Bill Evans Trio At Ilkka Kuusisto's home, Lauttasaari, Helsinki Finland 1970 (or 1969) Bill Evans - p Eddie Gomez - bs Marty Morell - dr 1. Emily
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@samstephenson77864 жыл бұрын
I love EVERYTHING about this video...the black and white, the music, the clothing style, the beautiful girl at the start, and especially the view out the window while Bill, Eddie and Marty are playing. I only play this during November and December of each year so the view out my window is similar to this one. Sounds crazy I'm sure, but it gives me something to look forward to as winter approaches, then during those cold, gray days I have this to help me through. I am so grateful all who put this together back in '69-'70 and then to those who brought it to all of us fifty years or so later. So...today, November 14th 2019 is my first day hearing and watching this since last year. It's great to see you my old friend!!!
@mortweiss31514 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Comment Tac.
@SuperHinckley4 жыл бұрын
Thank you man, be blessed...
@cbgbstew40724 жыл бұрын
Not crazy at all. Pieces like this have a very special feel on cloudy, chilly, overcast days like those that Novembers tend to bring :-)
@rorydillon75724 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful comment. I couldn’t have the self-restraint to go without listening to this for any period of time! I keep returning!
@beatsbyladon4 жыл бұрын
@@patocariqueo6553 OMG OMG OMG YESSSSSSSSSSS
@MrWalboy15 жыл бұрын
Rare footage - he managed a whole song without a cigarette. I still think he's the greatest musician of the 20th century.
@garyfrancis619311 ай бұрын
Who?
@oinkooink11 ай бұрын
@@garyfrancis6193 Duff McKagan
@dmhrpr7568 ай бұрын
@@oinkooink😂
@samrushton54978 ай бұрын
Stevie Wonder takes the cake.
@prodMatsumuraa2 ай бұрын
@@samrushton5497different beasts
@emilyhope72412 жыл бұрын
I was named after this variation of the song. Makes me tear up every time.
@rumham3152 ай бұрын
Thats such a flex what a beautiful song
@MichaelBartlettGuitar Жыл бұрын
Bill’s understanding of harmony is absolutely mind-boggling. So intimate and musical.
@bjornjanlert10135 ай бұрын
yess .. he's enormt skicklig .. ingen kan matcha honom på de sättet .. tror ja = so I think Bjoern 85 !
@leonardboesger87692 ай бұрын
Interesting that he was influenced by Blossom Dearie’s playing.
@perkyporkpie6 жыл бұрын
There is something about Bill Evans. Once heard never forgotten.
@9UaYXxB3 жыл бұрын
My own attraction is to his sound, often pearlescent, and so fluid and melodic
@PawsAndKeys3 жыл бұрын
He is truly the Chopin of Jazz, his delicate, intricate RH is so reminiscent of the florid ornaments of Chopin and the french romantics. I also hear a LOT of Debussy and Ravel in his parallel chord passages, and there's some modernity and innovation in his rootless chord voicings.
@secondsightcinema39573 жыл бұрын
@perkyporkpie preach
@8RuTu53 жыл бұрын
So smooth and so delicate. A true master of piano
@leonardoiglesias23943 жыл бұрын
@@PawsAndKeys no, really????????? I thought of Clayderman actually......
@rhm018 жыл бұрын
Ok, she's got Bil Evans playing in her living room, now that's home sweet home
@stefanomoretti36645 жыл бұрын
I had Claudio Filippini. Not as famous, but yet a privilege. Check him here
@joemilanista62075 жыл бұрын
She must have been pretty minted too
@johnmurchison29465 жыл бұрын
Robert McIntyre . It's he. He is sitting on the sofa.
@peterj.andros39965 жыл бұрын
ACTUALLY, THAT'S HEAVEN!!
@jcrossi564 жыл бұрын
Robert McIntyre When is the last time an event like this actually took place- um, never?
@warrenginmartini5 жыл бұрын
Bill's forte is his voicing. It flows effortlessly like pristine water in a brook under the trees, like Debussy, like Ravel, simply marvellous!
@djwsam5755 жыл бұрын
Warreng g Are you regulate ?
