Matthew

Mr. Kart: That is good news to hear. Pullman will do a great job on this, and I like the fact there will not be a lot of musical analysis or mind reading of Powell. Just getting the facts in order, and dispelling the myths surrounding Powel, will be a great service to the memory of Powell. PS: My hope is that the publisher is very understanding and doesn't demand a bulldozer be taken to the text.

Gee, not even in Japan? It does have some interesting titles on it, and I would be interested in hearing Hollywood, just to hear what Evans-Ogerman came up with. I demand this gets released.

That's a trick offer, there is no such thing as a good translation of Being and Time, even Germans don't understand the German much less a translation.

No, but I bought Eye In The Sky last week in the HDAD format, and I liked it.

Sorry to bore people with my Bill Evans question here, but I have searched through various discographies and I can't seem to find out if this has ever been out on cd. Does anyone know? Evans didn't think too much of it, but I'm becoming a completest about Evans. Bill Evans Plays The Theme From The V.I.P.'s And Other Great Songs (MGM E 4184) Bill Evans (p) Claus Ogerman (arr, cond) unidentified large orchestra, strings and choir NYC, May 6, 1963 63VK420 Theme From "The V.I.P.'s" 63VK443 On Broadway unidentified brass, woodwinds, rhythm and strings replaces unidentified large orchestra, strings and choir NYC, summer 1963 Theme From Mr. Novak The Caretakers' Theme More Walk On The Wild Side Hollywood On Green Dolphin Street The Days Of Wine And Roses The Man With The Golden Arm Laura Tracklist: Side One Theme From "Mr. Novak" The Caretakers Theme More Walk On The Wild Side The Days of Wine and Roses Theme From "The V.I.P.s" Side Two Hollywood (Evans-Ogerman composed) Sweet September On Green Dolphin Street The Man With The Golden Arm Laura On Broadway

More and more, I'm agreeing with John's opinion. There is something special about the Evans/Gomez/Morell trio that brings out great playing in Evans. Evans/Johnson/LaBarbera trio never seemed to hook up together all that well, in fact, there were a lot of numbers where Evans had Johnson/LaBerbera just sit out. I've come to the conclusion that Evans' best playing occurred during his Verve years -- that Verve box contains astoundingly beautiful music. Edit: spelling and to take out some "in facts"

I've been really struck at how good Eddie Gomez is with Bill Evans, just seems such a nice simpatico feeling between the two. Gomez, when he does his solos is very tasteful, and well thought out. A good example is his solo on Embraceable You off At The Montreux Jazz Festival, really outstanding in musical ideas and execution.

I had some time to kill last night so I went looking for any kind of update on Pullman's book on Bud Powell, and the only current reference I found was from Budpowell.com, which mearly states: A full biography by Peter Pullman, Wail: The Life of Bud Powell, is forthcoming. And this question in the Harvard Magazine: Peter Pullman asks if anyone can identify original sources—perhaps “from various bad poems that composer-pianist Earl ‘Bud’ Powell had to memorize in primary school”—for Powell’s lyric “The Great Awakening.” What may be its earliest version, found among the papers of fellow musician Mary Lou Williams, runs: “I was sitting in the Garden one late afternoon/And out of the sky a feather fell!/And not a moment to[sic] soon./I didn’t stop to regard from what source it came/I only know it lifted me from out of the depths of shame./You see, I never really lived/All I’ve done was exist/For all the joy I’ve ever known, was from a knife, a gun, or fist./I came up the hard way, that is, the boys, a drink, and a broad/But from this moment hence,/I’m drawing my sword./ And I’m going to cut the weed of temptation, before it entangles me./And live the way God intended/This short but sweet life to be./Oh, but there’s one thing I’ve not cleared up, and that’s the missing link/From whence the feather came has started me to think./And as I looked up at God’s creation/A school of pigeons flew by./It was then I knew where it came from/God had used a spy.” *sigh* I can keep waiting.

