Bill Evans Trio: Live in Buenos Aires (1979)

This 2CD set features the brilliant pianist Bill Evans with bassist Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera on drums live in concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 27, 1979.

A great deal of music by this trio has been released and I am not familiar with most of it, but the music on this CD is so good that I doubt there are many recordings of this group that are significantly better. If you like the 2 volumes of the Paris Concert you will like this. In fact I think it is a bit superior to those recordings. But for one item: on some tracks there is an audible 60 hertz hum on one channel. This is annoying when listening through headphones with good bass response, but almost unnoticeable through average speakers. If you have a subwoofer and like to crank it up, this hum (not always present) probably will bother you.

Tracklist:

CD1

1. Stella By Starlight

2. Laurie

3. Theme From MASH

4. Turn Out The Stars

5. I Do It For Your Love

6. My Romance

7. Letter To Evan

CD2

1. I Loves You Porgy

2. Up With The Lark

3. Minha

4. Someday My Prince Will Come

5. If You Could See Me Now

6. Nardis

Live in Buenos Aires 1979

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Bill Evans/Randy Brecker: Soul Bop Band Live [2 cd]

During the summers of 2004 and 2005, saxophonist Bill Evans and trumpeter Randy Brecker co-led the Soul Bop Band on tours. The music that they created was funky, heartfelt, and full of strong jazz solos. With a top-notch and versatile rhythm section comprised of guitarist Hiram Bullock, keyboardist David Kikoski, bassist Victor Bailey, and drummer Steve Smith, the sextet performed consistently stirring music. This two-CD set has plenty of heated instrumentals along with occasional ballads, all of it original music coming from either Evans, Brecker, or Bullock. Unfortunately a few of the selections have vocals from Brecker that are primitive at best and an acquired taste although the words to Bullock's "Greed" are worthy. If it were not for the singing, this two-fer would be rated higher, but it does contain some of the best playing of the era from Bill Evans and Randy Brecker, who consistently bring out the best in each other.

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Live - Part 1 - Part 2 (RS) / Part 1 - Part 2 (HF) @ 320K

Miles Davis Septet: Live in Poland (2008) [2 cd]

Personnel : Miles Davis, trumpet; Bill Evans, soprano & tenor sax, flute; John Scofield, electric guitar; Robert Irving Iii, keyboards; Darryl Jones, bass; Al Foster, drums; and Mino Cinelu, percussion. Recorded at Congress Hall, Warsaw, Poland, October 13, 1983.