@jennifer860104 жыл бұрын
Regarding your comments about Bill Evans' harmonic voicings, the "effortless flow" you describe did not flow like water. His harmonies were discovered through countless hours of hard work, trial and error sitting on the piano bench and experimenting with notes, until he found harmonies which pleased him. He finally wrote them down, then had to learn them as chords and fingerings which eventually he incorporated into his music and his treatments of standards and other tunes. His greatest contribution to the world of Jazz, and especially Jazz Piano, was his discoveries of keyboard harmony. The reason so many people love listening to him is because of his harmonies, which evoke emotions in the listener that hadn't been discovered before. Feelings of sad joy, sincere loss, refined beauty, sentimental loneliness, blue sweetness, melancholy, affection, dark warmth......are just a few words that describe the feelings his harmony evoked in the listener. Language is an art form which is much lower than music, so it is difficult to describe a higher art form using a lower one, but Bill's harmonies touched people in ways that most music hadn't before. People discovered new feelings in themselves once they heard his harmonies. Subtle and complex emotional reactions to sounds. Something that people hadn't experienced previously. Yes, they knew what happy music felt like and what sad music felt like, usually major or minor chords, but Bill's harmonies were far more evolved, more nuanced, like the human spirit. People are far more multidimensional than being simply happy or sad. There are many moods, temperments and emotions which express all kinds of feelings far beyond the simplicity of happy or sad. Bill wasn't searching for emotions when he sat on the bench fishing for harmonies. He was searching for sounds that were pleasing, nuanced, complex and beautiful, and in the process he discovered that these sounds produced nuanced, complex and beautiful emotions. Jazz pianists such as Keith Jarrett, Kenny Werner, Denny Zeitlin and others have taken Bill's harmonies to even newer levels of feeling and expression, but Bill was the original pioneer. The Christopher Columbus of all modern piano harmony.
@diplamatikjuan35953 жыл бұрын
@@djwsam575 Ooooh I like your style
@djwsam5753 жыл бұрын
@@diplamatikjuan3595 sure?
@Turboy65 Жыл бұрын
That, and Bill's love for sunny, happy intervals and chords is reinforced by carefully contrasting them against less resonant, more challenging intervals and chords. He'll play a few notes that are vaguely difficult to listen to and then resolve them in a moment of sheer beauty. Always at the right time, always in the right way.
@BlakeProbert9 жыл бұрын
Marty's snare brush work is out of this world!
@sparky162616 жыл бұрын
As a drummer I have always considered a drummer who could use the brushes like this to be a true musician Most are too ham handed to do it. This is beautiful. Thanks for allowing me to see this.
@garyrobinson86656 жыл бұрын
Blake Probert I was just thinking that before I saw this comment. They are all totally in the zone. Amazing stuff.
@chizhang27655 жыл бұрын
Wish my girl can give me the treatment the snare had in this video.
@rillloudmother5 жыл бұрын
There's a reason he was with Bill for so long.
@ronaldrockman11174 жыл бұрын
Brushes swirling on a snare drum = white noise. Hey, here’s a beautiful tune, let’s add some white noise. I don’t get it. Worst invention ever.
@jasonmudgarde286 Жыл бұрын
Bill Evans vibrated the universe with his harmonic genius. A jazz great.
@morbidmanmusic11 ай бұрын
and substance abuse.. the universe loves that stuff.
@lukeparnell55724 жыл бұрын
Eddie Gomez is so unique as a bassist. I love his countermelodies that he sprinkles in when playing with Bill Evans. Don't hear a lot of people do that.
@Dukiedukester Жыл бұрын
Bill chose only the best bassists to join the trio, and Eddie is my favorite for the reason you mention, among others. There’s a myth surrounding Scott, because of his early, tragic death, and Chuck was in many ways a perfect partner to Bill’ style. Marc shone his own light later from the tall shadows cast by his predecessors. But Eddie added just the right amount of contrasting presence, what might even be called flash, to a trio that without him sometimes lacked that.
@josemhenriquezcl Жыл бұрын
@@Dukiedukester thats right.. without previous knowldege of the piece I can't tell if It's playing Scott or Chuck... but one thing i can tell you... Scott was the first playing like Scott
@bilbaomadrid5040 Жыл бұрын
He plays very similar to Scott Lafaro
@user-vn8vm4uq5k8 ай бұрын
Sûrement un des meilleurs pianistes de sa génération.impro de haute volée
@halnms626 жыл бұрын
American musical culture at it’s highest.
