davis]: the trio, Bill, myself and Scott. ... We were talking to Miles about it, it was all set up, and then Scott got killed and the whole thing got forgotten."`
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro#Death
#ScottLaFaro #bass #jazz #history #music #BillEvans #MilesDavis
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`Motian noted, "We were supposed to make a record date with Miles [Davis]: the trio, Bill, myself and Scott. ... We were talking to Miles about it, it was all set up, and then Scott got killed and the whole thing got forgotten."`
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaro#Death
#ScottLaFaro #bass #jazz #history #music #BillEvans #MilesDavis
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Brian Bromberg - LaFaro
Bass legend Bromberg covers a range of LaFaro-featured tracks with pretty impeccable tone, accompanied by Tom Zink (piano), and Charles Ruggiero (drums).
Very well recorded and pressed to boot. Note, though, that the LP is missing four of the CD (or streaming) tracks.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #BrianBromberg #TomZink #CharlesRuggerio #ScottLaFaro #BillEvans
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Brian Bromberg - LaFaro
Bass legend Bromberg covers a range of LaFaro-featured tracks with pretty impeccable tone, accompanied by Tom Zink (piano), and Charles Ruggiero (drums).
Very well recorded and pressed to boot. Note, though, that the LP is missing four of the CD (or streaming) tracks.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #BrianBromberg #TomZink #CharlesRuggerio #ScottLaFaro #BillEvans
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Brian Bromberg - LaFaro
Bass legend Bromberg covers a range of LaFaro-featured tracks with pretty impeccable tone, accompanied by Tom Zink (piano), and Charles Ruggiero (drums).
Very well recorded and pressed to boot. Note, though, that the LP is missing four of the CD (or streaming) tracks.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #BrianBromberg #TomZink #CharlesRuggerio #ScottLaFaro #BillEvans
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Brian Bromberg - LaFaro
Bass legend Bromberg covers a range of LaFaro-featured tracks with pretty impeccable tone, accompanied by Tom Zink (piano), and Charles Ruggiero (drums).
Very well recorded and pressed to boot. Note, though, that the LP is missing four of the CD (or streaming) tracks.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #BrianBromberg #TomZink #CharlesRuggerio #ScottLaFaro #BillEvans
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Brian Bromberg - LaFaro
Bass legend Bromberg covers a range of LaFaro-featured tracks with pretty impeccable tone, accompanied by Tom Zink (piano), and Charles Ruggiero (drums).
Very well recorded and pressed to boot. Note, though, that the LP is missing four of the CD (or streaming) tracks.
#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #BrianBromberg #TomZink #CharlesRuggerio #ScottLaFaro #BillEvans
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Bill Evans - "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" (1961)
Sunday music.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihfnMNf_6zuaGcIafx0wb8f
#NowPlaying #BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords
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Bill Evans - "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" (1961)
Sunday music.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihfnMNf_6zuaGcIafx0wb8f
#NowPlaying #BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords
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Bill Evans - "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" (1961)
Sunday music.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihfnMNf_6zuaGcIafx0wb8f
#NowPlaying #BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords
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Bill Evans - "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" (1961)
Sunday music.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihfnMNf_6zuaGcIafx0wb8f
#NowPlaying #BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian #vinyl #VinylRecords @vinylrecords
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Bill Evans, Live at the Village Vanguard, 1967 on Riverside
This is actually a reissue of what originally came out in 1961 (also on Riverside) as Sunday at the Village Vanguard, credited to the Bill Evans Trio “featuring Scott La Faro.” La Faro died in a car accident less than two weeks after the gig was recorded. Evans on piano, La Faro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. Produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Not sure why Riverside reissued this credited to just Bill Evans, but happy to find a pressing from the 60s in great shape. An absolute must have.
My copy via Crossroads Records in Portland OR.
