it's 2024 and I'm absolutely astounded that such magnificent music was being made back in 1965 when I was in Kindergarten. The man was a musical genius.
gosh try being a reasonably accomplished pianist and then you listen to bill evans and just want to give up. I am playing the same notes, at the same time. but it sounds like toilet paper when i do it! ;)
I have big problems with self-confidence I have had depression and suffered at certain periods but strangely when I listen to Bill Evans I feel good in myself I feel at peace and my self-confidence comes back every week high school I listen to it🙏🏻
I struggled with confidence so much in high school, this music really helped me through that time in my life. There's good news, once you're out of high school it gets _a lot_ easier to just be yourself and not worry about what other people think. It really does get better, you got this! =)
@@SpritzMcSoda High school is a tough period for anyone that doesn't "follow the crowd" and has any sort of introspection. It DOES get easier when you leave that world behind and discover there are like-minded souls out there--you just have to be in a broader environment.
Miles Davis wrote about Bill Evans in his autobiography: "Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall."
In those days, BBC practice would be to use an AKG D12 to mike up the bass (or in front of the speaker, if the bass is amplified, but I can't _see_ an amp or a pickup). However, there's a mic. I don't recognise on a big gooseneck pointing at the f-hole. Maybe an early Calrec?
Bill was so beyond ... My brother stylized himself after Bill after studying Bill for so many years . My brother became a great Piano player thanks to Bills style after being a great Drummer and Vibraphone player ..I remember my brother driving up to San Francisco to see Bill at a small club and my Brother hung out with Bill on a break...sadly Bill was not well at that point in time....I think the club was called Yoshis..
@@polarbear8188 it's one of those odd words -- something can be lyrical without having any lyrics. Or literary without being literal. Which reminds me: after stating the theme, Waltz for Debby literally isn't a waltz (it changes to 4/4 for the solos)
I agree with everyone here about how great Waltz for Debbie is. I believe he wrote it early in his career. It does have lyrics too. You could say it’s a lesser known, but beautiful Jazz Standard.
5:44 Amazing that people then were watching AND smoking. And Rick Astley was there also at the front seat, proving that he is a vampire. Seriously, Bill Evans is amazing. This video recording is a treasure.
For anyone out there who enjoys this particular trio, there's a wonderful live album that was recorded in 1963 called "Bill Evans: Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole". That album features the first time this trio ever played together. They also did an album called "Trio '65".
That is a great album! The album " Time Remembered" is also the "B" side of that very same gig at Shelley's Manne Hole. (Except for the first 5 tracks, all the other tracks are live recordings at Shelley's)
After this he disappeared into the studios and played mallet instruments for the rest of his career. Had he chosen to remain on the scene he wouldn't have been underrated. I heard at his first rehearsal with Maynard Ferguson's band, around 1961, I think. It was the first time he'd played with a big band and everyone was skeptical. 4 bars into the first tune and everyone was smiling.
I read somewhere that when he auditioned for Bill, he sat down at the piano and played all Bill Evan's tunes for him, On the Piano! ! ! How many drummers could do that?
Larry Bunker is one of the best drummers in jazz history and probably the best brush player. He was not recognized within the drumming community because drummers are so stupid and insensitive that they don't appreciate the subtleties bunker played, but he was reconized in the music comunity, he played with a lot of great jazz musicians. Ella Fitzerald, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Stan Getz. The list of artists he worked with is too big to put here. He was innovative in the irregular use and openings of the hi hat. His solos are very advanced for the time. If we compare the record "Bill Evans Live at the Shelly Manne's Hole (1963) with" Kelly at mighnight "(1960, the record that Philly Joe Jones was most proud of), what Philly plays is ridiculous compared to what Bunker plays. The bunker solos on that disc are ahead of their time , are stunning. Also Bunker's swing was brutal. His ride cymbal was brutal and his comping. In an interview with Chet Baker they asked him who was the drummer with the most "drive" ( drive means swing or groove) and he answered (Larry Bunker and Philly Joe Jones), the difference is that Larry Bunker played the same stuff as Philly but with a very wide dynamic range, extremly soft if he wanted and with much more good sound due to his superior technique ( He studied with Murray Spivak and Billy Gladstone and has a master of the free stroke like his colegue Shelly Manne) than Philly, while Philly looks like a hardware dealer and a steamroller in comparison. Check the 12 bar solos of Bunker in this video in the tune "Israel". I have transcrived them and are very difficult. Check his superb snare drum tecnique and how the stick jumps and rebounds, and he does zero effort. And check his sound. On the other hand his musicality and good taste is superb. He played the piano and the vives and the timpani in a Philharmonic orchestra in Los Angeles. I asked John Riley about him and he suggested me to make in conctact with his good friend Jeff Hamilton.
@@Javi7Tron You don't mention Roy? geez Dude? Too bad Haynes never recorded with Evans. Not a steam roller either as modern uncanny, propulsive, and Zen as it gets.
