Bonus track: Bill Evans (piano); Eddie Gomez (bass); Marty Morell (drums)
That intrepid jazz detective Zev Feldman unearthed these eleven tracks in Copenhagen. The first six are from a 1964 Danish Radio broadcast followed by four from TV-City and a 1969 bonus track ('Round Midnight) recorded in Aarhus.
The tunes are familiar and, with the exception of I Didn't Know What Time it Was, have appeared on other albums by the great man. Indeed the four tracks recorded before an audience in the TV studio also appear on the radio broadcast from 15 days earlier (August 10).
This is jazz piano at its finest. With Evans, I've always had the impression that he knew what the song was about. Unlike, say Peterson or Tatum whose prodigious technique often overlooked the emotional content, Evans had the technique but he also had the sensitivity to respect the composer's intent. The explorative nature of My Foolish Heart being a perfect example.
His earlier trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motion has been described as the seminal modern jazz trio making it a hard act to follow for Israels and Bunker. Nevertheless, they succeeded as this album proves.
Evans' third great trio came with the bonus track but that's another story and who's to say that Zev 'Marlowe' Feldman isn't hot on the trail of more hidden gems from the Evans' archives? Lance
LP available Nov. 24. CD available Dec. 1 - Elemental Music 59904445.
Waltz For Debby; My Foolish Heart; How my Heart Sings; Sweet and Lovely; I Didn't Know What Time it Was; Five; My Foolish Heart; How my Heart Sings; Sweet and Lovely; Five
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