Bill Evans Trio - Gloria's Step

[bill4long]

fantastic

[IamGwalty]

rock n roll!

[dapsimpkin]

Another youtube gem

[jerkbwh129]

What a tremendous performance by the best trio ever! I love this video. Marty had a bit of a Ron Jeremy look going on, didn't he?

[Dfrankjazz]

All are invited to a BEAUTIFUL Bill Evans master class on his life and music. Type in "Dave Frank" Evans on Youtube. Bill lives!

[geomusicmove]

That cameraman surely knew shit about music, the takes during the bass solo are terrible...shame!... anyway, amazing Bill and his band as usual

[vaniasecca]

Muito bom!!!

[jazz4asahel]

Scott Lafaro's tragic automobile death in New Jersey at age 21 must always be factored into what Bill's music paused and resumed. Everything I've read indicates that Bill was devastated by Scott's demise. Eddie Gomez was a good bring-Bill-out-of-silence-hait­us replacement. I think it went that way. Gomez is awesome, of course; and I believe Evans understood that same in perhaps a reserved, quite hopeful way. Of course, we the listeners are the privilidged ones. Good listening to you!

[KillswitchEngage42]

@jazz4asahel Scott LaFaro died at 25 in upstate New York my man. I think he played the bass for only 7 years. He started right after graduating high school. Can you imagine the possibilities for jazz if Scott hadn't died. He's the Clifford Brown of jazz bass. Crazy

[djdiablo8816]

@jazz4asahel he was actually 25 when he died

[wellsst]

I can't agree that he lost his edge over the last years. Some of the most powerful playing ever heard is from his last few concerts.

[kinokuniya4649]

カッコイイ！！

[SIRONEDRAGON]

amazing piano player : )

[spadge1able]

a pleasure to listen to the genius @ work.great trio.

[utubuser10]

one thing you hardly, if ever, hear scott lafaro do is walk the bass line. he almost seemed to avoid it, refusing to allow his playing to succumb to this conventional rhythmic device..

[catalystdrums123]

@utubuser10 i wish there was a video of him playing it, but alas.

[ChadizzleFoshizzle]

@utubuser10 Sorry bud, that's Eddie Gomez on the stand up in this video. Scott Lafaro died 11 years before this set was taped

[utubuser10]

@ChadizzleFoshizzle i know.

[ehanbameh1]

Eddie is amazing player too, but really over-shadowed by Scotty. Especially when one talks about Gloria's Step.

[ehanbameh1]

Bill's ability to improvise always amazes me. however we can all agree he has lost some of his 'edge' in his later years. more to do with precision and not about his artful taste. it is one of those rare gem which i put it on my car and playin everyday for years and when i get tired, i switch to other music and it lasts one day and say'' why bother changing cd? there's some similarity between Lenny breau and Bill Evans. I listen to them both.

[TheJadePinwheel]

check Eddie Gomez liking what Bill is playing @ 2:22

[ChrisAlbertson]

Eddie Gomez was not stoned. The drummer is Marty Morell.

[jpwjr1199]

Wow! This swings so FUCKING HARD!!! Love it

[ehanbameh1]

not that I am saying this rendition of Gloria's step is bad but bill just gave up his musical progression in the 70s recordings. many has mentioned in earlier post about La Faro/Evan's 61 vanguard recording being one of the best and I cannot agree more. I guess it's personal preferance but even his 56' new jazz conceptions sounds better than any of his 70s recording. and yes I am a huge fan of Bill.

[maquih]

@ehanbameh1 i think this rendition is amazing and it is something new and creative for bill. BUT, i agree, there seems to be a lack of passion, or not quite as passionate as some of his music from the 60s. I mean, this version is still great from about 2:00 to the beginning of the drum solo bill just sounds amazing. But i still would agree with ehabameh, it seems the drugs are starting to take its toll on bill evans by 1971

[Auraruth8]

@maquih come on I think his music became better and better towards the end and that was a trend that continued throughout his career. Sure its different than in earlier years. The way he played in the 60s had its divine charm as well that i am not denying. You should however check out his interviews both recorded and written than you will really understand what he was about.

[MrMelodius1]

@maquih Actually I'v read in both Bill Evan's biographies How My Heart Sings & Everything Happens to Me that in 1970 he stopped using heroin & started a methadone treatment & his life improved tremendously as a result. If you really know Bill's music one can see this.