It is worth noting that Larry Bunker later played timpani and percussion in the LA Philharmonic and possibly hundreds of movie soundtrack. Versatile and reliable workhorse, exactly the kind of musician I'm striving to be.
Fun trivia fact: Humphrey Lyttleton, who introduces the show, was (besides being a presenter) a jazz musician himself, whose 1956 track 'Bad Penny Blues' ended up providing the piano riff for the Beatles' 'Lady Madonna'.
Back in the day, some musicians didn't care about gimmicks, costumes, fireworks, dry ice or posing on stage. Instead, the audience got music worth listening to.
Just like Pearl Jam. Just show up in shorts and a t shirt and bang out the set. If good enough, the music stands on its own. Rob Zombie has a theory, the worse the band the more smoke and light shows. The same thing with female singers. The ones with talent just show and sing. The ones with no talent get half naked and shake their thang.
I think you have an image of past that’s not very accurate. This is one video. Just like there is still amazing music out there but you don’t hear it. The only reason you hear is because it has developed slowly into a legend. But that takes years and being able to interpret something as a legend has to do with your unconscious development in perspective. This is milestone in jazz but for it to be recognized as such people needed to learn to comprehend first. just because this is old and a huge development in how to comprehend it through the years we can label it with greatness because of the time it had mold into something. But there is great music that challenges your perception even now and maybe you have to try your best with concentration to adapt your old fashioned perspective to realize greatness now instead of 10 years laters when it has made its mark already. When something has made its mark it’s not interpreted as individual but as a symbol. it connects and becomes more relatable to subjects of your life. When something is not yet born you can’t judge and I feel you are a person who does judge before birth. The funny thing is I really love this bill evans. But I have had phenomenal experiences of modern music asswell by giving it a chance and later being able to recognize its greatness.
@@korieklionnah Jazz is miles ahead of any “modern music” (trash). And the greatest exponent of it is Bill Evans, creativity genius, combined with great knowledge, can’t get better than that, who are the musicians you enjoy nowadays? Tell me I want to have a good laugh
@@jeharliso stupid to say there’s no good musicians today. Joanna newsom, Godspeed you! black emperor, Ichiko Aoba, Kendrick Lamar, Big Thief, Bjork, and so many more. To be so ignorant when it comes to music must be so exhausting.
I agree! I watched them up close every night for two weeks in a club in which I was playing in the house band, and I think the way these three complemented each other was the pinnacle of all of Bill's trios.
Bill and Miles are the absolute state of the art of music. in a zillions years, nothing will be like them. This is beyond awesome and we are blessed to like this type of music. Not everyone understands (or should we say "feel") it.
Agree! But is there a b&w version available? This colorization effort, while admirable in effort, is dismal in execution. The strobe effect is very off-putting.
That intimate Trio cohesion is what make these guys more than just a triplex of skilled musicians, they are fused together on the higher plane of listening and understanding, satisfying stuff!!!
Bill Evans was one of the most elegant jazz pianists to emerge from the music. "At The Village Vanguard" is utterly essential listening. Despite a catastrophic heroin addiction, Bill never put a foot wrong in any of his recordings. He died in 1980 aged only 50. At the peak of his powers, he was magnificent. Thanks for the upload.
Heroin was heavily used by many Jazz greats, Bill Evans, Chetty, Art Pepper & many others... I was fortunate to catch Bill Evans just months before he passed & Bill's playing was still in the Stratosphere, Many of the LA jazz clubs I frequented some of the musicians were stoned out of their minds & their playing of a ballad or uptempo romp was still in High gear on the Money!
@@michaelchapman4955 Heroin was a massive blight on the jazz scene, and many of the great musicians got very badly addicted. Chet Baker was once asked what the worst thing about "H" was, and he replied "The price!". I've got the books by Art Pepper, Miles, and Anita O' Day, and it makes bleak reading. The great Emily Remler died of an OD, and it was partly responsible for the death of Lady Day and Amy by severely compromising their immune system.
@@robjones2408 . Emily was only one of a seemingly unending list of jazz players from the ‘50s to the ‘80s who died as a direct or indirect result of smack. Bird is just the most famous example. A few of the others include Sonny Clark, Dick Twardzik, Joe Gordon, Hank Mobley, Sonny Criss, Grant Green (indirect, via depression & suicide), Elmo Hope, Carl Perkins (pianist), Ernie Henry (soon after recording with Monk) and the phenomenal tenor sax player Tina Brooks. The amount of transcendent music that was lost as a result of junk is incalculable.
Of course, Bill had conquered his addiction to smack by the late 1960s. Unfortunately, he soon began using cocaine and became progressively more strongly addicted through the 1970s. He seemed to realize that his habit was killing him, but was powerless to stop it. He finally died from heart failure caused by his drug abuse. It is one of the saddest stories in a music genre that is replete with them.
@@michaelchapman4955 . Yes. Among the many diabolical aspects of smack was that it often still allowed jazz players to function on stage or in the studio. If one is being honest, junk may even have enhanced the creativity, fluidity, and depth of emotion in the playing of certain figures, like Bird and Pepper. This helped to perpetuate the mystique of heroin as a uniquely jazz sort of drug. Of course, by the time that you saw Bill, he had long ago kicked heroin and was hopelessly consumed by a fierce cocaine addiction, which he considered to be even more insidious and destructive.
