JAZZ ON SUNDAY: BILL EVANS AND MARY LOU WILLIAMS - FRANCE 1978
December 22, 2019 – 5:10 am
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BILL EVANS AND MARY LOU WILLIAMS
France 1978 [no label, 1CD]
Nice Jazz Festival. Nice, France; July 11, 1978. Very good audio (ripped from TV broadcast?).
Bill Evans’s use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, “singing” melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today. In 1963, Evans recorded Conversations with Myself, a solo album using the unconventional technique of overdubbing over himself. He passed away in 1980. He was 51.
Mary Lou Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.She passed away in 1981 at the age of 71.
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Track 01. Untitled (Bill Evans solo) 13:12
Track 02. Untitled (Mary Lou Williams solo) 12:33
26 mins
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7 Responses to “JAZZ ON SUNDAY: BILL EVANS AND MARY LOU WILLIAMS - FRANCE 1978”
Rumor has it Bill had a Lil Un
By U L E on Dec 22, 2019
He was in Miles band
By U L E on Dec 22, 2019
A Lil Un in a band of Big Uns
By U L E on Dec 22, 2019
Mary Lou Williams & Bill Evans on the same Bill, Fantastic! and Mary Lou solo!
By David Jordan on Dec 23, 2019
I am pleased to see that the obnoxious racist fellator Derrick appears to have quit BigO.
I haven’t seen that sanctimonious shithead Mark lately either. Hope he’s vanished up his own ass.
Or maybe Derrick ’s up there. Who knows. But anyway, goodbye both of you.
By The Watcher on Dec 23, 2019
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By T Curtis on Dec 23, 2019
Don’t worry, I’m still here. Haven’t been as many music posts I want to comment on.
By Mark on Dec 23, 2019