Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST song of the day


Artist:Bill Evans

Song:Tiffany

Album:Turn Out The Stars:Final Village Vanguard Recordings





Pianist Bill Evans looked more like a college professor than a jazz musician but he was very respected in the industry and his classically influenced style has been very influential on today's young musicians. These Village Vanguard recordings were recorded in June 1980, about three months before Evans' death. You wouldn't know by this performance that he was ill. The young musicians accompanying him are Marc Johnson on bass & Joe LaBarbera on drums. Warner Bros. had planned to issue some of the recordings but by the time they got around to it in 1996, they decided to release all of them in a 6CD box set. There is also a CD of highlights. Tiffany appears to be a new composition as he only performed it in his final days. Bill Evans died of an ulcer & bronchial pneumonia on Sept. 15, 1980 at age 51. His real problem was his cocaine addiction.

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