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Reelin' In The Years Productions presents:
JAZZ ICONS:
Bill Evans
Live '64 - '75
(DVD 2008; BRAND NEW & Factory Sealed)
**Note: This is the Region 0 region free version of the video (NTSC; viewable worldwide)
A Musical Jazz Time Capsule...
Jazz Icons: Bill Evans features five separate performances from one of the most revered pianists in music history. This collection covers an 11-year span, highlighting Evans' ever-deepening artistry as he performs with four different all-star rhythm sections, including the stunning duo of bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and drummer Alan Dawson.
This collection includes for the first time on commercial video Bill Evans renditions of the rarely performed or recorded Sareen Jurer, Blue Serge, and Twelve Tone Tune Two. Bill Evans performs with four different rhythm sections - all of which are excellent. Among the many surprises in this collection is a live performance of My Melancholy Baby by Bill Evans and saxophonist Lee Konitz.
This DVD includes a 24 page booklet featuring liner notes by Robert Doerschuk, foreword by Bill's daughter, Maxine Evans, and rare photographs and memorabilia, and the program offers a comprehensive documentary of the pianist's various trios, presented in chronological order.
REVIEWS:
"Bill Evans on DVD. It took me four views to finally understand why Bill Evans: Live '64-'75, the new DVD from Jazz Icons, is so important. During my first two previews, I had written off the video as too dull and plodding to recommend. Then last night I realized what I was doing wrong. I was watching it.
Before I go further, let me first say that this DVD, like all of the videos in the Jazz Icons series, was exquisitely shot and restored. You can't believe how polished and vivid the resolution is and how strong the contrasts and angles are. The problem for me, in general, is that most DVDs of jazz concerts and club dates simply aren't that interesting to watch. If you were actually there, you were in the moment. On video, most live jazz seems much less exciting.
Why? I think by watching jazz performances on video, a good part of your audio perception is distracted by the visual, which childishly insists on more and more action and entertainment. In the process, your visual essentially robs that part of your brain that listens deeply and critically. It's like making too many demands on a power source. The lights dim a little.
Then last night, I viewed the Bill Evans DVD again-but this time on my computer. While viewing, I found I had to take care of some writing. So I started to work, with the visual eclipsed by my Word document. That's when I realized I was listening much more intently to the music of Bill Evans in Sweden (1964), France (1965), Denmark (1970), Sweden (1970) and Denmark (1975). As I worked, I took mini breaks to peek behind my Word document for a few seconds to view different sections of the DVD. And I was always blown away.
That's when I realized how great and significant a DVD this is. The music is beyond superb. Evans takes many of the songs in completely different directions. His 'Round Midnight from the Sweden (1970) chapter may be his most astonishing version of the song. I was blown away. I'll also say that his Sleepin' Bee and You're Gonna Hear From Me are close behind as monumental renditions. And the footage is quite revealing-in nibbles.
And perhaps this is the way all DVDs of jazz performances should be viewed: On your computer, so you can listen hard while doing something else, checking in every so often to see what the artists are up to. Blame it on television. Your brain has been trained to want two guys crashing through a window wrestling for a knife. But listen to a DVD, and it's a whole new bag. I'm going to be listening to this Bill Evans DVD over and over again. Hearing is believing!" - JazzWax.com
"Jazz Icons' Bill Evans DVD is an essential addition to the pianist's legacy." - Jazz.com, Thomas Cunniffe
"Thanksgiving weekend marks 40 years since the Bill Evans Trio, with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, appeared at Raleigh's Frog and Nightgown. The pianist's "Live '64-'75," part of the third group of Jazz Icons DVD releases, arrives just in time for the anniversary.
Tracks recorded in 1970 in Denmark and Sweden capture the personnel from the Frog gig. The bassist and drummer on the other tracks include Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker (Sweden, '64), Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Alan Dawson (France, '65) and Gomez and Eliot Zigmund (Denmark, '75).
Evans' trios were the antithesis of show biz. Evans, with head bowed, rarely looked up from the keys. Bass and drums were all business, all interplay. Evans was the most romantic of pianists. His harmonies have affected almost every jazz pianist since the late '50s. And if you were lucky enough to have been a teenage jazz fan and first heard him then, your harmonic sensitivity was set for life.
Highlights of the disc include "Detour Ahead" ('65) and "Alfie" and two swinging, technically brilliant versions of "Someday My Prince Will Come" (all from '70). The third group of Jazz Icons also features discs by Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, Lionel Hampton, Nina Simone, Oscar Peterson and Rahsaan Roland Kirk." - The News Observer, Owen Cordle
"The sound quality is first rate, and the performances are extraordinary." - Newsweek Magazine
"Evans' lyrically rich chord voicings and wondrous harmonic movements were engineered upon an ever-present sense of buoyancy and swing, regardless of pitch or tempo. A giant among jazz pianists, his artistry is often imitated, although his impressionable mark of authenticity can never be compromised. The film shows Evans bridging the gap between trad-jazz, bop and modern mainstream while conveying variable stylistic changes along the way." - JazzReview.com
SONGS:
Sweden 1964
1. My Foolish Heart
2. Israel
France 1965
3. Detour Ahead
4. My Melancholy Baby
Denmark 1970
5. Emily
6. Alfie
7. Someday My Prince Will Come
Sweden 1970
8. If Yo Could See Me Now
9. 'Round Midnight
10. Some Day My Prince Will Come
11. Sleepin' Bee
12. You're Gonna Hear From Me
13. Re: Person I Knew
Denmark 1975
14. Sareen Jurer
15. Blue Serge
16. Up With the Lark
17. But Beautiful
18. Twelve Tone Tune Two
Features/Specs:
- B&W and Color
- Includes 24 page booklet with rare photos, memorabilia, liner notes, and a foreword by Bill's daughter.
- Language: English
- Dolby Digital Mono
- Region 0 Region Free version (NTSC; viewable worldwide)
- Not Rated
- Approx 1 hr 38 min
Starring: Bill Evans. Appearances by Lee Konitz, Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell, Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and Alan Dawson
Bill Evans. Performances from 5 Concerts from 1964-1975.
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