Bill Evans - Some Other Time

[uneedtherapy42]

careful here... this guys tone is liable to become your entire life!

[jfiske44]

This is the version on Blue in Greene (Live). Love it.

[ensemble10]

Well, we know that Miles said he learned more from Evans then any other musician. I think that says it all.

[thasuperdutchman]

Beautiful

[igormashine]

How much of Evans material did Miles Davis use and how big was his influence by Evans? I dont know much about that.

[rmac1042]

@igormashine As I've stated in a response last year, I had a one-on-one 3 hour conversation with Bill at his motel in L.A. on his second visit to L.A. and Shelly's Manne-Hole. I asked him point-blank during our conversation, "Bill, did you write both "Blue And Green" and "Flamenco Sketches?"; his reply was simply, "Yes". I think Miles took writer's credit for many tunes by sidemen over the years; this doesn't detract from his genius or musicianship... these things just happened in those days.

[prettybettysue1]

@rmac1042 You are one lucky man to have met him. I am a new and awestruck fan already! I wsih I could ve married him and listened to him day in and day out. LOL

[roflattheworld]

@rmac1042 Although Bill Evans likely didn't need it, if a musician wanted a song to fly, then you didn't want some relatively unknown sideman as credited with its composition - but everyone would listen to a Miles Davis tune... it's fairly typical because of that...

[rmac1042]

@roflattheworld Most of my fellow musicians--and most of the heavies--never approved of this practise, partially because they never received any meaningful monetary compensation for their efforts. I've had 45 years experience in this industry to know how this system operated.

[exjazzbassbaz]

bill was totally unique.one of a handful of people that could make you cry after a few bars of a ballad.yet he could swing with the best.bill evans left us too soon. lucky for us all this wonderful music is here.thanks to utube.

[versinsii]

Jazz is not theoretical.

[igormashine]

@versinsii sometimes :-)

[paulb7]

@versinsii It is in the sense that you have to know the rules before you can break them.

[ssg263]

great version however this is not the version from "Everybody Digs Bill Evans"

[multipianogod]

this is very similar to flamenco sketches

[MrSimonEskildsen]

@multipianogod Listen to peace piece then

Bill practically wrote Flamenco Sketches and he definately wrote Blue in Green

[Cinebite]

@multipianogod Sorry to be a snob, but Bill Evans played the piano for Kind of Blue, so it was intentional.

[gonzowannabe]

@multipianogod Actually, Flamenco Sketches is very similar to this. Evans was jammin on Bernstein's "Some Other Time" and got the idea for "Peace Piece," which Miles liked (dug?), and used on Kind o Blue a year later as "Flamenco Sketches."

[echadmeir]

just wonderful

[mark3harris]

i remember the first time i heard this piece.....i was 16 years old, and it touched me very deeply.....a tear manages to well up everytime i hear it...i'm planning on doing a solo bass arrangement of it in the near future....thanx for for posting this...

[shenanitracks]

i love bill evans music, im only 16, i own one of his records..going to buy as many as i can find, he is amazing

[kidsbikes]

Can anybody point me in the right direction for guitar and music resources for playing jazz like this? even just the theory...

[bdang94]

@kidsbikes

The best thing you can do for yourself is to try to figure it out for yourself by ear. This can be very challenging and time consuming when you first startoff. Otherwise, I'd find a teacher if you can. If you can't, just google some books.

The most important thing is to listen to lots of jazz (and to try to figure it out for yourself)

[DobroDoug]

I wish my paintings could reach this depth...

[Bagas]

Very Satie-like

[sdidovich1]

tune written not by bill but leonard bernstein betty comden and adolph

green

[penlint]

I love this song and played soo beautifully by Mr Evans. I totally agree with the previous comment... Thanks for posting! Love Jane Monheit's  vocal version too!

[BigDummy2U]

amen quigonpaj, I could,nt agree with you more.

[soulsamaful]

lindo lindo!!! na minha opiniao uma das melhores dele

[Sal1675]

Really is a masterpiece of enormous consequences - Bill Evans was the unspeakable giant behind Miles and he never got the accolades he truly deserved - in life nor in death

Beautiful beautiful music

[brucereid1098]

very good verry good

[ManagerGuy1]

So beautiful! Both Bill's playing and this tune - made for each other. Thank you!

[hmlarrain]

Bill Evans was supposed to play one night in Montmatre Hus, in Copenhagen. I made the long cue outside the place and waited for one hour. Suddenly, the owner of the local appeared and gave excuses because Bill did not felt quite well to perform that night. He died few days later...But he lives in our ears, hearts and minds.

[bobke114]

Bills music is my 'quiet time" each day and I really appreciate that.I regret that I never saw him live.

[BigDummy2U]

Bill Evans has got to be one of the best pianoist ever.

[EGomezbest]

I just wrote a great comment. Tune ends. Quickly goes to Jimmy Cleveland and my words of wisdom for earth to remember, lost. Please fix this YouTube? Why wouldn't you fix it for the loyal fans of EGomezbest! I'll be on top of you now! It was a major disappointment perhaps caused by computer but we all know that is huge excuse for audio engineer. Kevin Callihan or EGomezbest.

