I have been drawn to his late period work, this is the sort of release that inspires reevaluation of established preferences.Įvans plays solo and in trios with bassists Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederson (aka NHØP) or Eddie Gomez, drummers Alan Dawson, Alex Riel, or Marty Morrell, and then fronts an orchestra (conducted by and featuring arrangements by Palle Mikkelborg) that combines The Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra and The Danish Radio Big Band (the latter featuring, among others, U.S. They recorded them in remarkably hi-fidelity. The Danish knew what they were doing: this is Evans captured during what for many is an underappreciated period in his career. It’s yet another set of previously unreleased recordings, unheard since their original European radio broadcasts in the ’60s. “It’s a sound that keeps going, even though his body is no longer on earth, it just achieves greatness.” So said jazz legend Ran Blake about pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980) in an excerpt from an interview that the booklet for Bill Evans – Treasures: Solo, Trio, and Orchestra Recordings from Denmark 1965-1969 (Elemental Music), the latest batch of “new” recordings of the pianist to be released.
The Danish knew what they were doing: this is pianist Bill Evans captured during what for many is an underappreciated period in his career.
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