Bill Evans Trio 1978 Nardis

[@robd2650]

That's what a drum solo should sound like. Philly Jones stamina was amazing!

[@giomuccio46]

Non potete immaginare quale gioia m'ha procurato ascoltare questo brano e rivedere il video dopo 32 anni. Billa Evans...immenso ed ineguagliabile!!!

[@barsdaghan4296]

Wow first time seeing Jo Jones with Bill Evans, truly a rare gem.

[@EranFuld]

If you know his 1970 versions you can clearly hear how he "modernized" himself as a player. Bill was an extremely intelligent musician. R.I.P :-(

[@szybkilukasz]

Wow!! From the start of Bill's intro it sounds more alive and energized than most of Evans's performances of that time. It isn't until later that you realize why. Philly Jo Jones is on this date and he adds fire under everybody, just like he did on their early studio recordings from 58, 59...Rare find!!...Thanks for the upload!!

[@apollocreed4591]

bill evans e philly joe jones: un pezzo di storia del jazz! emozionante vedere queste due leggende suonare insieme!!

[@XanAxDdu]

beh manco marc johnson se la cava male eh..... hehe

[@skycircle9893]

Philly Joe is fast becoming my favorite drummer so melodic and balanced love his musicality, and all blinged up! The camera is some of the best I've seen. Great playing.

[@joepyfer1696]

All 3 three of these guys are masters of their instruments. Philly Joe Jones is like controlled chaos.

[@jakeready64]

Philly Joe,he puts the time together and moves the group. He was great!!

[@rickdavenport9538]

Philly and Marc came to play. With the Great Bill Evans.

[@atombomb31458]

this is one of the great jazz performances

[@artisticpianos]

Three great artists at the top of their game. The piano and bass entrance after the brilliant drum solo is wonderful!

[@thyslop1737]

Am a huge Scott La Faro fan who played bass with Bill. Never heeard of this guy on bass, but he is amazing. Too many words and not enough time to mention Philly Joe and Bill other than the word GENIUS.

[@XanAxDdu]

never heard of, about marc johnson ?

[@XanAxDdu]

m johnson was at his beginnings with bill evans for last 2 and a half years of the trio. he playd with stan getz, frisell abercrombie motian burton metheny brecker dejohnette erskine, in general those were works for ECM records

[@arturovelasquez2767]

Amazing! Just Amazing Joe Jones

[@이승섭-o2m]

Masterpiece

[@yarpyarp85]

thank god for videos like this

[@golds04]

If I were Marc Johnson-I would have been unconscious with fear-like two great Norse gods flanking my sides!!!!Nice job Marc for not passing out!!!!!!

[@leomoore3597]

I'm sure Philly Joe Jones should more likely be characterized as a Yoruba god .

[@adeduction]

Philly Joe looks & sounds great. Saw him with the Miles Davis Quintet in '58 at a Sunday matinee @ The Modern Jazz Room in Chicago when I was 13. He had only a bass & snare drum, a single ride cymbal & high hat. The rest of his drum kit was probably in the pawn shop & probably you know why. My favorite Bill Evans albums are Everybody Digs & Interplay both with Philly Joe who is one of the five greatest most musical drummers the Jazz world has ever seen.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

He was a total badass behind the drum kit. 🥁🥊😃

[@christopherwagner2395]

Philly Joe Roy Haynes? Elvin Jones? ? ?

[@christophercharles9645]

I'm not usually a fan of the roving camera work but the amused look on Philly's face from 3:24 is great! Great performance - despite the provided amplification for Marc's bass - and great solos all around. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@Rollyups]

Priceless! All three.

[@MrPartidoalto]

That week trhey did at Keystone Korner in 1980 was like his final goodbye. Every night was different and he played like it was his last performance each and every night I went. This is his best trio he ever put together and Bill attested to that.

