“Kind Of Two: Miles Davis And Bill Evans”

[ghost of miles]

This past week’s Night Lights show explores pianist Bill Evans’ brief but significant stay with Miles Davis’ group in 1958-59, including some non-Kind Of Blue live and studio recordings:

Kind Of Two: Miles Davis And Bill Evans

[ghost of miles]

We re-aired Kind Of Two: Miles Davis And Bill Evans this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.

[sgcim]

I'm reading "Mr.PC: The Life and Music of Paul Chambers", and I can remember arguing with some posters here that Bill Evans was an important part of "Kind of Blue"and various posters saying he had barely anything to do with the album. I reach the section of the Kind of Blue sessions and I read a passage saying that Miles Davis "planned the music around the piano playing of Bill Evans", taken from the book by A.Kahn, "The Making of Miles Davis' Masterpiece" London Granta Books.

I mention that fact to a friend of mine today, including the discussion here on Bill Evans' role in KOB, and he just mumbles, "sounds like a bunch of racists" in regards to the discussion here...

[Teasing the Korean]

31 minutes ago, sgcim said:

I'm reading "Mr.PC: The Life and Music of Paul Chambers", and I can remember arguing with some posters here that Bill Evans was an important part of "Kind of Blue"and various posters saying he had barely anything to do with the album. I reach the section of the Kind of Blue sessions and I read a passage saying that Miles Davis "planned the music around the piano playing of Bill Evans", taken from the book by A.Kahn, "The Making of Miles Davis' Masterpiece" London Granta Books.

I mention that fact to a friend of mine today, including the discussion here on Bill Evans' role in KOB, and he just mumbles, "sounds like a bunch of racists" in regards to the discussion here...

It wouldn't have been Kind of Blue without Bill Evans.

[jazzbo]

11 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

It wouldn't have been Kind of Blue without Bill Evans.

Well, it might have been kind of.

[Teasing the Korean]

17 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Well, it might have been kind of.

That's what the cover band should have called their album instead of Blue.  Kind of Kind of Blue.

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, sgcim said:

...I can remember arguing with some posters here that Bill Evans was an important part of "Kind of Blue"and various posters saying he had barely anything to do with the album. 

Really? I recall nobody making any such claim. That would be both ignorant and stupid.

I do recall a discussion about how much of an impact that Miles had on it, and that there were those who maintained that his input was minimal. I find that to be as ignorant and stupid as having it the other way around.

Sounds like another bunch of racists... they're everywhere, you know. All of them. 

[sgcim]

Oh, I see; I must have wandered into some type of Bizzaro World Organissimo,

[JSngry]

Maybe you should just stay off the streets?

After dark, anyway.

[sgcim]

23 hours ago, JSngry said:

Maybe you should just stay off the streets?

After dark, anyway.

But I only go out at night since the pandemic.

[JSngry]

Then there is no light?

[sgcim]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Then there is no light?

Not on my skin.

[JSngry]

Vitamin D is very important, especially as we get older. 

[sgcim]

On 3/19/2024 at 6:06 PM, JSngry said:

Vitamin D is very important, especially as we get older. 

I take supplements, and have  eaten two eggs every day for the last 12 years since mt mother passed.