Brad Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 Fascinating essay in Believer Magazine about Bill Evans and “Nardis.” It may take awhile to load but it’s worth the wait. Broken Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 Thanks for sharing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 About the title, there is this: https://flashbackdallas.com/2014/04/03/nardis-of-dallas/ Miles was into clothes, don't know if he was into women's fashion or not, but a name like "Nardis" doesn't just pop up randomly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 28 minutes ago, JSngry said: About the title, there is this: https://flashbackdallas.com/2014/04/03/nardis-of-dallas/ Miles was into clothes, don't know if he was into women's fashion or not, but a name like "Nardis" doesn't just pop up randomly? When Ben Sidran interviewed Miles for “Talking Jazz,” he point blank asked him about how he came up with the name Nardis. Miles hemmed and hawed, and Sidran blurted out “That’s my last name spelled backwards!” Miles replied “That’s a good name.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Larry Kart Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Brad said: Fascinating essay in Believer Magazine about Bill Evans and “Nardis.” It may take awhile to load but it’s worth the wait. Broken Time Very interesting, but FWIW for me all those latter-day "live" recordings of "Nardis," with those long intros, are the musical equivalent of watching a cocaine-fueled hamster run himself to near death on a wire wheel in a cage -- lots of desperate spinning movement, but Evans never really gets anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 Unrelated to Bill Evans, probably, but one of the reasons I'm ok with not playing now is that i was having nightmares about showing up to some lameass restaurantjazz gig and this even-older-then-me skinny guy with a beard and glasses bigger that a tv set limps up on stage and say hey man, let's play NAAAAAAAARDIs. Hey, that is so NOT something to live for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 I didn't know the story of the tunes genesis. Has the Cannonball aborted session ever been released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Very interesting, but FWIW for me all those latter-day "live" recordings of "Nardis," with those long intros, are the musical equivalent of watching a cocaine-fueled hamster run himself to near death on a wire wheel in a cage -- lots of desperate spinning movement, but Evans never really gets anywhere. When I heard one of those versions of Nardis it scared the hell out of me. I had no desire to hear it again. The same with his coked up version of "In Your Own Sweet Way". Unfortunately, the Evans fanatic I play with insists on playing at that coked-up tempo. It should be pointed out that regardless of the experience with the "Explorations" session, there are a lot of CDs that have been put out after Evans' death that Evans insisted not be released. Add to that the numerous bootleg live CDs that have been released, and the only sure way of assessing Evans' legacy is to go by recordings released prior to his death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 7 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Very interesting, but FWIW for me all those latter-day "live" recordings of "Nardis," with those long intros, are the musical equivalent of watching a cocaine-fueled hamster run himself to near death on a wire wheel in a cage -- lots of desperate spinning movement, but Evans never really gets anywhere. I owned a bunch of "early" Evans recordings, bought the Turn Out the Stars (VV, 1980) box, and the many long renditions of "Nardis" totally put me off late Evans. Interesting article, but I've heard my fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 7 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Very interesting, but FWIW for me all those latter-day "live" recordings of "Nardis," with those long intros, are the musical equivalent of watching a cocaine-fueled hamster run himself to near death on a wire wheel in a cage -- lots of desperate spinning movement, but Evans never really gets anywhere. That’s the things with obsessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 What I remember of the long intros to ‘Nardis’ when I saw that 1980 group was an unexpected (to me at the time) Slavic/Russian angle to the lines. Those intros went on for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 I mainly associate those later versions with drum solos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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