@theamerican73465 жыл бұрын
Truly. An art form for us Americans to be proud of
@mikro2724 жыл бұрын
the music when america was really cool.
@castinmeadows69564 жыл бұрын
And as appreciated by the truly cultured people in this Helsinki home (as with much of the rest of Europe), especially in their respect for the art form that is jazz. Sadly, it is only in the U.S., jazz's birthplace, that jazz continues to be obscenely under-appreciated or outright ignored. Blatant ignorance, infused with implicit racial-cultural prejudice, is a shameless sin. If the landscape of jazz progenitors in the U.S. were predominately white, versus its black reality (historically and presently), it would be a very different story. But, then, it wouldn't be jazz... By and large, the U.S. has never been particularly culturally sophisticated (and still bears a persistently strong anti-intellectual streak as well). And, today, such notions are virtually non-existent. The artists whom I myself tend to relate to best are consummate, deeply dedicated jazz musicians. In my experience, they are as close to being perfect syntheses of artistic gift and cultural-intellectual depth and breadth. By far, the richest conversations (and, mostly, listening rounds) to be had are with them. The full flower of what it is to be human is contained in them, and which the best and most courageous of whom express exquisitely through the music. One's soul is set free in the presence of the music alive inside them. An unspeakably magnanimous gift! Messengers of the gods, bringing the light of universal truth and beauty to humanity. We mere but ever grateful mortals.
@castinmeadows69564 жыл бұрын
@Beto Castañeda. YES
@rorydillon75724 жыл бұрын
castinmeadows Wow...Well said, mate. That last paragraph encapsulated my beliefs exactly. Good day to you!
@johnmurchison29467 жыл бұрын
Actually, this was the winter of 1970 and Bill was off heroin and on methadone treatments. His next 7 years are absolutely some of his best, and we as fans are all musically Very Blessed for this period through the mid- to- late seventies! He signed with Columbia Records in 1970, he later signed with Fantasy Studios for several years, and then in the summer of 1977 with Warner Bros. Some of the Best of B.E. for sure!! Thanks Helen Keane.
@soapbxprod7 жыл бұрын
You know your BILL! :)
@yomanolovega165 жыл бұрын
You Must Believe in Spring happened during that time so yeah. Definitely agree
@MJLeger-yj1ww4 жыл бұрын
As a life-long musician myself, first classical, then standards/pop, It breaks my heart to know that some musicians are so drawn to drugs, to their great detriment. I don't know how I escaped that scene but I did yet I know so many who didn't. Very sad. They said of Bill Evans that his was the longest suicide in history, due to his ups and down with drugs. Such a tremendous talent Bill was, sincerely hope he is resting in peace now, away from his demons, and is tickling those keys in a happier place. He was such a huge talent. He also worked with and accompanied some of the best musicians in the business. Glad for his recordings so we won't forget him!
@maltelauridsbrigge37764 жыл бұрын
@@MJLeger-yj1ww How does the old decayed corpse of an animal play piano? The answer is: badly :) But how does a heroin-addicted Bill Evans play piano in the 50s and 60s? Beautifully. It's silly to blame H for any decline he had. For all you know it was what allowed him to have had so many great years of music. And in the end he was doing large amounts of coke, not H, which certainly would not be helpful long-term.
@jazzfan74914 жыл бұрын
Well said. Crosscurrents from 1977 with this rhythm section is one of my favorite records.
@ronancollett52704 жыл бұрын
02:52 that crushing realisation that life will simply never ever get any better than this.
@MonMon-qu5cd3 жыл бұрын
Marty makes drum playing look so easy. It almost looked like his beating some eggs on a bowl with the most calm and chill demeanor. Love it!
@luiswagener55964 жыл бұрын
this is one of these bill Evans recordings where i have to cry because its so beautiful
@richardcondon37978 жыл бұрын
i lived in england as a lost soul in the period 57-61 and heard some of the greatest music of the time. it was when the best performers practiced their trade in jazz clubs all around the country. what a time to be alive. i can still feel, smell and miss the times. rpc
@peterj.andros39965 жыл бұрын
Poor Richard!