Disk thirteen this morning. Disk fourteen. I really like the Evans/Gomez/DeJohnette cuts, outstanding. Disk fifteen. More Evans/Gomez/DeJohnette and solo Evans.

Please, pretty please, post your thoughts on this when you're done. I just finished Murry Kempton's: Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties, and the Wald book sounds like a natural follow up. Will do, Matthew. I'm going to start it here in just a little while...Wald's previous book EXILES FROM A FUTURE TIME is very good; it and TRINITY are part of a trilogy he is writing about 1930s authors. The classic early/pioneering work on this topic, Daniel Aaron's WRITERS ON THE LEFT, is still worth reading as well. (Wald's trilogy-in-progress is basically an attempt to write an updated & more-expansive version of the Aaron book.) Thanks, I might have to check out Wald for my own vacation in July.

Disk thirteen this morning. Disk fourteen. I really like the Evans/Gomez/DeJohnette cuts, outstanding.

I never knew that, I might have to check in now that's the case. BTW, I never use the View New Posts function, much more fun to go forum-by-forum. Edit: Just one more thought: A good discussion on various classical music topics can be done. A good example can been seen by what rock fans here do, we have topics on Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Modern Rock, Led Zeppelin, My Bloody Valentine, etc. So it can be done.

GofM: Please, pretty please, post your thoughts on this when you're done. I just finished Murry Kempton's: Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties, and the Wald book sounds like a natural follow up.

Imagine, JD Drew sitting out because he's "injured" -- who would've thought?

Disk thirteen this morning.

no, this was much further east on highland avenue, south of the hollywood bowl. Thanks, now I have the area down...

Disk two.

The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings of John Coltrane. Disk one. It's the Coltrane / Milt Jackson session, which I dig very much.

Holy crap Was that the Mel's on Sunset, maybe a mile or two east of the old Tower Record store?

I picked up this one earlier this month and heartily second Matthew's recommendation, though I must say I enjoy the '66 concert more than the '80 concert. Better camera work on the earlier one in my view, also I sense a more relaxed and natural feeling. I wonder if my slight unease over the '80 concert is that we watch it now knowing that Evans had only a few short weeks left on this planet. Or maybe it's just the fact that I am not quite as big a fan of the Johnson/LaBarbera trio group as some, though Evans himself says in the interview it was his best trio since LaFaro/Motian. But overall the DVD is I agree with your preference for the 1966 concert, Evans looks so relaxed at the piano, and well he should since it's a beautiful Steinway that sounds great. I've always liked Gomez & Evans together, and I loved watching Gomez working his bass, in fact, I would put Gomez second only to LaFaro in an Evans trio. The 1980 Evans seems to be having some serious s*** going on, and I watch it with a heavy sense of foreboding.

Happy birthday! And thanks for all the great jazz writing. I've save a lot of your thoughts on Bill Evans, and while I don't agree with some things you wrote, they have continued to challenge how I listen to Evans, and I'm very thankful for that.

I voted no. Just from a casual observation I would say that a separate Rock Forum , would get more action than classical music. But, I wouldn't die, or go nuts, or anything like that -- I even might learn something from a classical music forum, and boy, do I hate that when that happens.

Watermelon season is coming and despite the nay-sayers, I will still put salt on my watermelon.

Just want to add my own thanks to Allan for writing the interview, amazing stuff.

Let me recommend Bill Evans Trio: The Oslo Concerts as a very nice dvd. It has two concerts, the first from October 1966 at the Oslo Munch Museum. The trio has Eddie Gomez & Alex Riel, and it is a great recording. Nice images, and outstanding sound. The other concert on the dvd is Evans last trio with Marc Johnson & Joe La Barbera, and that was filmed at the Molde Jazz Festival in August 1980. It's shocking to she has much Evans' appearance changed over the years, but the playing is as beautiful as ever. Total time is 70 minutes, and it comes with a short interview that Evans gave after the Molde concert. Well worth the money, especially if you are a Evans fan, or piano trio buff.