#1960s #1961 #1967 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #CrossroadsRecords #jazz #PaulMotian #PortlandOR #Reissue #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Bill Evans, Live at the Village Vanguard, 1967 on Riverside
This is actually a reissue of what originally came out in 1961 (also on Riverside) as Sunday at the Village Vanguard, credited to the Bill Evans Trio “featuring Scott La Faro.” La Faro died in a car accident less than two weeks after the gig was recorded. Evans on piano, La Faro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. Produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Not sure why Riverside reissued this credited to just Bill Evans, but happy to find a pressing from the 60s in great shape. An absolute must have.
My copy via Crossroads Records in Portland OR.
#1960s #1961 #1967 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #CrossroadsRecords #jazz #PaulMotian #PortlandOR #Reissue #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Bill Evans, Live at the Village Vanguard, 1967 on Riverside
This is actually a reissue of what originally came out in 1961 (also on Riverside) as Sunday at the Village Vanguard, credited to the Bill Evans Trio “featuring Scott La Faro.” La Faro died in a car accident less than two weeks after the gig was recorded. Evans on piano, La Faro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. Produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Not sure why Riverside reissued this credited to just Bill Evans, but happy to find a pressing from the 60s in great shape. An absolute must have.
My copy via Crossroads Records in Portland OR.
#1960s #1961 #1967 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #CrossroadsRecords #jazz #PaulMotian #PortlandOR #Reissue #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Bill Evans, Spring Leaves, 1976 on Milestone
2xLP release from 1976 which collects two previous Riverside releases: Portrait In Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961). This one includes two takes on “Autumn Leaves” – one which appeared in Mono (Riverside 315) and one in Stereo (Riverside 1152). This also includes “The Boy Next Door” which was left off of Explorations originally.
Milestone records was founded by Orrin Keepnews and Dick […]
#1960 #1960s #1961 #1976 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #Fantasy #Milestone #OrrinKeepnews #PaulMotian #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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Bill Evans, Spring Leaves, 1976 on Milestone
2xLP release from 1976 which collects two previous Riverside releases: Portrait In Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961). This one includes two takes on “Autumn Leaves” – one which appeared in Mono (Riverside 315) and one in Stereo (Riverside 1152). This also includes “The Boy Next Door” which was left off of Explorations originally.
Milestone records was founded by Orrin Keepnews and Dick […]
#1960 #1960s #1961 #1976 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #Fantasy #Milestone #OrrinKeepnews #PaulMotian #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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Bill Evans, Spring Leaves, 1976 on Milestone
2xLP release from 1976 which collects two previous Riverside releases: Portrait In Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961). This one includes two takes on “Autumn Leaves” – one which appeared in Mono (Riverside 315) and one in Stereo (Riverside 1152). This also includes “The Boy Next Door” which was left off of Explorations originally.
Milestone records was founded by Orrin Keepnews and Dick […]
#1960 #1960s #1961 #1976 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #Fantasy #Milestone #OrrinKeepnews #PaulMotian #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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Bill Evans, Spring Leaves, 1976 on Milestone
2xLP release from 1976 which collects two previous Riverside releases: Portrait In Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961). This one includes two takes on “Autumn Leaves” – one which appeared in Mono (Riverside 315) and one in Stereo (Riverside 1152). This also includes “The Boy Next Door” which was left off of Explorations originally.
Milestone records was founded by Orrin Keepnews and Dick […]
#1960 #1960s #1961 #1976 #BillEvans #BillEvansTrio #Fantasy #Milestone #OrrinKeepnews #PaulMotian #Riverside #ScottLaFaro #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA #WorcesterRecordRiot
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#BillEvans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) is a landmark album. Evans' near-telepathic interplay with bassist #ScottLaFaro and drummer #PaulMotian redefined the art of the trio. LaFaro is dazzling: the fact that he died in a car accident 11 days after the recording elevates the performances to legend. The ambient club noise is poignant; the room is tiny. Devastated by LaFaro's death, Evans didn't play again for months--and possibly never fully recovered.
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#BillEvans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) is a landmark album. Evans' near-telepathic interplay with bassist #ScottLaFaro and drummer #PaulMotian redefined the art of the trio. LaFaro is dazzling: the fact that he died in a car accident 11 days after the recording elevates the performances to legend. The ambient club noise is poignant; the room is tiny. Devastated by LaFaro's death, Evans didn't play again for months--and possibly never fully recovered.