[@Ronnybengt]

The most inspiring thing...right here

[@qg3726]

Oh Lord "Blingin Sobro" brought On the Percussion Artillery here NO DOUBT.. Bassist has sound like DEEP Maple Syrup.. & of course The Master at The Ivories... Need I say more?. I thought not. :}

[@kevinturner5857]

Dear Paul Motian had to b so quiet for Bill , ...fab drummer dear Paul , crackin performance by dear Philly ❤️

[@Hyslop65]

Heard Evans many times. When his was not on the drugs he was tremendous : a great talent. Marc Johnson is still going strong with Elaine Elias.

[@spacemanbose]

I think he played hundred of times high on heroin (during the '60s) and on coke (78-80), according the many bios

[@virgilrw]

They sound sensational!

[@daskren2]

Bill’s favorite drummer

[@salvatorereale6146]

indimenticabile ero li !

[@gevelynful]

saw him in 1980 at the keystone corner SF. then he was gone.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@ryanandtricia]

This is awesome.

[@keithrjackson]

Yeah, I noticed that too. He was obviously not in a good way at the time. God bless him for playing through the madness that was his addiction.

[@daskren2]

Bill's favorite drummer, btw!

[@caponsacchi]

Bill had the shoulders and large fingers to create the richest, most penetrating tones in jazz piano history. Despite the fame of his early trio with LaFaro, his very last trio with Marc Johnson and (here) Philly Joe was the most profound, his Russian ancestry apparent in all he played. Hypnotic, dangerous, and deep--taking the music to realms where no one else has ventured. I could listen to his final 2 box sets, recorded less than a week before his death, to the exclusion of all other music.

[@papapoodo6685]

This could understandably read like a pretentious comment to some ...but it's true

[@misternewbould]

these dudes were on it.

[@ocnet]

C'ero anch'io… :-))

[@paolo60333]

Un grande Marc Johnson al basso. Notare la mano sinistra gonfia, edematosa di Bill Evans. Immagino soffrisse di cirrosi epatica

[@keithrjackson]

When bill goes back to the head of the piece for the outro...the tempo is just insane.

[@patrickwickett1787]

For real. Blazing.

[@FHD59]

the swollen hands . poor bastard. a genius.

[@Frank_Cohen]

Will all of you please shut up about about you know who (J.B.)? Also, why the f**k must Evans' drug use be brought up on every youtube post I go to. So many of you are just so focused on the wrong things. Anyhow, love this. Thanks for posting.

[@riekom6979]

はわ〜かっこよすぎる。何これ…

[@Frank_Cohen]

Will all of you please shut up about about you know who (J.B.)? Anyhow, love this. Thanks for posting.

[@paulsmith7424]

Arturo V. Joe Jones & Philly Joe Jones are two differen people, both the best.

[@antoniogabbatore1452]

C'ero anch'io....

[@lucabombardi4861]

Beato te, che super privilegio hai avuto..... chissà che emozione!

[@jiyujizai]

👍🌾

[@MarvinTheAndroid-i9m]

Never knew Evans still played with Jones this late in his career.

[@daskren2]

60's AND 70's !en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Here_I_Come_(album)

[@andrealucibello4383]

Quando rai 3 trasmetteva ancora programmi veri...come schegge

[@pellemanu]

era a terni!

[@patrickwickett1787]

Bill's hands. From heroin use, I mean. Sad. I love that man.

[@caponsacchi9979]

Bill had huge hands. Maybe not the stretch of Brubeck's, but capable of producing a true tone and unforced, personal sound because of the weight of his hands.

[@maradona123]

io c'ero...

[@anandanaga999]

How fitting Eliane Alias would then marry Marc . This is so cool ..It is as if the song never stops.........-which it doesn't!

[@caponsacchi]

bill

[@danielchernau3503]

Philly JOE. JO Jones was a different person.

[@antoniogabbatore1452]

Quella sera suonò anche McCoy Tyner con Lee Konitz....seratina da niente!

[@leonardrums]

Vai a sapere che qualche anno più tardi io avrei suonato con LEE KONITZ !!!

