mikeweil Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 (edited) Today I spinned this beautiful disc: which is my favourite Bill Evans from the 1970's - I like this much more than his trio recordings of the time. On first sight, an unlikely combination - Harold Land, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, and Philly Joe Jones - but it works out fine. Similarly, I dig his late 1950's dates as a sideman for Hal McKusick or George Russell very much. So what are your favourite Bill Evans dates in larger groups from quartet to big band - other than solo, duo, or trio? Edited November 26, 2004 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 My favorites ARE trio or solo. . . I guess I'll say something off the wall to answer your question that probably others won't. . .well Shrdlu might. . . the sessions with Gary McFarland. AND I really love Evans' contributions to Mingus and Russell albums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 . . . the sessions with Gary McFarland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Carter Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Crosscurrents with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Eddie Gomez, Eliot Zigmund. Fantastic playing from all involved. I'm surprised Bill didn't record more with Lee and Warne. It's a great and very natural sounding combination. Joe C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeith Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I like that one too MikeWeil - I think it is underrated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 They're sideman dates from first-stage Evans, but I think he's in fine form on George Russell's "Jazz Workshop" and "Jazz in the Space Age," and Eddie Costa's "Guys and Dolls Like Vibes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Interplay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 They're sideman dates from first-stage Evans, but I think he's in fine form on George Russell's "Jazz Workshop" and "Jazz in the Space Age," and Eddie Costa's "Guys and Dolls Like Vibes." Same favourites here! Add Evans' fantastic solo on Russell's All About Rosie on that third stream album on Columbia. And maybe that date with Miles which yielded a great Evans solo on "Love for Sale" (I think there's touches of Monk in there). ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Affinity - with Toots and Larry Schneider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Mingus -Eastcoasting Winners Circle ( credited as a Coltrane album but really a collective effort) Both on Bethlehem. Eddie Costa- Guys & Dolls Like Vibes ( Coral ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Affinity - with Toots and Larry Schneider Love that one. Superb versions of 'Body and Soul' and 'Blue and Green'. The Warner Brothers album 'We Will Meet Again' with Larry Schneider - again - and Tom Harrell is beautiful, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJazz Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Check out BUT BEAUTIFUL (Milestone) which consists of material recorded in concerts at Laren and Antwerp in August 1974 by Evans' trio with guest, Stan Getz. Some magnificent playing by all including a tremendous version of "Funkallero". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 What about the Art Farmer's Modern Art? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 As leader Interplay We Will Meet Again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Definitely agree about "Modern Art." But then I'm one of those bastards who doesn't care for most everything Evans recorded after the death of LaFaro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Interplay but here's out of left field on which I thought he was very good: The Ivory Hunters Double Barrelled Piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 70s and beyond? SYMBIOSIS and LIVING TIME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Interesting piece of musicianal myopia: I'm reading Dan Morgenstern's new book, and it has an old interview with Evans, in which he puts down the duo/solo he did with Paul Bley on Jazz in the Space age, as indicative that free playing is too easy - well, that happens to be one of his best solos, IMHO - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 On a tangent - I was less than impressed with the Evans-Russell 1972 Columbia collaboration titled the Living Time. Still have the Lp, so might give it another spin, but from what I remember it was a massive pile-up of [loud] sounds and Evans was the wrong man for the job. His record with Toots Thielemans is perhaps the ultimate cocktail party album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Crosscurrents with Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Eddie Gomez, Eliot Zigmund. Fantastic playing from all involved. I'm surprised Bill didn't record more with Lee and Warne. It's a great and very natural sounding combination. Joe C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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