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Shelly Manne/Bill Evans "Empathy" Verve

Followed by
Gary McFarland "The Gary McFarland Orchestra: Special Guest Soloist Bill Evans" Verve.

Both these sessions are on disc one of the Complete Verve Recordings of Bill Evans.

[HutchFan]

Just arrived in the mail:

 

 

27 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Shelly Manne/Bill Evans "Empathy" Verve

 

Seems like Bill Evans-philes don't talk about this record much, but I think this pairing of Evans and Manne works wonderfully.

[jazzbo]

56 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

Seems like Bill Evans-philes don't talk about this record much, but I think this pairing of Evans and Manne works wonderfully.

I do too, and I really like the McFarland session as well.

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[Larry Kart]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Just arrived in the mail:

 

 

Seems like Bill Evans-philes don't talk about this record much, but I think this pairing of Evans and Manne works wonderfully.

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Just arrived in the mail:

 

 

Seems like Bill Evans-philes don't talk about this record much, but I think this pairing of Evans and Manne works wonderfully.

I think the  Evans-philes' problem with "Empathy" is that they feel that RVG's usual close-in way of mic-ing the piano significantly distorted Evans' touch. See p. 136-7 of Peter Pettinger's Evans biography "How My Heart Sings" for details and opinion on this.

[HutchFan]

11 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

I think the  Evans-philes' problem with "Empathy" is that they feel that RVG's usual close-in way of mic-ing the piano significantly distorted Evans' touch.

I suppose that makes sense. It's not a "typical Bill Evans" sound, for sure.

 

NP:

Transcendent.

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10 hours ago, gmonahan said:

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5 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Excellent ....

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42 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

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9 minutes ago, soulpope said:

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If you like that one, try the one with Mayte Martín ("Free Boleros", recorded at the Grec festival in Barcelona, 1996), as well as the "Temas latinoamericanos" and "Temas Brasileños" Ensayo cds.

 

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

If you like that one, try the one with Mayte Martín ("Free Boleros", recorded at the Grec festival in Barcelona, 1996), as well as the "Temas latinoamericanos" and "Temas Brasileños" Ensayo cds.

Thnx for the hints ....

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Dizzy with Milt Jackson, James Moody, Hank Jones, Ray Brown and Philly Joe Jones, a really great set of live Music. 

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