@thetruemorty3 ай бұрын
Damn you're old
@user-tz7dy8mg9q6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bill... I haven’t learned about any theories about Jazz but I know that I really love it. From Japan
@karolszymczyk81705 жыл бұрын
I expected from channel Mochi Vlogs any Vlogs xD I am disapointed
@thetruemorty3 ай бұрын
Ok
@treborsrewop12 жыл бұрын
Not only a great performance, but what a great recording: clean, balanced, musical!
@nyvcr50211 жыл бұрын
How could you not like/love this. This is what music is all about
What an excellent intro. He plays the tune in A one time before modulating back to G. Only Bill can play so effortlessly in whatever key he wants.
@williamgregory18489 ай бұрын
Bill Evans had a light, lyrical touch that was so beautiful, it made it seem like you could hear the gates of heaven. But like so many tragic artists, he died way too young 😢 Rest In Peace Bill Evans 🙏🏾🎹
@metallica30007 ай бұрын
Loved this composer. He used the most collaborative of musicians wisely. Eddie Gomez is outstanding in his ability interpret style and nuance in everyone he worked with but maintaining the integrity of the bass in all aspects!!
@jeffryphillipsburns2 жыл бұрын
It’s very pleasant to feel as if you’re watching a jazz trio perform in someone’s living room, and here, of course, it’s not just a jazz trio; it’s the legendary Bill Evans with the great Eddie Gomez and the superb Marty Morell. Lovely.
@tongbunsing13 жыл бұрын
The introduction is really profound. I never know who can interprete such amazing harmony like him in the world. I felt obsess in this Emily version right now. I really feel thanks to Bill Evans for making such wonderful harmony to make the world beautiful and alive.
@musicmaker16173 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best TV performance of Bill. May be his best performance.
@tinyspork23352 жыл бұрын
A few years ago, my piano teacher showed me this song and immediately fell in love with this piece. Originally, she showed me this song becuase my name is Emily. I haven't played this song in a while but I randomly remembered it while I was trying to fall asleep.
@thetruemorty3 ай бұрын
Good for you
@CNFir-fs6zs Жыл бұрын
Wow! I heard Bill Evans in a little club in Montreal about 40 years ago, with Eddie Gomez on bass. Evans is the most unbelievable jazz pianist I've ever seen live. Ridiculously cool and smooth and sophisticated. I consider myself very lucky to have heard this genius. Whenever I hear him I am reminded of this beautiful soul and the happiness he gave to so many. Thank you Bill Evans.
@aliasErEf Жыл бұрын
I was there….He is still a great musician, an eternal memory.
@kholi94412 жыл бұрын
To experience this live inside that room was surely a blessing for those who were there.
@fuzzylightning9 ай бұрын
One of my favorite covers of this tune. Thanks to Bill Evans and co. Beauty and hints of sadness all rolled into one.
@twagenknecht4 жыл бұрын
Powerful on all levels. Truly an inspired performance. Three giants jamming in a living room. Wonderful stuff.
@luissm933111 ай бұрын
Everything in this scene is impressive: the people, the musicians, the incredible landscape seen through the windows, and of course, Bill Evans' music."
@user-de2zw8ot8c3 жыл бұрын
This is the best in Emily live
@spactick2 жыл бұрын
There's no bullshit with Evans playing. Nothing decorative. Nothing flamboyant. Every note, phrase, chord expresses what the composer intended with Bill as it's voice
@Starshii4 жыл бұрын
Such a cool atmosphere, it feels almost like a scene from some european art house film, but it really happened! Honestly I am flabbergasted how cool everyone and everything is. For a small public broadcasting company YLE did a marvelous job producing and filming this Bill Evans trio living room concert.
@dobbsa10 жыл бұрын
Don't think the audience know how lucky they are
@alanduncan19807 жыл бұрын
dobbsa it seems like a very awkward gig for the band.
@paxwallacejazz6 жыл бұрын
dobbsa No they're just introverted because they're Finnish. They are and where ahead of the curve. Those are enthused Finns. I've always thought this was actually quite a special gig. To film and record well a private performance like this cost someone an arm and a leg in 1969. The piano is tuned and fine etc. This was the well conceived product of great artistic respect for Bill Evans. He was truly an object of reverence among hip Europeans.
@urubu19686 жыл бұрын
They do
@peterj.andros39966 жыл бұрын
Au contraire, I definitely think they do. The host was the most famous symphonic conductor in Finlandia, his son was a noted jazz pianist, and I'm pretty sure the audience was a select and musically highly educated group.