[maquih]

@MrMelodius1

hmm i believe you, i dont know that much about bill's life to be honest. But i enjoy his older stuff just slightly more. maybe i mistake his drug induced inaccuracies for personal creativity? idk, he's definitely by far my favortie jazz pianist either way

[MrMelodius1]

@maquih Yeah I hear yah. I think Bill was less inspired during most of the 1970s. He seemed to be content with allowing Eddie Gomez to carry the weight of the performance. My two recommendations for 70s Evan's are Tokyo Concert & Since We Met. I do love the last trios The Paris Concert vol 1 & 2 & Turn Out the Stars live @ The Village Vanguard 1980. Even though the cocaine Bill had started using heavy sped things up considerably, Bill is definitely one of the greatest musicians of all time.

[MrMelodius1]

@ehanbameh1 What about the Tokyo Concert Album? I think the music on that is killing! especially the version of Gloria's Step.

[Deito25]

does anyone know or have any suspicions on who the drummer might be????

[Lorenzovic]

@Deito25

Not a suspicion, but a positiveness: it's Marty Morell...

[Deito25]

@Lorenzovic thanks

[ika1]

I feel like the form was loose in spots any thoughts

[ANTiRussia1]

@ika1 this is degradation of a Musician

[polkadots1234555]

@ANTiRussia1how is what he said degradation of a musician? it's people like you who make it hard for up-and-coming musicians to rise, you're dragging down the progression of music. by that i mean people who refuse to find any fault with big name people like bill evans on principle of who they are, not what they are playing. i am a huge bill evans fan and even though i might not agree with ika1, i feel that it's completely fair to question anyone's performance no matter how acclaimed they are.

[polkadots1234555]

@polkadots1234555 that being said, i really like this performance. don't get me wrong. i'm just sharing my generally philosophy on the way people look at music.

[ANTiRussia1]

@polkadots1234555 don't you see, don't you listen to what is playing is no relation to music, is no conjunction with the Bill Evans played the waltz for dabbie! ?

and who is Evans!? even Motzart degtradated at the end of his life. and who is Motzart?! even his Magistry Beetheven eclectically mixed styles at the end of his life ..

sorry my English

[polkadots1234555]

@ANTiRussia1 haha i think the word you might be looking for instead of degradation could be degeneration? because that would explain everything. degradation means something completely different and that's why i totally thought you were saying something else. now i know what you're saying because of your second comment. you chose the wrong word i think.

[ANTiRussia1]

@polkadots1234555 degeneration is too abusive word

[polkadots1234555]

@ANTiRussia1 not as abusive as degradation, i'm sorry. and at least it's the right word.

[reyalejandre]

BILL ES EL SEÑOR!!

[TheNhecks]

That drummer looks like Steve Gadd..... Might be him I dunno...

[millerbrandon12]

Haha, that's Marty Morell!

[luc0sugar1]

troppo forte quando Gomez si gira verso Bill Evans con aria sgomenta ma eccittata ,consapevole della intagibile grandezza del suo compagno....P.S. assolutamente una versione iperadrenalinica... si rischia di esplodere... godetevelo

[rowandrum]

Who`s the drummer on this one? I don`t recognize him. Excellent energy in the solo and good feel throughout.

[jonwest88]

Marty Morrel he and Eddie played with Bill for most of the 70's.

[hipponutsack]

i feel like bill's hands got fatter and fatter with age. lol...legend though.

[goldengab]

"Intutition" is one of his masterpiece, registered with Eddie Gomez (probably the bassist in this video) in one night recording session, so deeply emotional and powerful, especially tracks with Rodhes.

[FloodWaterStL]

Yes, this is Gomez in the video. Elsewhere on YouTube is this entire concert (4 songs total).

[BugzLooney]

Bill Evans rules! Keep coming back to this clip! My favorite artist of our century!!

[Machine217]

actually no

[963821]

They are really having fun, and so am i

[ChristianGastl]

wow, very nice rendition!!!

one thing i dont understand:

watch the recordings of this trio from '65 and "now" '72- there are "just" 7 years in between but look how evans looks MUCH older

[okdenny]

Not much to understand other than Heroin. In this set his hands look as if he is retaining water. Very puffy.

