I think the audience was focused on listening and enjoying in its own way. I'm from Japan. Believe me, if you visit some jazz clubs there, you would see the same look. I saw two kinds of responses there: either start smiling and moving their body or just gazing at the players. I think they were definitely ENJOYING!
There are so many great bass players out there. One has to dig deep to truly understand his alliance with the 'Bill E Trio". Bill's generous statements are pure PR, even though empathy existed.
"Stella by starlight" (Estela a la luz de las estrellas) Bill Evans y su Trío; con Eddie Gomez en Bajo y Alex Riel en Batería. No se trata de un pianista común, se trata de un poeta y genio del piano. Pletórico de armonizaciones, con un talento ilimitado para el Jazz o la Música Clásica. Se nota mucho su ausencia por el gran espacio que ocupó.
How right you are Vova47, in Ronnie Scotts one night along with another musician friend, we were conducted to the table overlooking Bill's keyboard, two metres from the piano. He played three separate sets of one hour each, until three am. The whole audience was respectfully quiet, and Bill was very happy in the place, playing at his best with Eddie Gomez, and Paul Motian, Eddie had his own bass, high action, and no slap from the strings on the fingerboard. That concert changed our lives forever
from Oslo, Norway October 28, 1966. While not the greatest audio on the piano (there is an edit cut in last chorus before head-out) the closeup video of Eddie Gomez right hand pizzacato work, as he solos brilliantly on the challenging changes and beautiful melody of ":Stella By Starlight" is worth repeated views and listens. Used to hear Eddie playing with Bill Evans regularly at Bradley's in Manhattan. Enjoy! Personnel: Bill Evans, piano Eddie Gomez, double bass Alex Riels, drums
Scott LaFaro was great, but Eddie was kind in a class by himself....his lightening fast clean solos, his great bass lines, his musical sense of humor, and his big fat resonant sustaining tone !!! Bill was very lucky to be playing with him.
You have it ass backwards. It's Eddie Gomez who's playing with and for Bill Evans and it is he who's lucky as it was highest point of his musical life and career.
@2:44 holy sheet listen when Eddie Gomez starts the walkin bass...has an extraordinary presence, listen how he can push forward the groove of the piece.
What a telling contrast with Keith on the same tune (who made far more money than Bill). Even with this inferior audio, Bill's mastery is manifest. Notice the outer and inner voices, constant movement without waste. Listen to the left and right hand. It's a single chordal voice of strength and power (Keith "pushes" at the keys of the left.) Notice the shoulders (like Oscar's), the big hands and thick fingers! Bill was born with the perfect physical mechanism to get the most out of any piano.
@cursestar they were stunned beyond their belives. Trust me, the audience knew the genius behind it. it's not a justin bieber concert, where you are already hyped before that guy is on stage.
some skips in the video though, kind of unsettling when you don't know. I noticed one at 1:20, repeating the pattern at 1:16, and one at 3:24, repeating 3:09. That's pretty much all I could find, though.
No drug in the world can make you a Bill Evans. He wasn't merely "inspired." He was "anointed." He was "chosen." No one had those shoulders, that leverage at the keyboard, those enormous hands and thick fingers that could make a percussive instrument sing.
One of the two most coveted "movie songs" by jazz musicians--thanks largely to Miles Davis selecting them and Evans bringing out their beauty: Stella by Starlight and On Green Dolphin Street. The latter was originally done in C, then Miles (and everyone else as a result) changed it to Eb. Here Bill is playing Victor Young's immortal melody with the tone and assurance that only his fingers were capable of. Notice how even the potentially "ordinary" runs are so clean that each note is clearly separated from the one before or after it. Someone said he had "hepatitis." As a pianist, all I can say is "May we all be so fortunate." Ironically, few people remember (or even know) the original movies associated with either the Bronislaw Kaper or Victor Young song. (Stella is from "The Uninvited.")
@Tweekerhead: Yes, as a student of Classical music he had a particular focus on the Impressionist composers: Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin, Satie, and you can really hear it, especially in the gorgeous chords he uses.
It is true that Stella was a ballad originally but like many other standards it evolved to being a vehicle for improvisation in tempo that fits the purpose of the artist.There is a great number of tunes that evolved to medium or up tempo from ballads in Jazz musicians' repertory. Evans states the "melody" very clearly in his opening solo statement so nothing is lost from original tune and anybody can recognize it. I don't hear any runs "a la Tatum"- only Evans runs. Which ones do you mean?
The key was originally G, but Bill is playing it in Bb, which sounds much richer and became the standard key for subsequent musicians. (The late Gloria Lynne has a nice recording. Mr. B (Billy Eckstine) had one of the first vocal recordings.
is there an edit 3;23 ? anyway the scandinavians still listen like this; rapt attention I just heard expat. Bob Rockwell's band at "Jazz Cup" coffee house/bar/jazz cd store/local hang in Copenhagen and you could have just transplanted this audience .
cursestar.....that's probably because they don't understand what's going on...I agree...great musicians who have gone beyond the layman's grasp of great music.
I think the audience was focused on listening and enjoying in its own way.
