Blue In Green, 10 Audio-CDs - Bill Evans

Blue In Green, 10 Audio-CDs

The Best of the Early Years 1955-1960

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Audio-CD
2015
Membran (Verlag)
405-379600054-5 (EAN)
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Zehn der wichtigsten (und rarsten) original Alben aus dem Frühwerk des Jazzpianisten Bill Evans / U.a. mit Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Art Farmer, George Russell, Bob Brookmeyer, Eddie Costa u.v.m.
William John Evans, genannt Bill Evans, war einer der einflussreichsten Jazz-Pianisten überhaupt, ein stilprägender Klavier-Poet, "einer der populärsten Jazzmusiker seiner Generation". Die 10-CD-Box "Blue In Green - The Best Of The Early Years 1955 - 1960"" vereint die wichtigsten Alben des Frühwerks dieses Meisters - in Originalversionen und voller Länge. Neben den Alben "New Jazz Conceptions", "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" und "Portrait In Jazz", die Evans mit seinen Trios eingespielt hat, sind hier auch Meisterwerke zu hören, die ihn an der Seite großer Kollegen zeigen: Charlie Mingus, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, George Russell, Eddie Costa gehören zu den Jazzgrößen, die schon früh das Talent des Pianisten aus New Jersey entdeckten. Natürlich darf auch Miles Davis'"Kind Of Blue" nicht fehlen, zu dem Evans u.a. die Komposition "Blue In Green" beisteuerte. Als Bonbon finden sich auf CD 10 seltene Aufnahmen, die Evans als Begleiter von Jazzvokalisten zeigen: Zum einen das Album "The Singing Reed" mit der Sängerin Lucy Reed, das Evans 1955 aufnahm - und außerdem drei extrem rare Vocalese-Versionen von Songs aus Miles'"Kind Of Blue", die Evans und die gesamte Davis-Backing-Band (minus Davis) nur kurze Zeit nach den Aufnahmen zu diesem legendären Album mit dem Sänger Frank Minion in New York aufgenommen hat. Die großartige Werkschau eines Jazz-Giganten - zum unschlagbaren Preis. CD 1 New Jazz Conceptions / CD 2 Everybody Digs Bill Evans / CD 3 Portrait In Jazz / CD 4 Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans - The Ivory Hunters / CD 5 Charles Mingus - East Coasting / CD 6 George Russell and his Orchestra featuring Bill Evans -Jazz In The Space Age / CD 7 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue / CD 8 Art Farmer - Modern Art / CD 9 The Eddie Costa Quartet - Guys And Dolls Like Vibes / CD 10 Lucy Reed - The Singing Reed/ Frank Minion - The Soft Land Of Make Believe (excerpts)

CD 1
Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions
1. I Love You (C. Porter)
2. Five (theme) (B. Evans)
3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (D. Ellington, P.F. Webster)
4. Conception (G. Shearing)
5. Easy Living (L. Robin, R. Rainger)
6. Displacement (B. Evans)
7. Speak Low (K. Weill, O. Nash)
8. Waltz For Debby (B. Evans)
9. Our Delight (T. Dameron)
10. My Romance (R. Rodgers, L. Hart)
11. No Cover, No Minimum (B. Evans)
Bill Evans (piano), Teddy Kotick (bass), Paul Motian (drums)
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, September 18 & 27, 1956
CD 2
Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans
1. Minority (G. Gryce)
2. Young And Foolish (A. Hague, A.B. Horwitt)
3. Lucky To Be Me (L. Bernstein, B. Comden, A. Green)
4. Night And Day (C. Porter)
5. Tenderly (W. Gross)
6. Peace Piece (B. Evans)
7. What Is There To Say (V. Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg)
8. Oleo (S. Rollins)
9. Epilogue (B. Evans)
Bill Evans (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
NYC, December 15, 1958
CD 3
Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz
1. Come Rain Or Come Shine (H. Arlen, J. Mercer)
2. Autumn Leaves (J. Mercer, J. Kosma, J. Prevert)
3. Witchcraft (C. Coleman, C. Leigh)
4. When I Fall In Love (V. Young, E. Heyman)
5. Peri's Scope (B. Evans)
6. What Is This Thing Called Love (C. Porter)
7. Spring Is Here (R. Rodgers, L. Hart)
8. Someday My Prince Will Come (F. Churchill, L. Morey)
9. Blue In Green (M. Davis, B. Evans)
Bill Evans (piano), Scott LaFaro (bass), Paul Motian (drums)
NYC, December 28, 1959
CD 4 Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans - The Ivory Hunters
1. Honeysuckle Rose (F. Waller, A. Razaf)
2. As Time Goes By (H. Hupfeld)
3. The Way You Look Tonight (J. Kern, D. Fields)
4. It Could Happen To You (J. Van Heusen, J. Burke)
5. The Man I Love (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
6. I Got Rhythm (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans (piano), Percy Heath (bass), Connie Kay (drums)
Olmsted Sound Studios, NYC, March 12, 1959
This stereo recording presents Bob Brookmeyer's piano on the left channel and Bill Evans' on the right. In order to ensure that your system is adjusted properly, please note that on "Honeysuckle Rose" it is Bill Evans (on the right channel) who takes the first solo.
CD 5 Charles Mingus - East Coasting
1. Memories Of You (Blake, Razaf)
2. East Coasting (Mingus)
3. West Coast Ghost (Mingus)
4. Celia (Mingus)
5. Conversation (Mingus)
6. Fifty-First Street Blues (Mingus)
Clarence Shaw (trumpet) Jimmy Knepper (trombone) Curtis Porter (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone) Bill Evans (piano) Charles Mingus (bass) Dannie Richmond (drums)
NYC, August, 1957
CD 6 George Russell and his Orchestra featuring Bill Evans - Jazz In The Space Age
1. Chromatic Universe, Pt. 1
2. Dimensions
3. Chromatic Universe, Pt. 2
4. The Lydiot
5. Waltz From The Outer Space
6. Chromatic Universe, Pt. 3
All compositions by George Russell
On "Chromatic Universe" Pt. 1-3 &"The Lydiot": Alan Kiger, Ernie Royal (trumpet), Dave Baker, Frank Rehak (trombone), Jimmy Buffington (French horn), Walt Levinsky (alto saxophone), David Young (tenor saxophone), Paul Bley, Bill Evans (piano), Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Don Lamond (drums), George Russell (arranger, conductor) NYC, May, 1960
On "Dimensions"&"Waltz From Outer Space": Mark "Marky" Markowitz (trumpet), Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone), Hal McKusick (alto saxophone), Charlie Persip (drums) - NYC, August 1, 1960
CD 7 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
1. So What
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Blue In Green
4. All Blues
5. Flamenco Sketches
6. All compositions by Miles Davis, except "Blue In Green" (M. Davis, B. Evans)
Miles Davis (trumpet), Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto saxophone) (except No. 3), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano) (No. 2), Bill Evans (piano) (all others), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, March 2, 1959 & April 6, 1959
CD 8 Art Farmer - Modern Art
1. Mox Nix (A. Farm

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.3.2015
Reihe/Serie Documents
Wallet
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 132 mm
Gewicht 279 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Singen / Musizieren
Schlagworte Evans, Bill • Jazz-CD
Zustand Neuware
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