@@bobbysands6923 Hey thanks Man. I'm back again! Just loooove this thinkin' man's music. I've even started to play piano using his hunched over physicality. Really helps me get a bird's eye of the keyboard. I still suck. But hey, it's a start.
blindlemon9 now now , no need to be a dick about it. It’s 2 distinct styles. Jim Hendrix played the shit outta hey joe compared to the original country jail birds of the south. But both are valid. Btw, I’m more of Joe morello guy but this is nice too!
Bill is the greatest. There will never be another. His music is like therapy for me… his playing connects on a different level than anyone else I’ve ever heard
I was fortunate enough to have had a couple bass lessons with Chuck in NYC back in 1967. He was living up on the West Side then. I was in the West Village. What an amazing teacher he was (and is), so patient and instructive! Fantastic trio they were!
Bill’s shadow-like leader style is so gentle and powerful at once. He doesn’t need to give much direction, they all flow together like streams from separate waterfalls into one large body of water. Like the ocean or mountain springs. Which means this has to be a spiritual connection amongst the three to just know where to go. @9:22 I see here that when Bill rests for only a second or two, then that’s when Larry kicks up. I cannot ignore how there’s little to no eye contact amongst them, just a focus on sound and flow.
Very sophisticated television back when there was programming aimed for actual adults. Imagine in this era people like Mortimer Adler were presenting Aristotle for everyone and Leonard Bernstein was doing concerts for young people.
Funny you mention that. Years ago I acquired those marvelous TV concerts of Bernstein's on DVD thinking they would entertain and inspire my kids. Did not have the effect I'd hoped.
I came to love Jazz when I was in my early 40's. I've been in several blue's bands, but one particular band I was in would play some of our blues numbers in a more jazzier arrangement. I loved playing my harmonica wrapping my notes around what the other guys were playing. Love his piano playing. So relaxing.
A master at his instrument, it is sad that he passed away so early. Watched his live concert in Calgary Alberta Canada in the late seventies , the downcomer is that was held in a hotel conference room suffice to say , not the greatest acoustics that Bill Evans deserved, however the concert was absolutely amazing , gladly that I still posses his L/P’ S that he produced . Will always remember him for that concert.
Bill Evans is always a treat. Watching him, you can see he really looks at the keys and puts his all into each note. This trio works great with him, all complimenting each other without overdoing it.
This entire recording makes me want to weep with joy. What a privilege to experience it, all these years later. So delightful and beautiful! Respect! ❤
When Bill Evans played the piano, the world stood still. My favorites, ‘Piece Peace and When I Fall in Love.’ Two sets of CD recordings you must own, ‘Bill Evans, Solo’ (4 CDs) & ‘You Must Believe in Spring.’ Will take your breath away....melodious and elegance....
Those are fabulous Bill Evans recordings... & on Bill's 'You Must Believe in Spring' album, 'Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacocks" is another heavy kicker ballad, Bill climbs inside...
A club in New York, cigarette smoke everywhere, prawn cocktails, gin cocktails, smelling like bois de Portugal with the girl you're going to marry. What romance this music paints.
I remember arguing with my father once about Bill Evans, and I just put on his live at the vanguard. He then begged me to give him the record or get him one...
The Evans-Israel-Bunker version of the trio is severely underrated, due to its relatively short lifespan and the undeniable virtuosity of prior and succeeding formations. It’s invaluable to have this documented and available.
Personally, Time Remembered álbum (by the mentioned trío) is not the stuff I could listen to as background. Man I've got to be in the mood (once a week at least since several years), sit tight and let it flow through myself. I serously think each time maybe that one is my favourite music álbum so far.
Awesome footage! Bill Evans was a master jazz pianist, so smooth and subtle yet sophisticated was his style. He was a central part of Miles Davis Kinda Blue album, an historic monumental jazz album which was recorded in April 1959, exactly when I was born.
Amazing, exquisite, delicious notes and melody, so enchanting and elegant. Thank you Bill & Trio, God Bless your🎆🎇 soul♥ so grateful for this beautiful music
I have watched this many times in black and white. I love and appreciate the colorization. It only makes these sublime performances better. This trio worked really well together and all three were superlative musicians.
Man, think about the context of this show: 1)first great Evans trio dissolved for obvious reasons 2) JFK dead but death not satisfactorily explained 3)desegregation ongoing debate 4)Vietnam suddenly headline grabbing 5)folk music transforming into "flower power" culture Thanks so much for posting this footage envisioned as such!
Is this the greatest jazz trio of all time? Comparing art may be far too subjective to give an answer to such a question but there can certainly be none better than this beautifully matched threesome. If any of them ever put a note wrong in concert or in the studio I'm yet to hear it. Music making of the highest order and the tone that comes out of that piano is just mesmerising! Evans at the height of his powers... True greatness!
