Bill Evans Trio - Who Can I Turn To? - 19 Mar 65 (8 of 11)

[thenoeggplantzone]

Very cool thread of conversation, Thanx!

[speedskis777]

Oh god, that is so beautiful...

[NorthWriter]

Great tune. I love Bill's gentle playing style. He had such a great understanding of dynamics and feel. And Chuck's solo is really great...totally fits the feel of the song.

Also, the girl at the beginning is a hottie. :)

[exjazzbassbaz]

@y34r i think you got that right my friend..scott was some player..along with my favs ray brown and NHOP.

[y34r]

imo,of all bill evans' bassists

chuck's only second to scott lafaro

way underrated

deep playing,sense of hamony and interplaying with bill is just damn high

imo,i don't think eddie gomez and mark johnson are 'that' suitable with bill

I feel like both of them overplaying all the times,

but well that's just me

[jazzmoran]

his best trio!!!!

[brewepau]

So damn good! Whew! No words can describe it, so I'll stop with these.

[keyzcity]

dood chuck actually developed that solo instead of just shredding

[ehanbameh1]

if scotty was there to play base instead of chuck.

[Dentakulator]

@kenjames64 - happy to help. Humph bestrode the BBC's jazz output for many decades right up until his death. He presented the definitive jazz programme on BBC radio and his opinions and knowledge were highly respected. He was a great wit, too. His autobiographies (there are two) are well worth seeking out.

[galenfott]

@Dentakulator He's wrong on one point though; this song is from Newley/Bricusse's "The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd", not "Stop the World". Lovely rendition, at any rate!

[Dentakulator]

He's best know to many as the chairman of long-running BBC radio panel game 'I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue', for which he was described as 'purveyor of filth to the middle classes'. He was a great guy.

[Dentakulator]

@Kenjames64 Humphrey Lyttelton - 'Humph' to his friends and colleagues - the gentleman doing the introduction, achieved something approaching national treasure status in the UK. He was a superb jazz trumpeter, whose hero, Louis Armstrong called him one of the finest jazz trumpeters in the world. He wrote the jazz standard 'Bad Penny Blues' and was still playing regularly up until his death in 2009 at the age of 86 - even appearing on Radiohead's album 'Kid A' (I think). (cont...)

[kenjames64]

@Dentakulator Thanks for taking the time to post this. I had never heard of Lyttelton before finding a copy of this show on DVD -- I don't think he had a lot of exposure in the U.S. -- but high praise indeed from Armstrong. From watching him host this television show, it's obvious he knows a lot about jazz. I'll seek out some of his work. Thanks again. -Ken

[Dentakulator]

Lovely footage of Humphry Lyttelton

[kenjames64]

@Dentakulator Don't know a lot about him. Can you talk about him?

[oldbump]

The guy could give you goosebumps playing "Hot Cross Buns."

[musiconlyplease98]

good stuff, underrated

[boppinham]

gives me chills. bill evans to me, is the greatest

[skas246]

Fantastic rendition as one would expect from Bill Evans. He has influenced my piano playing.