Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival (1968)

Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival (1968)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 330MB

Verve 827 844-2

Allmusic:
Bill Evans, with bassist Eddie Gomez and his drummer of the period Jack DeJohnette (just prior to him joining Miles Davis), is in excellent form on this well-rounded CD reissue. Evans performs two of his originals (including "One for Helen" which was dedicated to his longtime manager Helen Keane), Denny Zeitlin's "Quiet Now," Earl Zindars' "Mother of Earl" and a few of his favorite standards, tunes that are generally ballads and harmonically rich. The interplay between Evans and Gomez was growing month-by-month (the bassist had been with him for almost two years at this point) and is the main reason to acquire this disc although DeJohnette does offer some stimulating support.

Tracks
-01. "One for Helen" (Bill Evans) – 5:22
-02. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 6:05
-03. "Mother of Earl" (Earl Zindars) – 5:14
-04. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 8:23
-05. "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 6:00
-06. "The Touch of Your Lips" (Ray Noble) – 4:45
-07. "Embraceable You" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 6:45
-08. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 6:08
-09. "Walkin' Up" (Evans) – 3:45
-10. "Quiet Now" (Denny Zeitlin) – 6:26

Personnel
* Bill Evans - piano
* Eddie Gomez - double bass
* Jack DeJohnette - drums

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