Un très grand trio. 3 virtuoses s'écoutant, c'est simplement époustouflant de musicalité, d'imagination et d'élégance. Merci infiniment pour cette vidéo.
Bill Evans is the pianist who, when he plays, makes you philosophize about existence itself. The "dialectic" between the piano and Bill is so profound that when you listen to it, your mind immediately begins to interact with the "world of ideas" where, according to Plato, there are two types of realities: the sensible, which is perceived with the senses, and the intelligible, where ideas exist. Bill's music provokes the mind to enter these realities, generating a hermeneutic between what is heard and what is perceived. Resulting in the need to keep listening in order to understand nature. Regards.
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Delightful to listen to.👏🏾👏🏾
Are you THE Ron Carter?
@@deanronson6331 He is
@@deanronson6331 Great advice 👍
@@deanronson6331 aw, you all concerned about receipts?
@@rillloudmother No, I'm more concerned about your literacy and IQ level.
I spend so many hours of my life listening to Bill. And not a single one of them is wasted.
he was a genius, a sad genius I think :'(
My favorite jazz pianist.
"Data venia" , you, lovely and unswerving, gained hours .
Something about his music/playing + as a trio. It
Genuinely makes me feel great. I havent felt that with other music except christian worship😊
it's 2024 and I'm absolutely astounded that such magnificent music was being made back in 1965 when I was in Kindergarten. The man was a musical genius.
every time you hear a bill evans song you say “what on earth am i listening to” and then you say “this is the most glorious music ever recorded”
gosh try being a reasonably accomplished pianist and then you listen to bill evans and just want to give up. I am playing the same notes, at the same time. but it sounds like toilet paper when i do it! ;)
I have big problems with self-confidence I have had depression and suffered at certain periods but strangely when I listen to Bill Evans I feel good in myself I feel at peace and my self-confidence comes back every week high school I listen to it🙏🏻
I struggled with confidence so much in high school, this music really helped me through that time in my life. There's good news, once you're out of high school it gets _a lot_ easier to just be yourself and not worry about what other people think. It really does get better, you got this! =)
@@SpritzMcSoda High school is a tough period for anyone that doesn't "follow the crowd" and has any sort of introspection. It DOES get easier when you leave that world behind and discover there are like-minded souls out there--you just have to be in a broader environment.
@@nyterpfan That my friend is a great bit of advice.
Miles Davis wrote about Bill Evans in his autobiography: "Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall."
Had a piano player friend that named his first album Quiet Fire.
Beautiful quote. But Miles also said some pretty nasty things.
He said of another pianist, "He could play the piano like a motherfucker."
@@HotelierNYC what would you expect from Miles? He always did :-) That is what defines him. He was a genius nevertheless
There is also a great story about when he told Bill he could join the group. I can’t remember laughing so hard from reading someone’s memoirs ever
greatest piano player of all time. what an act
Congratulations if you are here watching this.... this is as good as music will ever be
How good is it!!?? Blown away
@@Bender2323 I second that. And to think I was in kindergarten when this magnificent piece was performed.
The sound of chuck Israels on the bass is really nice
In those days, BBC practice would be to use an AKG D12 to mike up the bass (or in front of the speaker, if the bass is amplified, but I can't _see_ an amp or a pickup). However, there's a mic. I don't recognise on a big gooseneck pointing at the f-hole. Maybe an early Calrec?
@@Pandafro13 are you sure? I think the side/underside of the fingerboard is light colored and looks like the highest string
@@western5881not sure if it's distortion from the colorization. Sometimes it looks like 4 string and sometimes 5
Edit: it's definitely 4
Chuck Israels is an outstanding bassist, in my opinion.
Bill was so beyond ... My brother stylized himself after Bill after studying Bill for so many years . My brother became a great Piano player thanks to Bills style after being a great Drummer and Vibraphone player ..I remember my brother driving up to San Francisco to see Bill at a small club and my Brother hung out with Bill on a break...sadly Bill was not well at that point in time....I think the club was called Yoshis..
人生も下り坂になってきてBill Evansの曲が心に染み渡るようになった
Still sounds unbelievable.
Bill saved my life.
Every day.
I hear you brother !
😅ma su,dai, no esagerare.solo Dijo salva,certo e un grande piacere sentire un artista cosi talentuoso.
Same here, I am grateful that this is a world where bill evans has lived
My Gosh...How my heart melts....when I hear Bill.....much love!
Waltz For Debby is such a fine piece of music, lyrically and melodically.
wait, some of these had lyric? which song?
@@polarbear8188 it's one of those odd words -- something can be lyrical without having any lyrics. Or literary without being literal. Which reminds me: after stating the theme, Waltz for Debby literally isn't a waltz (it changes to 4/4 for the solos)
I agree with everyone here about how great Waltz for Debbie is. I believe he wrote it early in his career. It does have lyrics too. You could say it’s a lesser known, but beautiful Jazz Standard.
いつ聴いてもBill Evansは、良いです。
BassとDrumsのrhythmに乗って
楽しそうだ😊
5:44 Amazing that people then were watching AND smoking. And Rick Astley was there also at the front seat, proving that he is a vampire.