[ChristianGastl]

hi! .. i didnt know that he was hooked up with/ to (sorry.. im german^^) heroin.. thanks for the information

[MrWolfmantim]

Didn't Bill Evans drop heroin and switch to Cocaine in his last years?  His hands are very noticably puffy, I agree. Maybe a residual affect of the heroin?

[myhandhurts2]

i LOVE how the drums crept in at the start.

[beckybigbones]

Bill Evans is the MAN...BABY!!!

[BugzLooney]

yes and might I add, he is THE man!!

[ytbmasterx7]

こんな投げやりにピアノを奏でるエバンスは見たくなかった。とて­も悲しいです。

[jazz61021]

In the early 1970's I had the opportunity to hear Bill Evans at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, the jazz program was just starting, and now has won several DownBeat awards for small groups and large jazz ensembles. I think he was alone at the Saturday workshop, but the trio may have performed the night before. I don't remember!

[Zappafan1980]

God i love when Jazz Musicians sing along to what they play

These 3 Man oppened my Ears for Classic Trio Jazz

I want all the stuff they played from 1970 to 1976

[myhandhurts2]

Gomez has funky hair and Bill's hair grew out shit load man. but great music remains timeless, regardless of hairlength and funkiness. who's with me here?

[Deanluis]

Everyone was confused in the 70's, lol. However, jazz really evolved during this time, I think. I wish Bill would have never died at such an early age.

[Jaquzze]

Me. :P.

[nadirsharav]

Great! Amazing, overpowering, arouses inspiration!

[BugzLooney]

god nothing is more pure than bill for me

[kooldevil888]

Appreciate each trio for what it was.

[Jhd0358]

sound quality sucks

[cbasbwoy]

is that joe LaBarbra

[CARBAU57]

the name is Joe LaBarbera, but I don't know if it's him.

[cbasbwoy]

It's not him, it's Paul Motian I think.

[IntuitionDigression]

No, the drummer is Marty Morell and the bassist is Eddie Gomez

[CARBAU57]

Yes, Marty Morell. Thanks.

[ssminopoopy]

Nice uptempo. Who's the drummer? I think that's Eddie Gomez on bass?

[mndeg]

Does this seem rushed to anyone else? It's like he's not thinking about every note as he usually does. Or perhaps it's just a different style of playing.

[jazzpsalti]

It's so hard to pick your favorites with the BE trio, but I really like marty morrell (right?) on this print

right now I'm goin back to the classic trio and re-diggin that shit... but my longest standing favorite album is the last concert in germany with johnson and labarbera, just a cutting edge print front to back

[ernievizzo]

The Trio is: Evans, Lafaro, Motian. That's all.

[jazzpsalti]

haha, well. That isn't what BE said :)

[andaloudog]

Nope - this would be Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell. Scott LaFaro had died eleven years before this date, Motian left about two years after [or so]. Nice that you mentioned the classic trio though.

[ernievizzo]

Thanks man! I intended to say that the "Trio for excellence" is the one with Motian and LaFaro. I knew, obviously, that LaFaro had already died in an accident. I have all the CD of the Wonder Trio" Village Vanguarde and I love these musicians over all.

[pideltapi]

Lafaro was dead in 1972, it's Gomez

[sthaer]

There used to be a video from the same set of "How my heart sings" on the tubes. Where's it gone to?

[LonesomeSuzie]

Great upload Jane !

Thanks for sharing...

[MikeCogley]

Bill was clean from about 1970 to 1975. It show in this recoding of Gloria's Steps.

[mark919]

LaFaro's death at age twenty-five in a car accident, ten days after the Vanguard performances, devastated Evans. He did not record or perform in public again for several months. Cocaine became a serious and eventually fatal issue for Evans. His body finally gave out in September 1980, when, ravaged by psychoactive drugs, a perforated liver, and a lifelong battle with hepatitis, he died in New York City of a bleeding ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver and bronchial pneumonia.

[klop890]

This is the right stuff for me! Praise the Lord!

[klop890]

This is Evans in his best form!

[JonPhillipsMusic]

i agree misotoma, LaFaro was the best bassist Evans had. I almost exclusively listen to those four records they made with Paul Motian, the original Bill Evans Trio. I haven't heard Evans play a better version of Gloria's Step since.