I'm from Japan. Believe me, if you visit some jazz clubs there, you would see the same look. I saw two kinds of responses there: either start smiling and moving their body or just gazing at the players. I think they were definitely ENJOYING!
Good point! Let's assume that they were groovin' on the inside
I was grooving on the inside like an audience without moving
Wish the whole world could take a pause and kick back to a day of jazz
Bill Evans was and still is the best Just piano player of all times. Just too marvelous for worlds...
Im fascinated by his chord choices!
You and everybody else.
There are so many great bass players out there. One has to dig deep to truly understand his alliance with the 'Bill E Trio".
Bill's generous statements are pure PR, even though empathy existed.
The Incomparable Bill Evans.
"Stella by starlight" (Estela a la luz de las estrellas) Bill Evans y su Trío; con Eddie Gomez en Bajo y Alex Riel en Batería. No se trata de un pianista común, se trata de un poeta y genio del piano. Pletórico de armonizaciones, con un talento ilimitado para el Jazz o la Música Clásica. Se nota mucho su ausencia por el gran espacio que ocupó.
Si Juan Bernardo, es verdad, se nota mucho su ausencia por el gran espacio que ocupó... buen comentario el suyo. Saludos. Buena vida!.
It just doesn't get any better than this!
Amazing arrangement. Bill Evans - he’s from some other galaxy.
Bill Evans one of my favorite pianist👍🎵
How right you are Vova47, in Ronnie Scotts one night along with another musician friend,
we were conducted to the table overlooking Bill's keyboard, two metres from the piano.
He played three separate sets of one hour each, until three am. The whole audience was respectfully quiet, and Bill was very happy in the place, playing at his best with Eddie Gomez, and Paul Motian, Eddie had his own bass, high action, and no slap from the strings on the fingerboard. That concert changed our lives forever
A genius among geniuses. RIP.
that was one powerful performance, yeah
Eddie Gómez, magnífico bajista, de Santurce, Puerto Rico..
from Oslo, Norway October 28, 1966.
While not the greatest audio on the piano (there is an edit cut in last chorus before head-out)
the closeup video of Eddie Gomez right hand pizzacato work, as he solos brilliantly on the
challenging changes and beautiful melody of ":Stella By Starlight" is worth repeated views
and listens. Used to hear Eddie playing with Bill Evans regularly at Bradley's in Manhattan.
Enjoy!
Personnel:
Bill Evans, piano
Eddie Gomez, double bass
Alex Riels, drums
wow, what a double bass solo!
Scott LaFaro was great, but Eddie was kind in a class by himself....his lightening fast clean solos, his great bass lines, his musical sense of humor, and his big fat resonant sustaining tone !!! Bill was very lucky to be playing with him.
but he plays in a style scott created himself
You have it ass backwards. It's Eddie Gomez who's playing with and for Bill Evans and it is he who's lucky as it was highest point of his musical life and career.
@vova47 Both Eddie and Bill were at the top of their game, and they had mutual respect for each other.
My god.. Bill is on fire
I have a grandfather who passed away
called Bill Evans
What if
The greatest master off them all imortal Bill Evans!
@2:44 holy sheet listen when Eddie Gomez starts the walkin bass...has an extraordinary presence, listen how he can push forward the groove of the piece.
It literally sounds like someone is uttering "toom toom toom toom toom" when he gets in that groove
Totally cool. Scott L was also great at that. Bill hears the walk and just gets in the zone and goes off
Perhaps, the only way....so much music and talent into their brains
What a telling contrast with Keith on the same tune (who made far more money than Bill). Even with this inferior audio, Bill's mastery is manifest. Notice the outer and inner voices, constant movement without waste. Listen to the left and right hand. It's a single chordal voice of strength and power (Keith "pushes" at the keys of the left.) Notice the shoulders (like Oscar's), the big hands and thick fingers! Bill was born with the perfect physical mechanism to get the most out of any piano.
to think that this transformed into Jason Glasper Trio's remake... utterly Amazing!
Mind blowing music with an amazing crowd hahaha
@cursestar they were stunned beyond their belives. Trust me, the audience knew the genius behind it. it's not a justin bieber concert, where you are already hyped before that guy is on stage.
Gomez ... bassman is on fire!
pure magic on the piano still diggable to this daY. great flow & what better than this.
some skips in the video though, kind of unsettling when you don't know. I noticed one at 1:20, repeating the pattern at 1:16, and one at 3:24, repeating 3:09. That's pretty much all I could find, though.
Absolument incroyable
Ce n'est plus maintenant qu'on pourra voir Bill Evans sur M6 !
Pas faux
he is amazing
No drug in the world can make you a Bill Evans. He wasn't merely "inspired." He was "anointed." He was "chosen." No one had those shoulders, that leverage at the keyboard, those enormous hands and thick fingers that could make a percussive instrument sing.
@caponsacchi True, no drug can make you a Bill Evans, but drugs are what destroyed him.
Eddie Gomez is a beast!!!
it`s perfect !
Letting your bass player go first - Bill was such a gentleman :D
His hands look so smooth and relaxed
Thank you billevans.
Amazing bass
Classic Evans in his prime.