Seriously, Bill Evans is amazing. This video recording is a treasure.
😂
For anyone out there who enjoys this particular trio, there's a wonderful live album that was recorded in 1963 called "Bill Evans: Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole".
That album features the first time this trio ever played together.
They also did an album called "Trio '65".
I wore that very album out some time ago, classic
That is a great album! The album " Time Remembered" is also the "B" side of that very same gig at Shelley's Manne Hole.
(Except for the first 5 tracks, all the other tracks are live recordings at Shelley's)
Yes...Larry Bunker on drums...unfortunately very underrated...simply a great player...
Featured on many Nelson Riddle and Billy May albums, sometimes on vibes.
After this he disappeared into the studios and played mallet instruments for the rest of his career. Had he chosen to remain on the scene he wouldn't have been underrated. I heard at his first rehearsal with Maynard Ferguson's band, around 1961, I think. It was the first time he'd played with a big band and everyone was skeptical. 4 bars into the first tune and everyone was smiling.
I read somewhere that when he auditioned for Bill, he sat down at the piano and played all Bill Evan's tunes for him, On the Piano! ! ! How many drummers could do that?
Larry Bunker is one of the best drummers in jazz history and probably the best brush player. He was not recognized within the drumming community because drummers are so stupid and insensitive that they don't appreciate the subtleties bunker played, but he was reconized in the music comunity, he played with a lot of great jazz musicians. Ella Fitzerald, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Stan Getz. The list of artists he worked with is too big to put here. He was innovative in the irregular use and openings of the hi hat. His solos are very advanced for the time. If we compare the record "Bill Evans Live at the Shelly Manne's Hole (1963) with" Kelly at mighnight "(1960, the record that Philly Joe Jones was most proud of), what Philly plays is ridiculous compared to what Bunker plays. The bunker solos on that disc are ahead of their time , are stunning. Also Bunker's swing was brutal. His ride cymbal was brutal and his comping. In an interview with Chet Baker they asked him who was the drummer with the most "drive" ( drive means swing or groove) and he answered (Larry Bunker and Philly Joe Jones), the difference is that Larry Bunker played the same stuff as Philly but with a very wide dynamic range, extremly soft if he wanted and with much more good sound due to his superior technique ( He studied with Murray Spivak and Billy Gladstone and has a master of the free stroke like his colegue Shelly Manne) than Philly, while Philly looks like a hardware dealer and a steamroller in comparison. Check the 12 bar solos of Bunker in this video in the tune "Israel". I have transcrived them and are very difficult. Check his superb snare drum tecnique and how the stick jumps and rebounds, and he does zero effort. And check his sound. On the other hand his musicality and good taste is superb. He played the piano and the vives and the timpani in a Philharmonic orchestra in Los Angeles. I asked John Riley about him and he suggested me to make in conctact with his good friend Jeff Hamilton.
@@Javi7Tron You don't mention Roy? geez Dude? Too bad Haynes never recorded with Evans. Not a steam roller either as modern uncanny, propulsive, and Zen as it gets.
It is worth noting that Larry Bunker later played timpani and percussion in the LA Philharmonic and possibly hundreds of movie soundtrack.
Versatile and reliable workhorse, exactly the kind of musician I'm striving to be.
Apparently he was a fine pianist as well!
Great Jazz drummer😊
Bringing attention to the bassist moving perfectly with Bill in the beginning of Waltz for Debby
Fun trivia fact: Humphrey Lyttleton, who introduces the show, was (besides being a presenter) a jazz musician himself, whose 1956 track 'Bad Penny Blues' ended up providing the piano riff for the Beatles' 'Lady Madonna'.
Way Cool!
Nice!
Humphrey Lyttleton was a pioneer in many ways. Sadly missed by jazz fans and radio listeners.
Nice nugget!
@@joehiggs100 and by Samanthas everywhere
His posture over the keys is his legendary signature.
Words cannot describe the wonder of this music.
Yes they can, you just did it
Back in the day, some musicians didn't care about gimmicks, costumes, fireworks, dry ice or posing on stage. Instead, the audience got music worth listening to.
You nailed it on the bloody head. Too much razzmatazz and not enough good music. The greats were the definition of understated elegance.
Just like Pearl Jam. Just show up in shorts and a t shirt and bang out the set. If good enough, the music stands on its own.
Rob Zombie has a theory, the worse the band the more smoke and light shows.
The same thing with female singers. The ones with talent just show and sing. The ones with no talent get half naked and shake their thang.
I think you have an image of past that’s not very accurate. This is one video. Just like there is still amazing music out there but you don’t hear it. The only reason you hear is because it has developed slowly into a legend. But that takes years and being able to interpret something as a legend has to do with your unconscious development in perspective.
This is milestone in jazz but for it to be recognized as such people needed to learn to comprehend first. just because this is old and a huge development in how to comprehend it through the years we can label it with greatness because of the time it had mold into something.