@kmjofpdrey5 жыл бұрын
dobbsa My thought was the opposite: I think they are very aware. Its a recording session, not a private performance. Love the detail captured with Eddie Gomez. Incredible video. Thank You.
@jennifer860109 жыл бұрын
The piano is in good tune, thank God...and whoever paid the tuner ! Emily sounds particularly great in this video recording, and that piano was a 7 foot Bosendorfer made in Vienna. It has a very chocolate and bell-like sound which is perfectly suited to Johnny Mandel's "Emily" , the title music to the film "The Americanization of Emily". I've heard Bill play Emily many times, but this piano really captured the sentiment of the tune, especially in Bill's introduction. Beautiful delicious tone ! Ilkka Kuusisto, who was Bill's host, is a composer, which most likely explains why the piano was in tune, and why we have this great house concert video !
@richardcondon37978 жыл бұрын
jennifer86010 thanks for your in depth analysis. you left out the emotion emoted by the players. this is a great composition and performed at the highest level. roc
@brianmullaney6 жыл бұрын
jennifer86010
@straizys5 жыл бұрын
strange what are you talking about... :D interesting really.. I assume you are not jazz pianist cause usually what interest you are far away from what actually is of jazz pianist's concern :D
@vinceq10365 жыл бұрын
Bosendorfers are superb pianos: Good enough for Victor Borge, then I guess good enough for anyone.@vytautas Straizys, Instruments are very important to musicians. If jennifer86010 is familiar with Bosendorfer pianos and has enough of an ear to describe the sound they produce, my guess is that she's not only a musician, but a very accomplished one as well.
@written125 жыл бұрын
Wonderful addition to the online Bill Evans treasures. What type of venue is this? It almost looks like a very spacious private apartment.
@melvinmacias25975 жыл бұрын
All I can say is "Beautiful", I think Bill Evans was the Chopin of Jazz. Gentle and beautiful in some parts and aggressive and dark in others. Too bad the ride cymbal was so loud in this recording. Amazing, I dont ever get tired of listening to these giants. I feel content and grateful that I was able to hear such beautiful sounds in my life time. Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Oscar Peterson, Incredible masterful minds.
@XavierExel4 жыл бұрын
RIP Johnny Mandel. Thank you for sharing your gift of incredible composition with us with us. Thank you Bill for interpreting it with purely inspired excellence.
@douglavras8 ай бұрын
Nothing like having bill evans for the afternoon tea
@StasSav115 Жыл бұрын
Удивительная харизма, он может просто сидеть и молчать, его руки притягивают, его голос завораживает, его музыка чарует. Да, сейчас очень много талантливых пианистов, но в них нет обаяния, чувственности, нежности и в тоже время мужественности, у них отсутствуют не сочетаемые понятия, от этого они просто ремесленники, а Эванс-это гений.
@satanicthumb834 жыл бұрын
He’s such a phenomenal pianist, this song is so good I started clapping after it finished.
@paxwallacejazz6 жыл бұрын
Man I'd give my left foot to have a bassist like that.
@jamesrawlins7354 жыл бұрын
Preach on - there's a reason that Oscar Peterson worked with 2 bass players for the vast majority of his career - Ray Brown and NHOP. I know Bill was heartbroken when Scott LaFaro died in a car crash - he was so fortunate to find two great bass players like Chuck Israel and Eddie Gomez. When you get a bass player that doesn't have to be told where to find the groove but can fit in the flow - it's priceless
@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ4 жыл бұрын
As someone who plays guitar and upright, I'm super finnicky about what I like in a bass player. Obviously I don't expect them to play what I necessarily would, nor would I want them to unless I gave them a written line, but when a bass player encapsulates the general feeling I hear in my head, it's like magic
@steveorion618511 ай бұрын
Nobody played like Bill Evens , then or now ! He's the brightest Star in the night sky .
@NicoLorcaFigueroa Жыл бұрын
Dediqué esta canción a mi primer verdadero amor. Ya ha pasado más de un año de que no sé nada de ella, espero se encuentre bien y siga encantándose y brillando con sus fotografías , aprendí mucho de ella, y aprendí mucho de mí gracias a ella, pero por ahora sólo queda recordar el brillo que algún día sentí cuando escuchaba esta canción camino a vernos por segunda vez y me recordaba lo afortunado que era de poder coincidir con una persona como ella.
