American
jazz pianist Bill Evans began his musical career with the late-great
Miles Davis, recording the biggest selling jazz album of all-time, "Kind
Of Blue." He released over 75 albums as a bandleader and a number of
others as a collaborator with some of the biggest names in jazz like
Chet Baker and Cannonball Adderley. On April 22nd, Resonance Records
will release an album of new material by Bill Evans titled "Some Other
Time: The Lost Session From The Black Forest." It features two discs
filled with studio recordings made on June 20, 1968 with Evans
performing along side jazz greats Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette. It is
also the only studio album ever recorded with this trio.
The first
disc features eleven tracks, beginning with the uptempo swing of "You
Go To My Head" as Evans' piano performance steals the show. He performs
mostly solo on "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" and pours his emotions into his
delivery of "My Funny Valentine." Bill Evans piano is center stage for
"Turn Out The Stars" as Gomez and DeJohnette follow his lead. The disc
closes with the elegance and grace of "These Foolish Things" and the
slow-pace of "Some Other Time."
The
second disc contains ten tracks, beginning with "You're Gonna Hear From
Me" as the trio work out the arrangement as the song progresses. Drummer
Jack DeJohnette and bassist Eddie Gomez shine on their solos during
"Walkin' Up" and the trio take a stab at "It's All Right With Me," to
which Evans was just running away with the song before it suddenly ends.
They work up "On Dolphin Street," made famous by Miles Davis when Bill
Evans was in his band, before finishing with the quiet bass solo of
"Wonder Why" and the alternate take of "You're Gonna Hear From Me."
The new
2CD set will also be released as a limited edition double gatefold LP.
Included in this set is a 40-page booklet of rare photos from the
session as well as interviews with Gomez, DeJohnette and others. To find
out more about this newly discovered, newly released Bill Evans album,
please visit resonancerecords.org.
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