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#BillEvans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) is a landmark album. Evans' near-telepathic interplay with bassist #ScottLaFaro and drummer #PaulMotian redefined the art of the trio. LaFaro is dazzling: the fact that he died in a car accident 11 days after the recording elevates the performances to legend. The ambient club noise is poignant; the room is tiny. Devastated by LaFaro's death, Evans didn't play again for months--and possibly never fully recovered.
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#BillEvans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) is a landmark album. Evans' near-telepathic interplay with bassist #ScottLaFaro and drummer #PaulMotian redefined the art of the trio. LaFaro is dazzling: the fact that he died in a car accident 11 days after the recording elevates the performances to legend. The ambient club noise is poignant; the room is tiny. Devastated by LaFaro's death, Evans didn't play again for months--and possibly never fully recovered.
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Bill Evans Trio
[Bill Evans – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_EvansScott LaFaro – double bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaroPaul Motian – drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Motian]"Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
(Riverside 1961)
https://songwhip.com/bill-evans-trio/sunday-at-the-village-vanguard-keepnews-collection#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic #JazzTrio
#BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian
#BillEvansTrio -
Bill Evans Trio
[Bill Evans – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_EvansScott LaFaro – double bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaroPaul Motian – drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Motian]"Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
(Riverside 1961)
https://songwhip.com/bill-evans-trio/sunday-at-the-village-vanguard-keepnews-collection#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic #JazzTrio
#BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian
#BillEvansTrio -
Bill Evans Trio
[Bill Evans – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_EvansScott LaFaro – double bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaroPaul Motian – drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Motian]"Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
(Riverside 1961)
https://songwhip.com/bill-evans-trio/sunday-at-the-village-vanguard-keepnews-collection#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic #JazzTrio
#BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian
#BillEvansTrio -
Bill Evans Trio
[Bill Evans – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_EvansScott LaFaro – double bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaroPaul Motian – drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Motian]"Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
(Riverside 1961)
https://songwhip.com/bill-evans-trio/sunday-at-the-village-vanguard-keepnews-collection#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic #JazzTrio
#BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian
#BillEvansTrio -
Bill Evans Trio
[Bill Evans – piano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_EvansScott LaFaro – double bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_LaFaroPaul Motian – drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Motian]"Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
(Riverside 1961)
https://songwhip.com/bill-evans-trio/sunday-at-the-village-vanguard-keepnews-collection#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic #JazzTrio
#BillEvans #ScottLaFaro #PaulMotian
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Chilling sipping fine rye & #NowSpinning #WaltzForDebby by the #BillEvans Trio.
Cliché, I know, but this is my favourite of his #Riverside output. So smooth, refined & the playing is melodic & nimble.
This, from the boxset by #AnalogueProductions, is cut at 45 by #KevinGray. My set is flawless, flat, dynamic, & ‘in the room’ real.
As a Trio, there is telepathy at work here, but I find myself leaning into the playing of #ScottLaFaro.
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Chilling sipping fine rye & #NowSpinning #WaltzForDebby by the #BillEvans Trio.
Cliché, I know, but this is my favourite of his #Riverside output. So smooth, refined & the playing is melodic & nimble.
This, from the boxset by #AnalogueProductions, is cut at 45 by #KevinGray. My set is flawless, flat, dynamic, & ‘in the room’ real.
As a Trio, there is telepathy at work here, but I find myself leaning into the playing of #ScottLaFaro.
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Chilling sipping fine rye & #NowSpinning #WaltzForDebby by the #BillEvans Trio.
Cliché, I know, but this is my favourite of his #Riverside output. So smooth, refined & the playing is melodic & nimble.
This, from the boxset by #AnalogueProductions, is cut at 45 by #KevinGray. My set is flawless, flat, dynamic, & ‘in the room’ real.