[@ТимурВороной]

Камеру сегодня по сцене гулять не пускают...

[@92ninersboy]

This was from Bill's cocaine period.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

She don’t lie

[@larsekman8244]

I don’t like cocaine Bill. I like heroin Bill. He played best when he was slow and introspective, not sped up with a goddamn attitude

[@92ninersboy]

@@larsekman8244 I agree - the heroin Bill made every note count, whether on a slow number or an up tempo number. He mesmerized. Not to praise heroin (its destroyed so many great musicians) but if you listen to something like Bill Evans playing along with Chet Baker on Alone Together (from the "Chet" album) the junky-vibe is undeniable. Cocaine worked better for jazz fusion. Of course, before heroin Bill sounded great. I think it may have been that it was more that the cocaine and speedballs effected his playing negatively.

[@thelonious76]

beato te :) avrei dato un piede :D

[@danielkarlsson5161]

Apparently, in Italy, they invented cell phone cameras in 1978..

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

For real. Such a strange effect on this vid.

[@AllisonVenable-kz3ws]

Just listen.

[@Ouellette1978]

Drugs! I'd eat shit just to play like him on his bad days!!!

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Bill claimed that he wasn’t especially naturally talented but he just worked really hard at it 🤷🏻‍♂️ Makes you wonder

[@DJGRINGO101]

This has 10,000 views. Pick a justin bieber song from this year and it has 10-30 million.

[@bobg4657]

camerawork had me needing a Dramamine.

[@slender1]

@DJGRINGO101 I Know. Luciano Pavarotti wouldn't survive ONE week on American Idol.

[@GodStarRevisited69]

@DJGRINGO101 yes,t'is sad and broken,that Bieber is now today's model of a musician, this Bill evans is a god, or maybe one of teh only things that proves one may exsist. I' not down when people on youtube always talk about his use or addiction to drugs.it's a pretty common thing with genious musicians and a sad thing i agree. why must we judge. the next time some housewife somewhere pops a paxil because she saw an ad on Tv to do so,remember that drugs are everywhere, just like sorrow .

[@GARRY3754]

That is true more now than ever. For god sakes why not talk about Hitlers troops jacked up on meth....... Peace, harmony, and rhythm.....

[@vitalgreenspace]

This is what the 37th chamber of Shaolin looks like. The camera operator doesn’t know the song.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Why would he have? Now the director of cinematography…? That’s another thing altogether. 🤷🏻‍♂️😉🎥

[@jazzsocietyofecuador]

You can see Bill looking angrily at the camera man focusing on his hands. Absurd.

[@irahilljazz]

Bill had some fat fingers! o_O

[@Csibon13]

@Hyslop65 haha yea but when he was hopped up on usually cocaine it was goingggg

[@aarfeld]

@GodStarRevisited69: Why even give a thought to pop music? Do you think that pop didn't exist in 1978--or 1958? This is art not pop. While recently walking through the Picasso exhibit I didn't concern myself with the thought of why more people prefer to look at Japanese anime. What do I care?

[@hawkrider88]

Drugs...what a terrible tragedy and waste of talent.

[@XanAxDdu]

or at contrary what gave an incipit for a mood of creation. a quarter of century of production, with or without drugs or alchool

[@MarvinTheAndroid-i9m]

@@XanAxDdu He was probably referring specifically to heroin. Jones and Evans were both addicts. Sure there can be a temporary creative inspiration from a high.. But gifted guys like Evans didnt NEED that crutch to play well. Plus at the end of day, the damage that decades of drug abuse hurt their musical abilities and health far more. Lesson is , if you must do drugs , stick to weed and maybe a little booze now and then.

[@maureen7746]

Waste of talent? Are you crazed?

[@hawkrider88]

@@maureen7746 I meant Evans. He could have played longer and yes...even better without the H. It's never a gateway to creativity.

[@veim22222]

Empathize with his difficult life before you scathe and demonize a victim of addiction