Bill Evans Trio Live at Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy - 1979 (audioy)
Bill Evans Trio Live at Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy, November 30, 1979. Full concert. Audio only. Broadcast by RAI Radio 3.
-Setlist set I:
01. Re: Person I Knew (Bill Evans)
02. Midnight Mood (Bill Evans)
03. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
04. Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) (Johnny Mandel)
05. A Sleepin' Bee (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote)
06. I Do It For Your Love (Paul Simon)
-Setlist set II:
09. My Romance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
10. Noelle's Theme (Michel Legrand)
11. I Loves You Porgy (George & Ira Gershwin)
12. Up With The Lark (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin)
13. Turn Out The Stars (By Bill Evans)
12. Five (Bill Evans)
13. Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
14. Nardis (Miles Davis)
15. But Beautiful (Johnny Burke - Jimmy Van Heusen)-Lineup:
Marc Johnson - Bass (1 to 7, 10 to 15)
Joe LaBarbera - Drums (1 to 7, 12 to 15)
Bill Evans - PianoThis is the last Trio Evans would work with before his death in 1980.
One of the innovators in Jazz, Evans used impressionist harmony, along with an inventive inter-pretation of Standards which continues to be influential among Jazz pianists today.
His compositions, including the memorable Waltz For Debby, have been frequently played by other musicians and have become standards in Jazz repertoire.
In addition to his solo and trio work, Evans worked with a veritable who’s who of Jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Cannonball Adderley and numerous others.
A chaotic life, marred by a longtime heroin addiction, which prompted Jazz critic Gene Lees to describe as “the longest suicide in history”. Evans was in a considerable amount of personal turmoil, especially around this time with a severe Cocaine addiction and the suicide of his brother in May of that year weighing on him, which prompted him to cancel several dates on a Spring tour of the Northwest, Evans was still able to focus and deliver thoughtful, introspective interpretations and to continue astounding audiences.
Bill Evans recorded a considerable amount during his career. Even more has been recorded in a live concert setting, and those have been issued, some officially and some clandestinely, over the years to an ever-present base of fans, admirers and students of Jazz piano. Even gone some 40+ years, he still influences. And in this chaotic time, he still consoles.
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