{"id":22729,"date":"2022-04-11T05:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T09:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22729"},"modified":"2022-04-09T22:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T02:00:36","slug":"album-review-bill-evans-morning-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/11\/album-review-bill-evans-morning-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Bill Evans \u2013 Morning Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A week\u2019s worth of coverage of new vinyl releases kicks off with a vintage recording.<\/i><\/p>\n

Bill Evans<\/a> earned fame for his work with Miles Davis, and went on to an acclaimed solo career. Much of the pianist\u2019s most important work was done within the trio format; his short-lived lineup with bassist Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian yielded the sublime Waltz for Debby<\/i><\/a> (1962). A tragic accident killed LaFaro and ended that trio mere days after a session; devastated, Evans eventually rallied and continued his work.<\/p>\n

A key character in much of Evans\u2019 subsequent output \u2013 he remained busy until his death in 1980 \u2013 was Eddie Gomez. Gomez was part of a trio with Evans that featured drummer Marty Morell when the group played a 1973 concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Resonance Records \u2013 Zev Feldman<\/a>\u2019s archival label responsible for landmark archival releases of previously unheard recordings from major jazz figures \u2013 has unearthed a recording of this performance (and another, which I\u2019ll cover in a separate post) and released it as Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires<\/i>.<\/p>\n

This new set \u2013 available as a 2CD set and a breathtakingly packaged 2LP set \u2013 defines the word essential<\/i>. The sound quality is stunning, up-close and personal in the manner of the finest studio recording. And the performance is typical vintage Evans Trio. With a set list that opens with the anagrammatically-titled \u201cRe: Person I Knew,\u201d the Trio floats through a list of songs including familiar favorites (“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,\u201d \u201cMy Foolish Heart\u201d) and some then-more-recent but equally delightful numbers (\u201cT.T.T.\u201d).<\/p>\n

Evans\u2019 inimitable style \u2013 featuring what musicologists call his \u201cnote clusters\u201d \u2013 meshes seamlessly with Gomez\u2019s subtle and expressive upright bass work. Gomez turns in some especially lovely bowed bass on \u201cThe Two Lonely People.\u201d Throughout the set, Morell\u2019s brush work is always spot-on as well. And nobody else sounds quite like Bill Evans; his dazzlingly complicated yet somehow deeply lyrical and accessible approach won him acclaim, and it\u2019s on brilliant display here.<\/p>\n

As is typical of a Resonance release, the set\u2019s assets extend well beyond the wonderful music. The package is filled with photos \u2013 color and black-and-white \u2013 and a 44-page booklet (12 pages in the LP version). As Feldman writes in his introduction, \u201cOur mission is to rescue this important music from the shadowy domain of the copyright infringer and to have it take its rightful place in the legitimately sanctioned Bill Evans recorded canon.\u201d<\/p>\n

This release (and another 1979 recording, covered tomorrow) join a growing family of important Resonance releases of Bill Evans material. Released with the cooperation of the Bill Evans estate, Morning Glory<\/i> is a must-own album for any music lover who appreciates the artistry of this highly influential master.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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