EKE BBB Posted June 10, 2003 Report Posted June 10, 2003 Chuck Israels (1962-1965) Gary Peacock (1963) Teddy Kotick (1966) Eddie Gomez (1966-1977) Marc Johnson (1978-1980) ???? Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted June 10, 2003 Report Posted June 10, 2003 I think Bill Evans and Eddie Gomez worked wonderfully together; in fact, perhaps even better than with Scott LaFaro. They certainly recorded more together. I particularly like "Blue in Green" a live set and the Montreux stuff. "Intuition" is very good. Quote
BeBop Posted June 10, 2003 Report Posted June 10, 2003 Chuck Isreals has been a great contributor to jazz through education; I 'grew' quite a bit musically during my time in his jazz program in California. Whether he was a better pairing with Bill Evans that Scott LaFaro or Eddie Gomez...? Perhaps I'm a bit biased. Quote
marcoliv Posted June 10, 2003 Report Posted June 10, 2003 Hi! i would stick with Eddie Gomez. Intuition is an album that i really enjoy peace Marcus Oliveira Quote
sidewinder Posted June 10, 2003 Report Posted June 10, 2003 I would go with Mark Johnson - but I'm biased due to having seen the wonderful Evans/Johnson/Labarbera lineup at Ronnie Scotts back in 1980 and having enjoyed a recent playing of the Mosaic set by this band. At times the interplay between Evans and Johnson (and Labarbera, for that matter) borders on the telepathic. Quote
Guest Mnytime Posted June 10, 2003 Report Posted June 10, 2003 Eddie Gomez Chuck Israels Marc Johnson Quote
brownie Posted June 11, 2003 Report Posted June 11, 2003 Marc Johnson is the one (even if Eddie Gomez would be my favorite bass player of the lot). Johnson really integrated the trio idea and moved way way high to reach the the rarefied level of Evans and LaBarbera. The final Bill Evans trio is the one that came closest - they even went further probaly because they played longer and more often - to what was attained by the Evans/LaFaro/Motian trio. Quote
EKE BBB Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Posted June 11, 2003 Some may say they don´t like LaFaro because he played "too many notes". Actually, when Chuck Israels came into the trio, Bill Evans had more room to play, specially in ballads, as we all can hear in "Moonbeams" (Riverside, 1962) , the first trio recording with Israels. Notwithstanding, IMO LaFaro was a marvellous player who, in his short career, got a great development in the melodic possibilities of bass (as Jimmie Blanton did first) Quote
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