As the painter needs his framework of parchment, the improvising musical group needs its framework in time, says bill evans in the liner notes to kind of blue. Miles davis trumpet, bill evans piano, jimmy cobb drums, paul chambers bass, john coltrane tenor saxophone, julian cannonball adderley. Kind of blue by miles davis 1959 jazz standard celebrates. Miles davis, cannonball adderley, john coltrane, bill evans, wynton kelly, paul chambers, and jimmy cobb 2cd kind of blue. The complete, unedited master session tapes, with analysis of fragmentary takes that have never been. Download miles davis kind of blue torrent kickasstorrents. The album doesnt so much announce itself as kind of waft in on a cloud of evans piano and paul chambers bass until chambers locks onto the melody of so what, punctuated first by piano, then by the entire. In fact, 20 years ago, did you think it would become such a modelimportant, i mean. Legacy edition presents original album plus studio sequences, false starts, and alternate takes from 195859 sessions, plus 17minute so. Kind of blue legacy edition miles davis release info. Miles davis kind of blue with julian cannonball adderley paul chambers james cobb john coltrane bill evans wynton kelly. In the spring of 1959, seven musicians got together in a converted church on 30th street in manhattan and made jazz history. He must paint on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush and black water paint in such a way that an unnatural or interrupted stroke will destroy the line or break through the parchment.
Yeah, kind of blue is it, thats what i understand, yeah. It was recorded on march 2 and april 22, 1959, at columbias 30th street studio in new york city, and released on august 17 of that year by columbia records. Bill evans, liner notes to kind of blue 19 introduction the introduction of artistic methods and processes into academic research can enrich and enliven both research and art. Columbias recording policy at that time was to run two tape machines simultaneously, a master and a safety. Liner notes include historical essay, kind of blue at 50 by francis davis, and original liner notes by bill evans. All titles recorded by the miles davis sextet in chronological order. It certainly has been a strong album, and an album i was very proud to be part of. Bill evans liner notes, for the kind of blue album bill evans was the pianist in miles davis group in 1958, and after a few tracks recorded and less than a year touring with the band, left to form his own trio and expand his career. The piece is made up of a jazz sextet, with miles davis on trumpet, john coltrane on tenor saxophone, cannonball adderly on alto saxophone, bill evans on piano, paul chambers on bass, and jimmy cobb on drums. Jan 31, 20 flamenco sketches is a jazz composition written by american jazz trumpeter miles davis and pianist bill evans.
Reproductions of the tape logs, don hunsteins session photos and bill evans original handwritten draft of his famous liner notes illustrate the book, making it look like a. Miles davis presents here frameworks which are exquisite in their simplicity and yet contain all that is necessary to stimulate performance with a sure reference to the primary. Bill evans talking about miles daviss change of style to jazz fusion i would like to hear more of the consummate melodic master, but i feel that big business and his record company have had a corrupting influence on his material. Flamenco sketches is a series of five scales, each to be played as long as the soloist wishes until he has completed the series. How my heart sings by peter pettinger yale university press, 1998, the liner notes from the 1992 mastersound edition of kind of blue state.
Now comes three more rereleases with plenty of bonusunreleasedalternate takes, extensive liner notes, and even pdf booklets though you. A grammy winner and pioneer of multitrack jazz recording, bill evans was the pianist on miles davis classic kind of blue album and a key figure in the development of modern jazz piano. Kind of blue hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding music. The album features daviss ensemble sextet consisting of saxophonists john coltrane and julian cannonball adderley, pianist bill evans, bassist paul chambers, and. No, i thought its really, it had to be a good record with the personnel that. Not many months later, i began to become aware of how difficult it would be to get bill to repeat the process of turning on the unique faucet of his creativity. Kind of blue isnt merely an artistic highlight for miles davis, its an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered the definitive jazz album and the bestselling title in jazz history, a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. Bill evans interplay i, like everybody, also dig bill evans. Kind of blue brought both clarity and confusion to the matter by enlarging a session photograph showing cannonball adderleys chart for flamenco sketches. Read pianist bill evans original liner notes below for one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. Flamenco sketches is a jazz composition written by american jazz trumpeter miles davis and pianist bill evans. Jerry jazz musician is a noncommercial website whose mission is to explore the culture of america with jazz as the centerpiece. So what is a simple figure based on 16 measures of one scale. Reproductions of the tape logs, don hunsteins session photos and bill evans original handwritten draft of his famous liner notes illustrate the book, making it look like a long, wellcrafted, linernote booklet.
The piece follows a 32 bar aaba structure, both during the melodic line and during the solos. The liner notes list davis as author of all compositions, but many scholars and fans believe that bill evans wrote part or the whole of blue in green and flamenco sketches. Bill evans assumed cocredit with davis for blue in green when recording it on his portrait in jazz album and the davis estate acknowledged evans authorship in 2002. In the hci research community, artbased methods have begun to push and refigure core hci notions of. Thanks in small part to his fundamental quietude, and largely due to his jazz sensei liner notes to kind of blue, free pdf piano sheet music for detour ahead bill evans trio. He mus paint on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush and black water paint in such a way that an unnatural or interrupted stroke will destroy the line or break through the parchment.