THIS SHIT SLAPS
Epic, that guy at 2:41 looking in disbelief!
what a double bassist !
The audience doesn't look very happy to be there.... I would kill to be there!
Lo mas grande del jazz,sin lugar a dudas
Brilliant!
contrabass players are not human. their fingers move in ways that i cant comprehend
Eddie Gomes is amazing O_O
year 3189 and still good bro
Ah this is bliss
it is said that when one ascends to heaven, you are greeted by God in a small club with Bill Evans on keys.
Young Gomez! Jaysus Christ, he's a force of nature.
One of the two most coveted "movie songs" by jazz musicians--thanks largely to Miles Davis selecting them and Evans bringing out their beauty: Stella by Starlight and On Green Dolphin Street. The latter was originally done in C, then Miles (and everyone else as a result) changed it to Eb. Here Bill is playing Victor Young's immortal melody with the tone and assurance that only his fingers were capable of. Notice how even the potentially "ordinary" runs are so clean that each note is clearly separated from the one before or after it. Someone said he had "hepatitis." As a pianist, all I can say is "May we all be so fortunate." Ironically, few people remember (or even know) the original movies associated with either the Bronislaw Kaper or Victor Young song. (Stella is from "The Uninvited.")
Such a wonderful ghost romance! Great film
GOAT
@Tweekerhead: Yes, as a student of Classical music he had a particular focus on the Impressionist composers: Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin, Satie, and you can really hear it, especially in the gorgeous chords he uses.
It is true that Stella was a ballad originally but like many other standards it evolved to being a vehicle for improvisation in tempo that fits the purpose of the artist.There is a great number of tunes that evolved to medium or up tempo from ballads in Jazz musicians' repertory. Evans states the "melody" very clearly in his opening solo statement so nothing is lost from original tune and anybody can recognize it.
I don't hear any runs "a la Tatum"- only Evans runs. Which ones do you mean?
Bill Evans sang on the piano as usual. Always loved Eddie Gomez's unique style of playing. The video editing was just sad though.
Una genialidad!!!
Yeah. Thanks very much.
oh so good!
The song was originally introduced in the 1944 film "The Uninvited".
The key was originally G, but Bill is playing it in Bb, which sounds much richer and became the standard key for subsequent musicians. (The late Gloria Lynne has a nice recording. Mr. B (Billy Eckstine) had one of the first vocal recordings.
thank you!
look at you with your awesome facts, thank you for that. you help us to use yt as a great school
GENIO!!!!
toglie il fiato. Unico Bill
s cool--the best!!
is there an edit 3;23 ? anyway the scandinavians still listen like this; rapt attention I just heard expat. Bob Rockwell's band at "Jazz Cup" coffee house/bar/jazz cd store/local hang in Copenhagen and you could have just transplanted this audience .
Eddie GOmez is the peak
Ti amo Eddie!!!!
DAMMM I WANNA PLAY PIANO LIKE HIM :)
Speechless..... He's like Stephen Hawking, with fingers.
@Tweekerhead hahaha, what an analogy, I burst out laughing
2:39 this me on Bill Evans Trio
Does this have anything to do with A Streetcar Named Desire?
no
the song was composed for a paramount film in 44 and streetcar opened in 47. around the same time but the Stella's are different.
@@jonathandeutsch3991 The film was the ghost romance The Uninvited,
2 movie songs rise above all others for jazz musicians: Stella and On Green Dolphin Street, and Mr. Evans deserves much of the credit.
@1013ET thanks for the insight, i would def love to have the opportunity to visit a jazz club in Japan.
Not exactly the best version to listen to if you are trying to learn it, but that is Bill Evans for you. This is a great song though.
cursestar.....that's probably because they don't understand what's going on...I agree...great musicians who have gone beyond the layman's grasp of great music.
I am shure it is Monica Zetterlund in the audiens at 4:34
Vootie!
💙😀
one of the unsung greats.
I love his lovely spare style.
didn't like the dissonant bass though.
ahahah nice detail!!
that is some of the craziest shit i've ever seen.
ベースの入りがいいな
@cursestar They don't look bored, they look like they're listening intently (intensely, even?).
Those two top comments
@aarfeld Yeah, thx. for the reply. You made me come back to this vid'. :-)
@NattyDread99
yes
@cursestar No, they're just trying to look hip.
@grownupbackwards mine either, really. the swarm only happens in my dreams. good night.
His fingers/hands were thick because he suffered from hepatitis -- they were not always like that.
@cursestar I agree. Bil evans sets the tone for the audience, he must be sad.I like players like Dr. Lonnie Smith music and player as it should be.
Anyone have a transcription for this? Can't find it anywhere...
What is good about smaltzing?
Remarquable...
@Tweekerhead heh, I think i've heard about that.. Haven't listened to much Debusys so I wouldn't know :P maybe I should
The guys can deal.
Bill Evans GENIO, después de el "...la nada..."
not the best stella by starlight recording they made, but it’s still good
@junka22 Thanks, ..Did you know Evans was influenced by Claude Debussy ?
When I read that, I thought ....I yeaaaah....
@Tweekerhead my favourite pianist and i can actually agree with you lol totally stephen genius at the piano :p