i purchased the 2 lps in a dept.store bargain bin as a teenager. on my tinny webcor phono i struggled with them never having heard anything like it before. i was too young to even recognize the popular melodies improvised on. eventually i became so devoted to them that in my naivety i thought they were typical jazz. nothing else in jazz really intrigued me at that age having a very limited exposure to it. well, of course my tastes in jazz would later blossom. but i still love the vanguard sessions above all. there is a nice 3 cd set with booklet available now and very affordable. indeed the ambient sounds from the audience and bar, the peel of a woman's laugh only add to the intimate magic of these recordings.
Village Vanguard session with Bill Evans
Hi folks, could you explain why the Village Vanguard recording with Bill Evans is so famous? What qualities does it possess?
I'm asking this question because I can't explain why the recording is so great. If I'm listening to Kind of Blue with Miles Davis quintet I can understand why it is a famous recording. It is because it has an almost Zen quality to it: the timing was perfect and also the organization of the music --> the musicians played the right notes at the right place. There were no redundant notes.
Chris
I'm asking this question because I can't explain why the recording is so great. If I'm listening to Kind of Blue with Miles Davis quintet I can understand why it is a famous recording. It is because it has an almost Zen quality to it: the timing was perfect and also the organization of the music --> the musicians played the right notes at the right place. There were no redundant notes.
Chris