@bobke1145 жыл бұрын
Another example of Bill being the most influential piano player in the last 60 plus years.
@SalvadorJSeda7 жыл бұрын
Look at Bill, he looks so devastate, and at the same time giving all that he has inside... it comes from his heart. So melodic, so innocent and so powerful at the same time.
@RalphDratman7 жыл бұрын
With his head hanging, looking straight down at the keyboard. He does look devastated, but who knows?
@SalvadorJSeda7 жыл бұрын
The music is so mellow... maybe that is the reason for Bill looking sad. However, most great composer have a life full of complications, etc. But at the end, those composer get redeem himself with his/her music
@stevenchampion81377 жыл бұрын
... maybe he's engrossed in the craft. Surely he's feeling chipper on the inside playing a tune such as this? I'm going to guage his mood via the audio that he, Marty and Eddie deliver.
@stevenchampion81377 жыл бұрын
... maybe he's engrossed in the craft. Surely he's feeling chipper on the inside playing a tune such as this? I'm going to guage his mood via the audio that he, Marty and Eddie deliver.
@billt54106 жыл бұрын
Salvador J. Seda Why being sad? It’s just the nature of it. If he didn’t explore there isn’t beauty.
@raygreen21342 жыл бұрын
Im coming here every now and then. Almost once a week. sigh. The memories
@pieterk49603 жыл бұрын
Last time I had musicians like this in my living room...well...I can’t remember 😂. Very valuable recording of this wonderful trio. Amazing quality.
@kevinmalone39563 жыл бұрын
honestly. best bill evens recording. it just sounds so pure. i love it
@Boldstrummer2 жыл бұрын
Such a genius, I'm so grateful that I got to play for Bill Evans. He was very kind and really took an interest in what I was doing on the guitar. He asked if I wanted to play during intermission but I was too young and scared, but I'll never forget those moments.
@foun10head Жыл бұрын
You were one of the truly lucky ones.
@JudyK1 Жыл бұрын
What can one say that hasn't been said! Evans was such a wonderful, fabulous musician. I love this song, too The other musicians are outstanding, as well
@ksdr8 жыл бұрын
Such a romantic and meaningful performance.
@user-ib3qb5zn8u2 жыл бұрын
My fave band ..I am russian fan Bill Evans /Thank you English World for all beauty !
@pocopico74099 ай бұрын
1969….when the world was a wonderful place to be…especially for music.
@tomlehr86112 күн бұрын
Yes
@MrRickywallace13 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to Bill for 41 years, starting when I was a sophomore in college. I have a daughter named Emily, and this song played a part in my naming her. His playing is so lyrical, like a Keats or a Chopin. I listen to him almost every day of my life. Thanks for this great video!
@Pladderkasse2 жыл бұрын
That little quote from "Here, There and Everywhere" wow man!
@TheJazzVault9 жыл бұрын
The synergy in this trio is unbelievable! Iconic performance from three masters.
@imbees2 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I've never seen this Bill Evans video. Amazing!
@richardgagliano16185 жыл бұрын
Words cannot express such beauty.
@edwinmartin54994 жыл бұрын
None better, a seminal figure. After Bill Evans you could and can hear him in virtually every pianist playing ballads. Eddie and Marty are beyond good, here.
@rustar008 жыл бұрын
Nobody moves me like Bill. More than anyone, he bared his soul in his music.
@MooPotPie5 жыл бұрын
He leaves me stone cold. Contrived, calculated - he plays to the head, not the heart. I'll take Erroll Garner any day. At least he seems to be enjoying what he's doing. Bill appears to be in perpetual misery. I can't stand him.
@peterj.andros39965 жыл бұрын
I don't know about the guy's soul but he definitely was a superb technician and a brilliant improvisational musician. Lucky for all of us Bill, the cafes, and the record companies were able to ignore the racism among musicians like Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane (yeah, "that" Coltrane), Sun Ra, and many other blacks prevalent in New York at the time.
@klausrain1112 жыл бұрын
This is beyond beautiful. Bill also played, to great effect, on Kind of Blue.
@robertcaffrey60974 жыл бұрын
Amazing what three very talented musicians can produce.