But there is great music that challenges your perception even now and maybe you have to try your best with concentration to adapt your old fashioned perspective to realize greatness now instead of 10 years laters when it has made its mark already.
When something has made its mark it’s not interpreted as individual but as a symbol. it connects and becomes more relatable to subjects of your life.
When something is not yet born you can’t judge and I feel you are a person who does judge before birth.
The funny thing is I really love this bill evans. But I have had phenomenal experiences of modern music asswell by giving it a chance and later being able to recognize its greatness.
@@korieklionnah Jazz is miles ahead of any “modern music” (trash). And the greatest exponent of it is Bill Evans, creativity genius, combined with great knowledge, can’t get better than that, who are the musicians you enjoy nowadays? Tell me I want to have a good laugh
@@jeharliso stupid to say there’s no good musicians today. Joanna newsom, Godspeed you! black emperor, Ichiko Aoba, Kendrick Lamar, Big Thief, Bjork, and so many more. To be so ignorant when it comes to music must be so exhausting.
Still amazing after almost 60 years
I always felt this was the best version of Bill's trio - with Chuck and Larry.
I agree! I watched them up close every night for two weeks in a club in which I was playing in the house band, and I think the way these three complemented each other was the pinnacle of all of Bill's trios.
@@reythmband watched them live? like for real? back in the day? Wow... that must've been quite an experience
Bill and Miles are the absolute state of the art of music. in a zillions years, nothing will be like them. This is beyond awesome and we are blessed to like this type of music. Not everyone understands (or should we say "feel") it.
I would add Wynton to that holy trinity! ;)
@@stevenponte6655 true! Actually there are more lol like duke or oscar. Thank god these people exist.
The camera work, the audio recording and three awesome musicians. This was such a joy to watch.
Agree! But is there a b&w version available? This colorization effort, while admirable in effort, is dismal in execution. The strobe effect is very off-putting.
My favorite interpretation of Nardis that I can find!
That intimate Trio cohesion is what make these guys more than just a triplex of skilled musicians, they are fused together on the higher plane of listening and understanding, satisfying stuff!!!
On point!
Wonderful music; this conert took place three days before my birth.
Bill Evans was one of the most elegant jazz pianists to emerge from the music. "At The Village Vanguard" is utterly essential listening.
Despite a catastrophic heroin addiction, Bill never put a foot wrong in any of his recordings. He died in 1980 aged only 50. At the peak of his powers, he was
magnificent. Thanks for the upload.
Heroin was heavily used by many Jazz greats, Bill Evans, Chetty, Art Pepper & many others... I was fortunate to catch Bill Evans just months before he passed & Bill's playing was still in the Stratosphere, Many of the LA jazz clubs I frequented some of the musicians were stoned out of their minds & their playing of a ballad or uptempo romp was still in High gear on the Money!
@@michaelchapman4955 Heroin was a massive blight on the jazz scene, and many of the great musicians got very badly addicted.
Chet Baker was once asked what the worst thing about "H" was, and he replied "The price!". I've got the books by Art Pepper, Miles, and Anita O' Day, and it
makes bleak reading.
The great Emily Remler died of an OD, and it was partly responsible for the death of Lady Day and Amy by severely compromising their immune system.
@@robjones2408 . Emily was only one of a seemingly unending list of jazz players from the ‘50s to the ‘80s who died as a direct or indirect result of smack. Bird is just the most famous example. A few of the others include Sonny Clark, Dick Twardzik, Joe Gordon, Hank Mobley, Sonny Criss, Grant Green (indirect, via depression & suicide), Elmo Hope, Carl Perkins (pianist), Ernie Henry (soon after recording with Monk) and the phenomenal tenor sax player Tina Brooks. The amount of transcendent music that was lost as a result of junk is incalculable.
Of course, Bill had conquered his addiction to smack by the late 1960s. Unfortunately, he soon began using cocaine and became progressively more strongly addicted through the 1970s. He seemed to realize that his habit was killing him, but was powerless to stop it. He finally died from heart failure caused by his drug abuse. It is one of the saddest stories in a music genre that is replete with them.
@@michaelchapman4955 . Yes. Among the many diabolical aspects of smack was that it often still allowed jazz players to function on stage or in the studio. If one is being honest, junk may even have enhanced the creativity, fluidity, and depth of emotion in the playing of certain figures, like Bird and Pepper. This helped to perpetuate the mystique of heroin as a uniquely jazz sort of drug. Of course, by the time that you saw Bill, he had long ago kicked heroin and was hopelessly consumed by a fierce cocaine addiction, which he considered to be even more insidious and destructive.
This music is empowering me to study. For those who are here and seeing my comment. I wish u good luck
i just discover the same! jazz helps my concentration
Not just the skill, but the compatibility, the groups ability to be one whole seems really unique, and another level.
Jazz of my heart
HumpH still missed today by those old enough to remember him RIP
Alhamdulillah. This is such a pleasure to experience Bill Evans playing with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker. Their music puts my heart at ease.