As a Trio, there is telepathy at work here, but I find myself leaning into the playing of #ScottLaFaro.
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Apropos of nothing, can we just take a moment to appreciate how impossibly dreamy Scott LaFaro was? I mean, look at him. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/95406/bill-evans/complete-trio-recordings-5-cd-set?mc_cid=0e4300020c&mc_eid=4ec7e7f190
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Apropos of nothing, can we just take a moment to appreciate how impossibly dreamy Scott LaFaro was? I mean, look at him. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/95406/bill-evans/complete-trio-recordings-5-cd-set?mc_cid=0e4300020c&mc_eid=4ec7e7f190
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Apropos of nothing, can we just take a moment to appreciate how impossibly dreamy Scott LaFaro was? I mean, look at him. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/95406/bill-evans/complete-trio-recordings-5-cd-set?mc_cid=0e4300020c&mc_eid=4ec7e7f190
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Apropos of nothing, can we just take a moment to appreciate how impossibly dreamy Scott LaFaro was? I mean, look at him. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/95406/bill-evans/complete-trio-recordings-5-cd-set?mc_cid=0e4300020c&mc_eid=4ec7e7f190
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Apropos of nothing, can we just take a moment to appreciate how impossibly dreamy Scott LaFaro was? I mean, look at him. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/95406/bill-evans/complete-trio-recordings-5-cd-set?mc_cid=0e4300020c&mc_eid=4ec7e7f190
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Hard turn away from Aftermath & #NowListening to the sublime #BillEvans Trio & what may be, arguably, peak with #PortraitInJazz. For me, the highlight - in an album of highlights - is the playing of #ScottLaFaro, particularly on Autumn Leaves. Just so so inspired.
This is the #AnalogueProductions 45 from the Bill Evans Riverside Collection. This includes a replacement disk - which is, thankfully perfect. Great pressing, great SQ, great music.
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Hard turn away from Aftermath & #NowListening to the sublime #BillEvans Trio & what may be, arguably, peak with #PortraitInJazz. For me, the highlight - in an album of highlights - is the playing of #ScottLaFaro, particularly on Autumn Leaves. Just so so inspired.
This is the #AnalogueProductions 45 from the Bill Evans Riverside Collection. This includes a replacement disk - which is, thankfully perfect. Great pressing, great SQ, great music.
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Hard turn away from Aftermath & #NowListening to the sublime #BillEvans Trio & what may be, arguably, peak with #PortraitInJazz. For me, the highlight - in an album of highlights - is the playing of #ScottLaFaro, particularly on Autumn Leaves. Just so so inspired.
This is the #AnalogueProductions 45 from the Bill Evans Riverside Collection. This includes a replacement disk - which is, thankfully perfect. Great pressing, great SQ, great music.
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Booker Little - s/t (1960) #NowPlaying #BookerLittle #RoyHaynes #ScottLaFaro #WyntonKelly #TommyFlanagan #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords
A lucky thrift store find: Booker Little's 1st recording, a gatefold on Time Records. Quite a lineup. #ThriftStoreFinds #CharityShopFinds
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Booker Little - s/t (1960) #NowPlaying #BookerLittle #RoyHaynes #ScottLaFaro #WyntonKelly #TommyFlanagan #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords
A lucky thrift store find: Booker Little's 1st recording, a gatefold on Time Records. Quite a lineup. #ThriftStoreFinds #CharityShopFinds
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Booker Little - s/t (1960) #NowPlaying #BookerLittle #RoyHaynes #ScottLaFaro #WyntonKelly #TommyFlanagan #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords
A lucky thrift store find: Booker Little's 1st recording, a gatefold on Time Records. Quite a lineup. #ThriftStoreFinds #CharityShopFinds
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Booker Little - s/t (1960) #NowPlaying #BookerLittle #RoyHaynes #ScottLaFaro #WyntonKelly #TommyFlanagan #jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords
A lucky thrift store find: Booker Little's 1st recording, a gatefold on Time Records. Quite a lineup. #ThriftStoreFinds #CharityShopFinds