One of my favorite jazz compositions ever, Blue in Green, by my favorite jazz composer, Bill Evans (Miles Davis played it on the album “Kind of Blue”, but he did not compose Blue in Green, Evans did). I consider Evans to be the greatest pianist of the 20th century (along with Alexander Scriabin). I am studying this piece right now, and I just felt like sharing it with you :-)
Pure emotion, absolute perfection.
The Saker
Yep. I had the privilege of hearing Bill Evans live a few times with different incarnations of his group. always superb.
Here’s a snippet of one that I’d like to get my teeth around sometime; you probably know about it :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LXVUmgfFH4
so sorry Saker, not my taste at all.
Lovely. Takes me way back to two favs of mine. Live music is what I miss most about my years living in N.America, excellent quality in all styles and available everywhere in bars and beyond. Thank you.
Marvelous! Thanks a lot
fantastic…
thank You!
I was a university student when Kind of Blue came out. Loved it and still do. However in my opinion, the greatest pianist is/was Sviatoslav Richter.
It’s so pleasant to discover that someone who shares so many of my geopolitical and social views also digs Bill Evans, not only my favorite jazz pianist, but my favorite musical figure, a composer, improvisor, accompanist and bandleader extraordinare! The actual story of the composition of Blue in Green is that Miles gave Bill Evans a piece of paper with the first two chords written on it and said “What would you do with this?”. Bill went home and came back with the composition. It was common at that time for bandleaders to take credit for the tunes on the album, even if, as in this case, they didn’t actually compose the songs. The same had happened to Miles previously when he was a sideman in Charlie Parker’s band. I believe that the apex of Bill Evans’ modal compositon was the tune Time Remembered, which was composed entirely without dominant (VII) chords, which traditionally provide the tension that resolves or releases to the tonal (I) chord. It floats around beautifully, providing the musician with more opportunities to explore melody in improvisation. I attach a link to the Bill Evans trio performing this tune on The Jazz Set on British TV. The piano intro is a thing of a rare beauty, and Eddie Gomez’s bowed bass solo is similarly exquisite.
Peace to you, Saker
Frankie P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VopGbXJ0tc
Then you know the Peace Piece Saker.
thanks for everything, dth
had the chance to see Jerry Lee Lewis @ The House of Blues in New Orleans
that was a treat
found a page with a few pics of him during that performance
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Faye.html
Thank you sooo much for everything Saker
Check out Kieth Jarret :)