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BILL EVANS TRIO
The 1960 Birdland Sessions [Cool N’ Blue C&B-CD 106, 1CD]
Live at Birdland, New York, NY; March 12, 19, 1960; April 20, 1960; May 7, 1960. Very good FM broadcasts.
It was 54 years ago today…
From Ken Dryden (All Music Guide):
The legendary edition of the Bill Evans Trio featured impeccable drummer Paul Motian and ill-starred bassist Scott LaFaro; they made a handful of recordings for Riverside, but their only released live sessions came from their final engagement at the Village Vanguard in June, 1961.
The release of these airchecks from four separate broadcasts is a welcome addition to their discography. There are three excellent takes of “Autumn Leaves,” with the first kicked off by a long Scott LaFaro solo. Evans offers a stunning seven-minute “Nardis,” which is possibly his earliest live recording of the piece that he would perform and record many more times. LaFaro delivers a compelling solo that only hints at the potential that was extinguished with his death in an auto crash following the famous 1961 Village Vanguard sessions.
Even with the noise typically found in releases made from vintage radio broadcasts, this is a historic CD worth the extra effort to locate.
Thanks to Johan who shared this on the net in 2006; and to petercherman for keeping it alive at Dime.
Original notes:
I presume the radio shows are in chronological order. Then dating is as indicated.
Symphony Sid Show at Birdland on Fridays
Broadcasts
March 12, 1960
March 19, 1960
April 30, 1960
May 7, 1960
(These are Saturdays, the concerts were Friday night, but air time was immediately after midnight into Saturday)
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (224 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never been officially released on CD.
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60-0311
Track 01. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer/Prevert) 4:55 (8.3MB)
Track 02. Our Delight (Dameron) 6:38 (11.1MB)
Track 03. Beautiful Love/Five (Theme) (Evans/Van Alsytne/Young) 5:24 (9.1MB)
60-0318
Track 04. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer/Prevert) 6:48 (11.4MB)
Track 05. Come Rain or Come Shine/Five (Theme) (Arlen/Mercer) 5:08 (8.6MB)
60-0429
Track 06. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer) 4:55 (8.3MB)
Track 07. Nardis (Davis) 7:26 (12.5MB)
Track 08. Blue in Green (Davis/Evans) 6:14 (10.5MB)
Track 09. Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer/Prevert) 7:09 (12.0MB)
60-0506
Track 10. All of You (Porter) 7:02 (11.8MB)
Track 11. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer) 4:35 (7.7MB)
Track 12. Speak Low (Nash/Weill) 6:47 (11.4MB)
73 mins
Lineup:
Bill Evans - piano
Scott LaFaro - bass
Paul Motian - drums
Symphony Sid - MC
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