'Stan Getz & Bill Evans' 1964 + 'But Beautiful' 1974 - 2CD - torrent

2 CD:

CD 1, Stan Getz & Bill Evans, 1964
CD 2, The Bill Evans Trio with Stan Getz, But Beautiful, 1974




*1 – Stan Getz & Bill Evans, Stan Getz/Bill Evans
Recorded in 1964, originally released as A Discovery In 1973 on Verve.
This CD release has 5 bonus tracks.

Stan Getz and Bill Evans initially worked on the Stan Getz/Bill Evans album in 1964, that, much like the Getz collaboration with Gary Burton entitled Nobody Else But Me, was done on the heels of the saxophonist's commercial success in the bossa nova arena.

Both efforts were scrapped and laid on the shelf to gather dust.

Pettinger's bio says both Bill and Stan Getz were disappointed with the results, and held release off for many years.

Although this particular session has generally received lukewarm reviews from critics in comparison to the other Getz/Evans recording available - But Beautiful - it was a solid set of playing by Getz and Evans, with Elvin Jones on drums and either Richard Davis or Ron Carter on bass.

They clearly have fun in powerhouse performances of "My Heart Stood Still," "Night and Day" and "Funkallero."

Despite it all, highly recommended.





*2 - The Bill Evans Trio with Stan Getz, But Beautiful -
Recorded in 1974, released in 1996 after the deaths of both artists.

In 1974 Evans and Getz performed live concerts in Europe, the source material for these dates, recorded by Radio One in Antwerp, Belgium, and NOS in Laren, The Netherlands.

Getz meshes almost perfectly with Evans' trio, with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, with only one sore spot:
Getz ignored the pianist's request not to play the under-rehearsed "Stan's Blues," which provoked Evans into quickly dropping out and signaling his sidemen to avoid solos of their own.
But the remaining tracks are all invigorating, particularly Evans' brisk "Funkallero" and the lush take of Jimmy Rowles' ballad "The Peacocks."

BUT BEAUTIFUL's blend of Evans's introspective piano and Getz's velvety tenor saxophone results in a romantic, exuberant take on the material.





1, STAN GETZ & BILL EVANS, 1964

- CD
- 320Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Night and Day
2. But Beautiful
3. Funkallero
4. My Heart Stood Still
5. Melinda
6. Grandfather's Waltz
7. Carpetbagger's Theme [#]
8. WNEW (Theme Song) [#]
9. My Heart Stood Still [alternate take/#]
10. Grandfather's Waltz [alternate take/#]
11. Night and Day [alternate take/#]

Personell:
Stan Getz, saxophone
Bill Evans, piano
Richard Davis, bass
Ron Carter, bass
Elvin Jones, drums

Tracks # 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 11 recorded May 6, 1964 at Rudy van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Tracks # 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10 recorded May 5, 1964 at Rudy van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.





2, The Bill Evans Trio with Stan Getz, But Beautiful

- CD
- 320Kbps

Tracklist:
1 Grandfather's Waltz
2 Stan's Blues
3 But Beautiful
4 Emily
5 Lover Man
6 Funkallero
7 The Peacocks
8 You And The Night And The Music
9 See-Saw
10 The Two Lonely People

Personell:
Bill Evans, piano
Eddy Gomez, bass
Marty Morell, drums
with
Stan Getz, saxophone

Recorded live on August 9, 1974 at the Laren International Jazz Festival at the Singer Concertzaal, Laren, The Netherlands and on August 16, 1974 at Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.



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