@DESCENDINGDR4 жыл бұрын
Every song he puts his hands on is the most beautiful version of it I've ever heard Amazing even this many years later...
@cerval419 жыл бұрын
It's an honour to hear the great master Bill Evans playing!
@victormusic01x4 жыл бұрын
..an incredible and historic record of a small fragment of magic from Bill and his musical brothers, amazing
@musiconlyplease984 жыл бұрын
true that
@ChannelMaster7204 жыл бұрын
BILL EVANS AND HIS TRIO ARE WONDERFUL. BILL WAS A GREAT PIANIST. HE LEFT THIS WORLD TOO SOON AND TOOK HIS GREAT MUSIC WITH HIM. SYLVIA - FL 1/25/2020
@oscarnavarrooficial2 жыл бұрын
Increíble ése trío,sin duda atemporal y emocionante,en mi humilde opinión Bill Evans en éste tema acompaña increíblemente,en su introducción la delicadeza es muy bella. Gracias,H.K 🌹
@timothycowart2172 жыл бұрын
I love that this was all in someone’s living room
@liamnguyen28192 жыл бұрын
:_) Wow, there ain't enough words that can describe how beautiful this tune is. The fact that Bill Evans is such a master at taking you on a journey with his music like no other. The picture or stories that he tells, it is beautiful. RIP Bill, you truly are a legend 😊
@antoinkiely79727 жыл бұрын
Magical music, the black and white film suits it perfectly .... such class. Beautiful.
@jamescantor58485 жыл бұрын
Antoin Kiely p
@christopherczajasager9030 Жыл бұрын
Immediately from the first notes played, what a great artist!!!!
@metallica3000 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a trio. Eddie Gomez nails it. Such a great sound. Compliments and grooves with Bill Evans all the way.
@billbrimmer7047 Жыл бұрын
Simply marvelous. Surprised at no spontaneous applause at the conclusion, but perhaps they were stunned at the beauty of the performance.
@jimbrown1559 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, it's not unusual for lovely musical moments like this to occur in the presence of very small audiences, late at night. I've witnessed many from another piano master of beauty, Barry Harris.
@tactictoe11 ай бұрын
The Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto - whose house is being utilised for this recording - and guests would have been aware of this being recorded, there would have been applause at the end, certainly.
@jazz4asahel6 жыл бұрын
In the intro, it is obvious in his tonal nuances just how much Bill Evans seems to enjoy the piano available to him here. Contrast that with his wrestling with inferior instruments on some gigs. I keep wondering how this venue in a private home in Helsinki came about. There has to be an interesting story there.
@jennifer860104 жыл бұрын
Regarding your comments about Bill Evans playing at the house concert in Helsinki, I'm not sure if this is a shortened version of the concert video I watched, but people were asking him to play more and socialize, and he didn't want any part of it, telling the folks they had to go to another gig. The look on Eddy's and Marty's faces indicated they had no gig to go to, but Bill wasn't in a mood to play more or socialize. He wasn't very social, especially after his bouts with drugs.
@elmer39414 жыл бұрын
Just watched an interview of Ilkka Kuusisto (the host) about the subject, and he said the idea was conceived by Brita Helenius, who was working as a producer for the "theater and entertainment" department of YLE (Finland's national public broadcasting company). After Evans agreed to be filmed and to even say a few words to the camera, YLE needed a place for the occasion. Turns out that Kuusisto, a long-time jazz enthusiast and also working for YLE at the time, had a large enough living room to fit all the recording equipment and a small audience of jazz enthusiasts in. Another reason for why his living room was designated for this was that he had a relatively new Bösendorfer grand at his place, which they thought Bill would probably really enjoy playing - that turned out to indeed be the case. As to how Helenius actually made all of this happen, information is scarce. Finnish source: yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2013/04/17/jazzlegenda-bill-evans-vierasti-musiikkinsa-liikaa-pohtimista
@jont77563 жыл бұрын
elmer Thank you. Was wondering how this came to happen..
@jont77563 жыл бұрын
elmer watched it. Great interview.
@NameCriativo3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this living room still exists. Would love to watch how is it doing nowadays
@girlfunky86785 жыл бұрын
人々が聴き入ってるのがまたオシャレ
@user-rd9ff5le5j2 жыл бұрын
日本人いた!良かった!
