Bill Evans - Portraiture

[Dmitry]

Just recently got this cd on the suspect Fuel label and am a little confused.

Liner notes list recording date as 1969, booklet lists Dec 7, 1972.

There are 10 tracks on this cd -

1 Alfie 5:08

2 Waltz for Debby 6:40

3 34 Skidoo 6:26

4 Blue in Green 4:07

5 Detour Ahead 5:31

6 Emily 6:48

7 Nardis 11:40

8 Peri's Scope 9:07

9 Some Other Time 5:19

10 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 6:37

Now, were these and the ones below taken off the same recording session?

Bill Evans Live in Paris 1972, Vol. 3 (Esoldun [F] FC 125)

Radio broadcast, ORTF, Paris, France, Dec 17, 1972

1 Elsa [the only track omitted above]

2 Detour Ahead

3 34 Skidoo

4 Alfie

5 Peri's Scope

6 Blue in Green

7 Emily

8 Who Can I Turn to?

9 Some Other Time

10 Nardis

11 Waltz for Debbie

Whatever happened to Elsa?

Frisch weht der Wind

Der Heimat zu

Mein Irisch Kind

Wo weilest du?

[Shrdlu]

Frisch weht der Wind

Der Heimat zu

Mein Irisch Kind

Wo weilest du?

Aren't those in the Riverside box set?

[Dmitry]

Anybody?

Bueler?

[brownie]

Dmitry, here is the track list and listed timings of the Esoldun France Concert unauthorized release 'Bill Evans Live in Paris 1972 vol. 3:

1- Elsa 7'20

2- Detour Ahead 5'20

3- 34 Skidoo 6'10

4- Alfie 5'

5- Peri's Scope 8'50

6- Blue'N Green 4'

7- Emily 6'30

8- Who Can I Turn To 6'20

9- Some Other Time 4'45

10- Nardis 11'

11- Waltz for Debby 6'

Even my good friend Inspector Clouseau would have no problem deducting where Fuel got its material for this release.

FYI Esoldun was the label from the government-owned INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) where all recorded material from the state owned radios and TV stations are deposited. INA owns these archives. However INA did not have authorisations from the estates of the musicians they issued music from (including Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Roland Kirk, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, etc.) and they were taken to court after they released tens of albums. INA lost the case and were ordered to destroy the albums they had put out.

Will be interesting to find out what happens with the Fuel releases.