[Ouellette1978]

THis tune is the absolute bomb, gotta love this!!!

[misotoma]

i.m.o. the village vangaurd recording, bill evnas had more depth in his music, maybe it's b/c when Lafaro died everything changed.. Gomez is completely diff. from Lafaro but Lafaro composed this song.. he was, to my respect, the best bassist of Evans' trio.

[b30307]

This is the hardest I've ever heard this tune swing!

Gomez solo was really good;inventive, tho'Evans seems to cut him short a little.

Of course, Bill would also play tunes harder and faster if he didn't like the house piano-so I've heard.

[BugzLooney]

Great stuff man for sure, seems though like he might be giving Evans the cue to come back in doesn't it?

[BigFatCroco]

he's my hero! The coolest man that ever lived on earth!

[paulibaer]

IMHO Gomez is much better than Johnson

[Steviec63]

I think the sound here is very much like the Village Vanguard recording with LaFaro. From this recording I'd say Gomez & LaFaro were pretty similar. Must check out more.

[milessmiles04]

gomez is just baked. the guys just ripped. wicked

[LSDpeasantry]

late bill evans has such a presence

[chungiemunchin]

That's Marty Morrell on the drums.

[kfb2112]

STEVE GADD ON DRUMS!?!? LOL JK

[DeRauser]

Eddie Gomez looks like Eric Huele! Hahaha...

[DopplegangerLv21]

my favorite trio was definetly with lafaro and motian. lafaro is probably my favorite bass player of all time, what a loss to the world that he died so damn young

[noybyah]

Yes!!!...I agree. Scott Lafaro was a true innovator.that trio was the best, three people of one mind

[Lottolearnstrings]

totally.

Makes me sad.

And such a good composition!

[Ouellette1978]

Eddie is real good but Marc Johnson is just better, the Johnson, LaBarbera trio was tops

[joebassplayer]

scott would have been proud of eddie

[jiggity99]

damn he was good...How can someone make something so difficult sound so easy?

[jazkat2]

Great Shit People

[tanlelahue]

Thanks... yeah.. that is Morell

[tanlelahue]

It is great playing.... Bill, Eddie and Nacho Libre... (?) Who's the Drummer ?

[Roomytomcat]

WHO'S LIKE BILL EVANS??? That's a singular style...

[bobnrio]

Drummer is Marty Morell

[JelleStereoSound]

you kinda have a point there,

i guess it's Gomez himself

[hateaters]

The best part is the hair- and the stoned Eddie Gomez.

[ehanbameh1]

@hateaters LOL~

[rayjr62]

@hateaters Check out Bill's puffy looking hands. . . he was retaining water. . already a sign that his liver was starting to give him problems. . . within 8 years he would be dead- I am surprised that he could still play in 1972, when you consider all the drugs and booze he was doing.

[Auraruth8]

@rayjr62 he became better every year until his death surprisingly.

[Belerofonte666]

Thanks for sharing

[JelleStereoSound]

Who is singing along with Eddie Gomez's solo?

[middlebit]

Really, who do you think is singing along in the same rhythm as his improvised solo?

[genuineIntel]

...a "dry" club performed gloria's step

[ladkfjsdlfj]

i do believe that to be Marty Morell

[jjazz22]

Who's the drummer?

[varonva]

I think is Steve Gad

[takauya]

hahaha

[twelveblocks]

This is great stuff! Thanks.

[salmonroll]

Thanks for posting. RIP Scott LaFaro.

[Trumpetplayer60076]

GREAT recording!! Thanks so much for posting.

[cannibiskid]

nice

[tintyinky]

Eddie Gomez does the Scott LaFaro tune justice. Strong playing all around!

[bill283]

when i die, the first person i better see in heaven is Bill Evans

[playtunes]

Good quality video of a truely great trio -- this group will live forever. Thanks again for such great postings. Have subscribed.

[jane8948]

thanks. enjoy it.i didn't expect brubeck can be so young.of course it's because it's early time in his life.can't imagine those giants even young.

[jgpanta]

brubeck? that is Bill Evans.

[Modernjazz1]

classic tune by the great Scott LaFaro. the Bill Evans trio with eddie gomez and marty morrell was brilliant, they were really swinging here.

[jane8948]

thanks for the cast detail.