@user-lg9qe8fn6l5 жыл бұрын
涙を禁じ得ない感動が込み上げます。
@noblenotes27 Жыл бұрын
I really like this Video. I've seen its 10 times. A great place and time with Bill Evens and his music.
@Azman.3 жыл бұрын
Always love this tune more...and more ! My legacy ! Greetings from Jazz man Kuala Lumpur.
@SmogandBlack Жыл бұрын
Wow, unbetterable (...not a word, I know...): another incredible example of musicianship...
@BLUEPLANETJAZZ8 жыл бұрын
God, what a treasure this video is. Thank you symbolkid.
@BillEvansArchive8 жыл бұрын
Yes, the atmosphere in this is just unearthly cool.
@user-rp3jt4ik2l5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that bass solo! Sounded great and bill and Marty’s accompaniment to it was spot on too
@giac7baci7 жыл бұрын
Wow this is out of this world
@raheenhenry69828 жыл бұрын
How many times have I watched this?
@laurablue74437 жыл бұрын
Raheen Henry You couldn't have watched it more than I have. Perfection!
@michaelroland28795 жыл бұрын
my goodness I wanna dance!
@jbnrvr77865 жыл бұрын
Maybe. Twice?
@romanraf44165 жыл бұрын
not enough
@suegha5 жыл бұрын
9999 times?
@dianagreen57005 жыл бұрын
Oh how I wish I could have been there to listen live to this wonderful music!
@oluwaogundiran Жыл бұрын
Fitting to say he held the room spellbound! Fantastic!
@hopek78584 жыл бұрын
I just Love the feeling that this song gives - especially the intro!
@budpyle83883 жыл бұрын
Bill's run @ "eyes visualize a fam-i-ly" always chokes me up it is so melodically beautiful.
@sarodiya8 ай бұрын
So superb!! Thanks so much for sharing this incredible music with the world🏌️♂️❤️🏌️♂️
@westsidecows13 жыл бұрын
I got a book of bill evan's interpretations. It gives me shivers that i played (of course no where near as well) the same notes that bill did. He is THE master.
@djwsam5755 жыл бұрын
A chaque fois que j ecoute ce titre je ne peux m enpecher de pensee a cette magnifique femme que j ai rencontré dans le sud de la france etant enfant une anglaise nommee VALERY grande blonde tres brtanique incroyablement belle gentil intelligente j ai passée 3 merveilleux ete a écouté les beatles boire du the etc et un jour dans mon village dans la foret des tuileries valle de la vaucouleur yvelines un endroit magique si il en est J ai vu son sosie 35 ans plus tard Elle aurait eu70 ans Peut etre etais ce un fantome dieu seul le sait ...
@michaelroland28794 жыл бұрын
It just never gets old! Always I hear another beautiful chord....im old...white....but still want to dance! Lol
@simonlawrie92154 жыл бұрын
I’d like to say thank you to my friend in Aberdeen ( Scotland ) for opening a door into this other world for me . Now I know what my overly large ears are for . Thanks mum and dad .
@RMHVids6 жыл бұрын
Best performance I could find of this song. Absolutely incredible.
@danlrusso4 жыл бұрын
Beauty just flowed straight through that man's hands to the piano keys. I see colors in my mind when Bill's chords sound out; that is an amazing thing.The bass solo is outstanding, too! Thank you for uploading this.
@pumpkinking51743 жыл бұрын
What a bear the first half of 2020 has been. Music such as this will get us all through these tough times. Be well.
@ramsestapsi52837 жыл бұрын
at one point i hear the piano and i hear a whistle, gives me good goosebumps❤forever will love Bill evans Music!
@ramsestapsi52835 жыл бұрын
Its been 2 years but i still come back to bill’s music, its so good
@cynthiahusband1063 жыл бұрын
Bill Evans what an extraordinary talent , heard his music back in ‘69 when I was very young , fell in love with him and his music , talent as big as the universe, he had problems tried all his life to conquer them but in the end , well let’s just say he left a legacy of compositions of beautiful, great jazz music that will live on , it has to , Bill was a legend and legends never die!
@drumtwo4seven5 жыл бұрын
Nice Eddie Gomez looked so young wow swet playing. Drummer played nice. Good stuff
@michaelroland28794 жыл бұрын
A big 😃 I love this man and what he plays!...inspirational and beyond🐯