Bill evans was the pianist in miles davis group in 1958, and after a few tracks recorded and less than a year. He really wanted to play something that matched that level of harmonic sophistication. Extensively researched and copiously illustrated, kind of blue recovers an invaluable piece of musical history and heightens fans appreciation of the album they know and love. Bill evans on miles davis and kind of blue allan chase. Fifty years of great jazz liner notes anchor books, 1996. For its sensitive sympathetic and insightful look at the artistry of bill evans, how my heart sings makes a valuable contribution.
If i remember correctly, the liner notes to kind of blue had a story about wynton psyching himself up before the recording of this solo since the rest of the record featured bill evans. The lydian chromatic concept of tonal organization. Improvisation in jazz, liner notes on kind of blue, columbia pc 8163, starring miles davis, 1959. Over forty years have passed since miles davis assembled his famed sextet to record kind of blue, and in that time the album has risen to the level of masterpiece.
The takes without john or julian are not listed here. Evan presents his row three times in three sections of four bars each. Evans also penned the liner notes for kind of blue, comparing jazz improvisation to japanese visual art. Bill evans my romance vanguard sessions feb 15, 20 by admin bills opening to this standard taken from the classic waltz for debby album read more. Evans thought of davis and the other musicians in his band as. Bill evans liner notes kind of blue side one was recorded today march 2nd back in 1959. A typical audition with bill evans trio would have the. Following are bill evans liner notes from the original 1959 lp release. New and neverbeforepublished material in kind of blue includes. Kind of blue is a studio album by american jazz trumpeter miles davis. Frequence analysis of so what the sessions monday, march 02, 1959. Joel roberts, all about jazz the greatest strength of pettingers writing is that, analyzing evans recorded legacy, almost piece by piece, he tells how evans did it. Aside from the weighty technical problem of collective coherent thinking, there is the very human, even social need for sympathy from all members to bend for the.
We focus on publishing content geared toward readers with interests in jazz music, its rich history, and the culture it influenced and was influenced by. Bill evans liner notes, for the kind of blue album. As described in the original liner notes by pianist bill evans, davis had only given the band. It is the fifth track on davis 1959 album kind of blue, the bestselling jazz. All blues is a 68 12measure blues form that produces its mood through only a few modal changes and miles davis free melodic conception. Miles davis flamenco sketches lyrics genius lyrics. Miles davis kind of blue legacy edition columbia legacy. If the melody of blue in green is taken to be the line that bill evans plays in the first chorus on portrait in jazz, then it appears most clearly in the final piano statement on kind of blue, and miles first theme statement is related but not very literal. Welcome to,the webs most visited site for jazz pianistcomposer bill evans 0916. George russells book, the lydian chromatic concept of tonal organization, first published in 1953, was the first theoretical contribution to come from jazz, and was responsible for introducing modal improvisation which resulted in the seminal recording of miles davis kind of blue. The work of claus ogerman bill evans work with composerarrangerconductor claus ogerman is documented here in a pictorial discography of original albuns and compilations many with explanatory liner notes. By the fall of 1959, evans had started his own trio with jimmy garrison and kenny dennis, but it was shortlived. This new backbeat book details his wideranging and absorbing career, from freelance work in the 1950s, through his groundbreaking trios and solo releases, to. Bill evans is given credit for inventing the jazz piano trio.
Search our free piano sheet music database for more. It meant bill evans liner notes from the original 1959 release now ascribed a sixeight, twelve measure blues to all blues and a series of five. Aug 07, 2014 if i remember correctly, the liner notes to kind of blue had a story about wynton psyching himself up before the recording of this solo since the rest of the record featured bill evans. I had first entered a studio with bill evans, a bassist, and a drummer in the fall of 1956, and had succeeded in recording a remarkable although only very slowly appreciated debut albums.
Sometime during the late 1950s, most probably before joining miles davis, evans began using heroin. I would suggest that miles daviss 1959 recording kind of blue is indubitably a. First out of the gate was miles davis kind of blue. For over fifteen years, this website has been dedicated to the life and music of pianist and composer bill evans 1929 1980, one of the most important and influential musicians in all of jazz history.
There is a japanese visual art in which the artist is forced to be spontaneous. Kind of blue deluxe 50th anniversary collectors edition miles davis. Endlessly the cab free piano sheet music piano sheet. The kind of blue sessions in honor of miles davis 50thanniversary kind of blue reissue. Ttttwelve tone tune on the bill evans album is a clear demonstration of his technical mastery. He plays the piano the way it should be played, said davis about bill evans. May 09, 2019 if the melody of blue in green is taken to be the line that bill evans plays in the first chorus on portrait in jazz, then it appears most clearly in the final piano statement on kind of blue, and miles first theme statement is related but not very literal. May 26, 2009 first out of the gate was miles davis kind of blue.
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