Bill Evans on WGBH, Boston

[stevebop]

Saturday, August 16th would have been Bill Evans' 79th birthday. "Jazz from Studio Four" will feature Evans as a leader, sideman, composer. We'll hear his music played by others and a few dedications to him also. Tune in or log on tonight from 8p-midnight and enjoy!

[stevebop]

Here is thr playlist from last night's Evans birthday Special:

Friday, Aug 15, 8pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7

EVANS-ESSENCE: BILL EVANS (b. 8/16/1929)

Listed by artist: selection, album (label)

8:00pm

THEME: Horace Parlan Quintet: Wadin', Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note)

8:05pm

Bill Evans: All The Things You Are,

The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside)

Bill Evans; Jim Hall: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You,

Undercurrent (Blue Note)

Bill Evans: Conception, New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside)

8:27pm

Kenny Drew Jr: This One's For Bill, This One's For Bill (TCB Records)

Cannonball Adderley; featuring Bill Evans: Nardis (c. Bill Evans),

Portrait of Cannonball (Riverside)

Alex Sipiagin: Very Early (comp. B. Evans), Hindsight (Criss Cross)

8:55pm

Lucy Reed; featuring Bill Evans: There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York, The Singing Reed (Riverside)

Bill Evans; Toots Thielmans: The Days of Wine and Roses,

Affinity (Warner Brothers)

Bill Evans; Tony Bennett: Some Other Time,

The Tony Bennett-Bill Evans Album (Fantasy)

9:13pm

Bill Evans: Re: Person I Knew; Midnight Mood; The Peacocks; Theme from "Mash",

Live at Lulu Whites, Boston 10/30/1979 Recorded by WGBH

(ONLY ON 89.7)

9:36pm

Kronos Quartet: Five, Music of Bill Evans (Landmark)

Paul Motian: Walkin' Up, Bill Evans (JMT Music)

Tierney Sutton: We Will Meet Again, Blue in Green (Telarc)

Bill Evans: Haunted Heart, Explorations (Riverside)

9:55pm

Art Farmer; featuring Bill Evans: The Touch of Your Lips,

Modern Art (Blue Note)

Chet Baker; featuring Bill Evans: You And the Night And the Music,

Chet (Riverside)

Miles Davis; featuring Bill Evans: On Green Dolphin Street,

'58 Sessions (Columbia)

10:17pm

Bill Evans: Never Let Me Go, Alone (Verve)

Bill Evans: Stella by Starlight,

Empathy+A Simple Matter of Conviction (verve)

Bill Evans: Gone With The Wind, California Here I Come (Verve)

10:42pm

Ingrid Jensen: Time Remembered (comp. B. Evans),

Here on Earth (Justin Time/Enja)

Martin Wind: Turn Out The Stars (comp. B. Evans), Salt 'N Pepper (Challange)

Judy Neimack: Interplay (comp. B. Evans), Blue Nights (Blujazz)

11:06pm

George Russell; featuring Bill Evans: Concerto for Billy The Kid,

Jazz Workshop (RCA Bluebird)

Tadd Dameron; featuring Bill Evans: Our Delight, The Magic Touch (Riverside)

Hal McKusick; featuring Bill Evans: Stratusphunk, Now's The time (Decca/GRP)

11:24pm

Chick Corea; Gary Burton: Waltz for Debby, The New Crystal Silence (Concord)

Mark Murphy: Waltz for Debby, Jazz Standards (32 Jazz)

Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby, Waltz For Debby (Riverside)

11:45pm

Bill Evans: Letter To Evan, Consecration (Milestone)

11:54pm

Bill Evans: Peace Piece, The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside)

Only on 89.7! performances and recordings are exclusive WGBH Radio productions and are not commercially available.

[BillF]

Saturday, August 16th would have been Bill Evans' 79th birthday. "Jazz from Studio Four" will feature Evans as a leader, sideman, composer. We'll hear his music played by others and a few dedications to him also. Tune in or log on tonight from 8p-midnight and enjoy!

Hope to catch this in due course if it's archived

[ghost of miles]

Looks like a great playlist, Steve. I'm not familiar with that Lucy Reed side--will have to check it out. Last night on Afterglow I featured music from The Last Waltz (thank you, Newbury Comics! )