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Everybody Digs Bill Evans was a landmark recording for the young pianist and sported a unique album cover, featuring written-out endorsements from Miles Davis, George Shearing, Ahmad Jamal, and Cannonball Adderley. At a time approximate to when Evans was performing with the famous Kind of Blue band of Davis, Adderley, and John Coltrane, and actually departing the band, Evans continued to play the trio music he was ultimately best known for. With the unmatched pair of former Miles Davis drummer Philly Joe Jones and bassist Sam Jones (no relation), Evans was emerging not only as an ultra-sensitive player, but as an interpreter of standards second to none. The drummer is quite toned down to match the dynamics of the session, while the ever-reliable bassist lays back even more than usual, but at the expense of his soul. Of the covers, the solo "Lucky to Me" and the melancholy "What Is There to Say?" with the trio evoke the cool, smoldering emotionalism Evans was known for. He's even more starkly reserved on his solo version of "Young and Foolish." But Evans also knows how to play vigorous bop, tearing up the complicated "Oleo," and he modestly tackles the Gigi Gryce icon "Minority," though if you listen closely, the takes are slightly imprecise and a bit thin. Evans is hyperactive on a clattery calypso version of "Night and Day," with the melody almost an afterthought, powered by the precise drumming of Philly Joe Jones. Taking "Tenderly" in waltz time, Evans makes this familiar theme inimitably all his own. There are three more solos: two Asian-inspired interludes titled "Epilogue" and the demure and ultimately quiet "Peace Piece," a timeless, meditational, reverent, prayer-inspired composition that, in time, set a standard for chamber/classical European-tailored jazz. In an alternate/second-version bonus track, Evans superimposes this theme under the standard "Some Other Time," and it fits beautifully. Though not his very best effort overall, Evans garnered great attention, and rightfully so, from this important album of 1958.
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Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Basheer Qusim, ComposerLyricist - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Hague, Author - Arnold Horwitt, Author - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Bernstein, ComposerLyricist - Adolph Green, ComposerLyricist - Betty Comden, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Lawrence, ComposerLyricist - WALTER GROSS, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Edgar Yipsel Harburg, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Lippa, Composer, Author - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Jones, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Recording Producer - Bill Evans Trio, MainArtist - Kevin Gray, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Higgins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Blakemore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
Album review
Everybody Digs Bill Evans was a landmark recording for the young pianist and sported a unique album cover, featuring written-out endorsements from Miles Davis, George Shearing, Ahmad Jamal, and Cannonball Adderley. At a time approximate to when Evans was performing with the famous Kind of Blue band of Davis, Adderley, and John Coltrane, and actually departing the band, Evans continued to play the trio music he was ultimately best known for. With the unmatched pair of former Miles Davis drummer Philly Joe Jones and bassist Sam Jones (no relation), Evans was emerging not only as an ultra-sensitive player, but as an interpreter of standards second to none. The drummer is quite toned down to match the dynamics of the session, while the ever-reliable bassist lays back even more than usual, but at the expense of his soul. Of the covers, the solo "Lucky to Me" and the melancholy "What Is There to Say?" with the trio evoke the cool, smoldering emotionalism Evans was known for. He's even more starkly reserved on his solo version of "Young and Foolish." But Evans also knows how to play vigorous bop, tearing up the complicated "Oleo," and he modestly tackles the Gigi Gryce icon "Minority," though if you listen closely, the takes are slightly imprecise and a bit thin. Evans is hyperactive on a clattery calypso version of "Night and Day," with the melody almost an afterthought, powered by the precise drumming of Philly Joe Jones. Taking "Tenderly" in waltz time, Evans makes this familiar theme inimitably all his own. There are three more solos: two Asian-inspired interludes titled "Epilogue" and the demure and ultimately quiet "Peace Piece," a timeless, meditational, reverent, prayer-inspired composition that, in time, set a standard for chamber/classical European-tailored jazz. In an alternate/second-version bonus track, Evans superimposes this theme under the standard "Some Other Time," and it fits beautifully. Though not his very best effort overall, Evans garnered great attention, and rightfully so, from this important album of 1958.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:23
- Main artists: Bill Evans Trio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: Jazz
© 1959 Craft Recordings. ℗ 2024 Craft Recordings.
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