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Bill Evans - Bill Evanss Finest Hour '2001

Bill Evanss Finest Hour
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Album name Bill Evanss Finest Hour
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Date 2001
GenreJazz
Play time 62:56
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 373 mb (+5\%rec.)
PriceDownload $2.95
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Bill Evanss Finest Hour represents a number of choice tidbits recorded by the
pianist between 1958 and 1970 for Verve. The settings of these recordings range
between the intricate trio work he became so identified with to, in at least one
instance, full orchestration. While Evans is certainly capable of bopping with
the best on songs like Luck Be a Lady and I Should Care, his style glimmers more
distinctly on quieter numbers. The fragile Elsa and subtle Spring Is Here allow
him to slowly, though deliberately, develop his impressionistic piano lines.
Sensitive accompaniment by drummer Paul Motian and bassists Gary Peacock and
Chuck Israels also adds a rich dynamic to these cuts. The recording of I Loves
You, Porgy at the Montreux Jazz Festival is even more low key and bare,
featuring Evans unaccompanied. These somber ballads, emotive and filled with
slight shadings, work beautifully. It is almost as though the listener is
eavesdropping as the pianist engages in late-night conversations with himself.
Evans plays Latin jazz on two somewhat uncharacteristic tracks, Jazz Samba and
The Dolphin --After, and overdubs two other pianos on the moody Spartacus Love
Theme. Bill Evanss Finest Hour presents a good overview for those unfamiliar
with the great pianists music. The disc will also offer the listener a starting
point to delve further into the delicate, lovely world of Bill Evans.



Tracks:

 01. Spartacus Love Theme (North) - 5:11
 02. Luck Be a Lady (Loesser) - 6:22
 03. For Heavens Sake (Bretton-Edwards-Meyer) - 4:27
 04. Funkallero (Evans) - 6:43
 05. Elsa (Zindars) - 4:24
 06. Time Remembered (Evans) - 4:15
 07. I Should Care (Cahn-Stordahl-Weston) - 5:10
 08. Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) - 4:45
 09. Jazz Samba (Ogerman) - 3:11
 10. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Barris-Koehler-Moll) - 5:48
 11. I Loves You, Porgy (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) - 5:53
 12. Walkin Up (Evans) - 3:38
 13. The Dolphin - After (Eca) - 3:07

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