"Om de 50ste verjaardag van het beste jazzalbum aller tijden te vieren is er deze editie met 2 CD's en een DVD. Het sterk verbeterde geluid, de tweede CD met zes prachtige andere opnamen van dezelfde band (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers en Jimmy Cobb) tien maanden eerder en de DVD met een mooie documentaire over het album, plus de film "The Sound Of Miles Davis" met een televisieoptreden uit die tijd van het Miles Davis Quintet met het orkest vna Gil Evans: zonder meer waar voor je geld." (Eric van Domburg Scipio, Heaven; waardering: 5 uit 5 sterren)
"On this strictly instrumental penultimate Chet Baker session for Riverside, the trumpeter was supported by an all star cast, including Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. Each of them makes important contributions. Adams' baritone sax solo on "Alone Together" is one of the high points, while Herbie Mann and Bill Evans make their presence known on several cuts. Baker possessed one of the most melodious trumpets in jazz, compelling in its simplicity. Rarely extending his range above a single octave, he nonetheless had few peers when it came to slow, romantic ballads, which make up the playlist here. His characteristically soft approach is heard to good effect on "It Never Entered My Mind," where he works with the guitar of Kenny Burrell. Burrell and Baker also collaborate on a moving rendition of "September Song." This album is a good place to hear Baker's special way with the horn, and is made even more attractive with the contributions of top jazz artists." (Dave Nathan, Allmusic; 4 uit 5 sterren)
De zanger en de pianist maakten halverwege de jaren '70 twee duo-albums: "The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album" (1975) en "Together Again" (1976). Deze dubbel-CD-uitgave uit 2009 verenigt beide albums, aangevuld met een complete schijf vol 'alternate takes'. Voor mensen die Bennett associëren met gladde Las Vegas-showmuziek: hij laat hier horen een eersteklas jazz-vocalist te zijn. Gevoelvol, subtiel en met superieure frasering zingend. Evans, aartsvader van de klassiek-impressionistisch beïnvloede jazzpianoschool, begeleidt prachtig, romantisch, bedachtzaam, doch nooit te zwaar-op-de-hand. Het duo put uit The Great American Songbook en vertolkt evergreens als "My Foolish Heart", "But Beautiful" en "You Don't Know What Love Is". Deze combi kan zich qua tijdloze zeggingskracht meten met eerdere bijzondere, intieme ontmoetingen als "John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman" en "Sinatra And Sextet Live In Paris".
"Pianist Bill Evans (who doubles on electric piano on this album for the final time in the recording studio) welcomes guest harmonica player Toots Thielemans and Larry Schneider (on tenor, soprano and alto flute) to an outing with bassist Marc Johnson (making his recording debut with Evans) and drummer Eliot Zigmund. The material contains some surprises (including Paul Simon's "I Do It for Your Love" and Michel Legrand's "The Other Side of Tonight") and only two jazz standards ("Body & Soul" and "Blue and Green") with the latter being the only Evans composition. Excellent if not essential music that Evans generally uplifts." (Scott Yanow, Allmusic)
Het tweede album dat de pianist als bandleider maakte, vlak na z'n vertrek uit Miles Davis' groep. Evans' klassiek beïnvloede pianistiek was al helemaal uitgekristalliseerd. Hij vormt hier een trio met Paul Chambers (b) en Philly Joe Jones (d). De drie stukken voor solopiano zijn echter het meest memorabel, met name het briljante "Piece By Piece". (allmusic)
Klassieker van saxofonist (as, ss & ts)/arrangeur, met topbezetting: Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, Eric Dolphy, Paul Chambers en Freddie Hubbard. Mooi is 't contrast tussen de solo's van hem (direct, to the point) en die van de avontuurlijke Dolphy. (JG)
Album uit 1961 van het Bill Evans Trio. De piano-bas-drums opzet resulteert hier in een uiterst sfeervol album. Opvallend ingenieuze baspartijen naast het pianospel van Bill Evans.
Een compilatie van de laatste opnamen van bijzondere pianist, live in Keystone Korner, San Fransisco, september 1980. Mix van standards en originals, met grote aandacht voor melodieuze spanningsbogen en immense concentratie op harmonieën. (naar Luister)
Eerste plaat, uit 1959, van klassiek trio met Scott LaFaro en Paul Motian dat een standaard neerzette: Let op de lijntjes die Evans door de melodieen en harmonieen heenspeelt, z'n interactie met de melodisch spelende LaFaro.
"The music recorded by Bill Evans on June 25, 1961, has long since acquired legendary status. Evans, a brilliant pianist whose unique voicings have influenced over a generation of jazz pianists who have followed him, weaves one masterpiece after another with bassist Scott LaFaro (a promising composer and phenomenal bassist) and the equally valuable drummer Paul Motian. The interplay between them is phenomenal throughout each of their 5 sets that day. This beautifully remastered collection restores the previously omitted take of "Gloria's Step" (marred only by a brief power outage) and the humorous finale at the end of the night. The songs are in their original sequence, adding a bit of ambience between numbers. Sadly, it was the trio's final recording, as LaFaro died in a car crash ten days later. The selections from this box set have been reissued numerous times, but this is the first time that all is collected in one box set. Essential, whether you are a novice or seasoned jazz fan." (Ken Dryden, Allmusic)
"Captured in 1975, On a Friday Evening is an engaging and deeply intimate album that finds pianist Bill Evans and his trio in performance at Oil Can Harry's in Vancouver, British Columbia. Recorded by radio host Gary Barclay, the album was initially broadcast on Barclay's CHQM jazz show before languishing unheard for the next 40 years. Fully restored, this 2021 archival release finds Evans backed by one of his best latter-career rhythm sections featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund. Radio broadcasts of live concerts were not unheard of in the '60s and '70s, and On a Friday Evening works as a nice companion album to the similar 2017 radio restoration On a Monday Evening, which featured the same lineup and some of the same tunes. That said, On a Friday Evening is an even better sounding restoration and truly represents the intricate group dynamics and virtuosity they'd developed on tour together." (Allmusic)
"What's better than a Bill Evans Trio album? How about a Bill Evans trio album on which the bassist is Percy Heath, the drummer is Connie Kay, and the leader is not Evans but alto sax god Cannonball Adderley, making the group actually a quartet? It's a different sort of ensemble, to be sure, and the musical results are marvelous. Adderley's playing on "Waltz for Debby" is both muscular and sensitive, as it is on the other Evans composition here, a modal ballad called "Know What I Mean?" Other treats include the sprightly "Toy" and two takes of the Gershwin classic "Who Cares?" The focus here is, of course, on Adderley's excellent post-bop stylings, but it's also interesting to hear Evans playing with a rhythm section as staid and conservative as Kay and Heath (both charter members of the Modern Jazz Quartet). It's hard to imagine any fan of mainstream jazz not finding much to love on this very fine recording." (Rick Anderson, Allmusic)
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