HOLY MOLY
Bills touch is something given its that simple..... sensitivity beyond mortals.....such grace such restraint .... simply peerless
Prodigious. It shouldn't be possible.
I was scrolling for good music to help me with my doctoral studies, then along came a light ... I followed that light ... and here I is! #wonderful
this will help you think better...good luck with your phd, dude...
@@bobbysands6923 Hey thanks Man. I'm back again! Just loooove this thinkin' man's music.
I've even started to play piano using his hunched over physicality. Really helps me get a bird's eye of the keyboard. I still suck. But hey, it's a start.
hey, how did your doctorate go? good experience?
I agree. Listening to Bill Evans feels like I'm earning a PhD in The Fundamentals of The Universe.
As A rock drummer, I love watching /listening to jazz/swing drummers.
Jazz drummers, as a group, put rock drummers to shame in terms of technique, rhythmic sophistication, and the ability to play with taste and subtlety.
Yes ✌️
blindlemon9 now now , no need to be a dick about it. It’s 2 distinct styles. Jim Hendrix played the shit outta hey joe compared to the original country jail birds of the south. But both are valid. Btw, I’m more of Joe morello guy but this is nice too!
Bill is the greatest. There will never be another. His music is like therapy for me… his playing connects on a different level than anyone else I’ve ever heard
高校生のときからJAZZ好きになり…ピアノは特に😍エヴァンスさんのピアノは確かに、落ち着きますね🎵
I was fortunate enough to have had a couple bass lessons with Chuck in NYC back in 1967. He was living up on the West Side then. I was in the West Village. What an amazing teacher he was (and is), so patient and instructive! Fantastic trio they were!
Love the music.
Bill Evans Trio, simply wonderful on the ears and heart.
Not only are the bass solos interesting, but its the way that Bill Evans frames them.
Bill’s shadow-like leader style is so gentle and powerful at once. He doesn’t need to give much direction, they all flow together like streams from separate waterfalls into one large body of water. Like the ocean or mountain springs. Which means this has to be a spiritual connection amongst the three to just know where to go.
@9:22 I see here that when Bill rests for only a second or two, then that’s when Larry kicks up. I cannot ignore how there’s little to no eye contact amongst them, just a focus on sound and flow.
My neck hurts just from watching him play
Very sophisticated television back when there was programming aimed for actual adults. Imagine in this era people like Mortimer Adler were presenting Aristotle for everyone and Leonard Bernstein was doing concerts for young people.
Funny you mention that. Years ago I acquired those marvelous TV concerts of Bernstein's on DVD thinking they would entertain and inspire my kids. Did not have the effect I'd hoped.
@@HotelierNYC those concerts Bernstein did are on youtube somewhere. I have watched them. They are amazing
And surprisingly good sound quality for the time.
@@HotelierNYC You never know...
Sounds boring and pretentious.
Chuck Israels. Beautiful playing.
I came to love Jazz when I was in my early 40's. I've been in several blue's bands, but one particular band I was in would play some of our blues numbers in a more jazzier arrangement. I loved playing my harmonica wrapping my notes around what the other guys were playing. Love his piano playing. So relaxing.
wow!! what a treat to find this!!!
I was astonished as anyone to see that Bobby Fischer played bass - and so accomplished!
I always felt that the formulas with Chuck Israels was one of Bill's most interesting lineups
Bill's playing has the never ending, timeless depth of J.S.Bach's compositions. You can go on and on, there's always a new layer that unfolds.
Bill Evans is one of those figures in musical history for which I feel truly glad that he existed and lived.
God bless internet and amazing people who brings us this wonderful content 😊
The beauty of the Past. Music is the spirit of a decade. Those decades between 40's and 60's had a great spirit.
A master at his instrument, it is sad that he passed away so early. Watched his live concert in Calgary Alberta Canada in the late seventies , the downcomer is that was held in a hotel conference room suffice to say , not the greatest acoustics that Bill Evans deserved, however the concert was absolutely amazing , gladly that I still posses his L/P’ S that he produced . Will always remember him for that concert.
Bill Evans is always a treat. Watching him, you can see he really looks at the keys and puts his all into each note. This trio works great with him, all complimenting each other without overdoing it.
this is the single greatest video on youtube
This entire recording makes me want to weep with joy. What a privilege to experience it, all these years later. So delightful and beautiful! Respect! ❤
What do you like about the entire recording?
@@leaveitorsinkit242 The sleeve
Wonderfully said. Magical playing.
When Bill Evans played the piano, the world stood still. My favorites, ‘Piece Peace and When I Fall in Love.’ Two sets of CD recordings you must own, ‘Bill Evans, Solo’ (4 CDs) & ‘You Must Believe in Spring.’ Will take your breath away....melodious and elegance....
Those are fabulous Bill Evans recordings... & on Bill's 'You Must Believe in Spring' album, 'Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacocks" is another heavy kicker ballad, Bill climbs inside...
This man calms the rage in the soul.
They were locked in for this one
Evans, Israel’s and Bunker….Fabulous.🇬🇧👍🇬🇧
A friend of mine used to babysit for Chuck Israel's family. Westbeth in the 70's. Great musician.
Desde Osorno, Chile, escuchando al maestro Bill Evans y su trio. Un placer absoluto.
the greatest jazz pianist, yep there are many others but Mr. Evans' delicacy is imply unreachable. thanks a million for sharing this wonderful gem.
It's great to see his performance in colour.
A club in New York, cigarette smoke everywhere, prawn cocktails, gin cocktails, smelling like bois de Portugal with the girl you're going to marry. What romance this music paints.
and lung cancer too!
and easy money future fortunes made by dentists doing teeth bleaching.
Only for years of alcoholism and lust to destroy a shit marriage 😂
le meilleur du JAZZ avec ces plus grands MUSICIENS EN TRIO😍
Mile Davis praised him...as the chart hits maker ... ...that's enough and simply to complete ... Bill's excellence .
A masterful trio led by a true genius.
I remember arguing with my father once about Bill Evans, and I just put on his live at the vanguard.
He then begged me to give him the record or get him one...
The wonder of Bill Evans. A GENIUS. THANK YOU FOR THIS.❤️🎼🎹🎵🎶🥁🎵🎶bass❤
The Evans-Israel-Bunker version of the trio is severely underrated, due to its relatively short lifespan and the undeniable virtuosity of prior and succeeding formations. It’s invaluable to have this documented and available.
Agree!!!
@@frankfeldman6657 Me too !
YES !
Personally, Time Remembered álbum (by the mentioned trío) is not the stuff I could listen to as background.
Man I've got to be in the mood (once a week at least since several years), sit tight and let it flow through myself.
I serously think each time maybe that one is my favourite music álbum so far.
Yes, only noticeable album was “Trio ‘65”.
Máxima emoción. Fashion inexistente. Los más grandes siempre son humildes.
Awesome footage! Bill Evans was a master jazz pianist, so smooth and subtle yet sophisticated was his style. He was a central part of Miles Davis Kinda Blue album, an historic monumental jazz album which was recorded in April 1959, exactly when I was born.
I am crying. this is my first time to watch colored 60's Bill Evans Trio. literally I feel his lives.
Amazing, exquisite, delicious notes and melody, so enchanting and elegant. Thank you Bill & Trio, God Bless your🎆🎇 soul♥ so grateful for this beautiful music
I have watched this many times in black and white. I love and appreciate the colorization. It only makes these sublime performances better. This trio worked really well together and all three were superlative musicians.
Bill Evans was a complete pianist and bandleader.
Bill was nothing but perfection. A unique genius.
And here ladies and gentlemen,
some notes direct from the unhearable zone. Or almost:
You must listen to it more than 1000 times.
Magic. Brilliant.
Listening to this every week day since the pandemic started. Just phenomenal.
Absolute perfection!
Another great jazz video from EUROPE, UK. so sad the scarcity of American historical films. Thank you, world, for recording OUR history.
BBC makes it humankind music, I guess
Man, think about the context of this show: 1)first great Evans trio dissolved for obvious reasons 2) JFK dead but death not satisfactorily explained 3)desegregation ongoing debate 4)Vietnam suddenly headline grabbing 5)folk music transforming into "flower power" culture
Thanks so much for posting this footage envisioned as such!
such a great set. thank you!
Hai portato quel leggero vento di romanticismo chopiniano da rendere il Jazz qualcosa di inarrivabile, così.
The lyrical master of jazz piano. One of my greatest influences as a pianist, I still draw inspiration from him constantly. Thank God for Bill Evans!!
Alucinante… mi favorito del jazz. Saludos desde argentina
Is this the greatest jazz trio of all time? Comparing art may be far too subjective to give an answer to such a question but there can certainly be none better than this beautifully matched threesome. If any of them ever put a note wrong in concert or in the studio I'm yet to hear it. Music making of the highest order and the tone that comes out of that piano is just mesmerising! Evans at the height of his powers...
True greatness!
wrong, better theeesome is me your mom and your sister
Legendario y recién lo conozco este 2023
Un très grand trio. 3 virtuoses s'écoutant, c'est simplement époustouflant de musicalité, d'imagination et d'élégance. Merci infiniment pour cette vidéo.
Dommage que la prise de son soit aussi pauvre... Faut croire que Bill n'était pas sur la liste d'Elisabeth II pour le sacre des Lords? IoI
I agree ❤️
Best Trio in Jazz period!!
Bill Evans is the pianist who, when he plays, makes you philosophize about existence itself. The "dialectic" between the piano and Bill is so profound that when you listen to it, your mind immediately begins to interact with the "world of ideas" where, according to Plato, there are two types of realities: the sensible, which is perceived with the senses, and the intelligible, where ideas exist. Bill's music provokes the mind to enter these realities, generating a hermeneutic between what is heard and what is perceived. Resulting in the need to keep listening in order to understand nature. Regards.
What an absolute treasure.
Thank you for posting.
I love Israels/Bunker trio.. Trio '65 blew me away when I was younger.
Always loved this group...