[Chdrapkin1]

with Sam Jones on bass

and Philly Joe Jones on drums

[nonnopirro52]

@Chdrapkin1 Thank you

[jloch85]

first few bars sound like flamenco sketches

[bluemoonomen]

What a beautiful song. 

[booj101]

@hllucas ironic that this album is called everybody "digs" bill evans. hard to believe such brilliance would consort with such vocabulary!

[guyleclairemusic]

Bill up there somewhere, it has saved me from time to time...

Happy New Year Mate!

[TwoMunchuTwo]

Beethoven is supposed to have said Only what comes from the heart goes TO the heart. Thanks Bill, you always understood that.

[booj101]

@45onelove45 you need to take another few listens to thelonious, bruh!

[johnsoncm65]

One of the great things about Bill Evans' playing is that he was apparently always in search of a more beautiful expression to play.

[sannervosa]

Agreeded, 45onelove45.

[sean759]

I wanna know who in the hell could dislike this!!??

[LiedVonDerErdite]

Thelonius Monk was one of the greatest jazz tune writers, but poor at improvising. He basically just played the chord changes. Still, those tunes alone fueled a lot of jazz, then and for decades later. There really has never been anything else remotely like them. Bill Evans wrote only a few tunes (including "Bill's Hit Tune"!); he instead specialized in taking American show tunes and milking unbelievable amounts of feeling from them, even while he was committing "the world's longest suicide."

[MrAkihiros]

@LiedVonDerErdite 'The world's longest suicide?' are you refering to his heroin addiction?

[uhmfar]

@MrAkihiros

And everything else. It was was Bill's addiction to blow that finished him off. The "World's Longest Suicide" was applied to Flann O'Brien, a very different artist, but equally as great and tormented.,

[MrAkihiros]

@uhmfar Well said.

[SuzzyStohelit]

@uhmfar Said,> a very different artist, but equally as great and tormented.,

This seems to be a requirement in most artists, it is an interesting reply and true of

millions. Blues are the most powerful substance of abuse in the world

[budlives]

@LiedVonDerErdite Monk was one of the greatest and most original improvisers. He did far more than just play the changes. Come to a Barry Harris class and he will show you. He really opened my mind.

[LiedVonDerErdite]

When one looks at the full lyrics, it seems it was quite comical in "On the Town", e.g. HILDY: Didn't get half my wishes, Never have seen you dry the dishes. Oh, well, we'll catch up Some other time. Can't satisfy my craving, Never have watched you while you're shaving. Oh, well, we'll catch up Some other time. OZZIE: Haven't had time to wake up, Seeing you there without your make-up. Oh, well, we'll catch up Some other time. but I'll take Bill's loving/melancholy version every time!

[carbone1957]

Una song dove è facile vedere le foglie cadere nell'autunno. Il miracolo di Bill è farle tornare all'albero, ben fisse. Per sempre.

[jules0659]

I used to listen to Bill Evans in the seventies, but had forgotten what an outstanding genius he was.

[tsi2568]

So beautiful...I love it!

[margot980]

so lovely, starts out just like Peace Peace, which did he record first?

[opickazezoo]

So phenomenal! Always touches my mind and soul as if I heard it for the first time. Love Bill!

[MrRickywallace]

@45onelove45 I agree. Bill was a great pianist and artist. Monk was a great artist, but not pianist. The Holy Trinity of Jazz Piano remains: Tatum, Peterson, Evans.

[ocnoreen]

Such a sweet tune..

[oldbump]

Bill breaks my heart.

[andreadutra]

a balm for the noisy soul of nowadays

[BigDummy2U]

the along came Bill!!!!!

[quigonpaj]

anyone know where to pick up an mp3 version of this? or where and when this was recorded, and if it is on any album? I would kill to have this on my iPod.

[spadge1able]

again great stuff & easy to follow.transparently good & tender.

[thath09]

i love the splash of applause at the end

[Bdeck2010jazz]

The Beginning of this song sounds very similar to miles davis' flemanco sketches, another great song Mr. Evans plays on.

[JmansterJ1806]

@Bdeck2010jazz Evans should receive most of the writing credit for that chart and "Blue in Green" which is based on "Peace Piece", an earlier Evans tune. All explained in the liner notes from one of the many reissues.

[WwWGraff]

@Bdeck2010jazz Bill evans played flamenco sketches next to Miles davis in Kind of Blue.

[oldbump]

Whatever was wrong with Bill is wrong with me. Except the guy could play piano a bit better than I.

[RawBiznasProductions]

This turned into a Miles Davis piece did it not?

[anandanaga999]

Like a little kitty, coming to me each day.. Lingering....unafraid as i watered the lawn..

Just being near- that's what we both wanted. Don't mind the uncertainties, the Dangers....Just to be together..I told you 'You are my Best Buddy of All Time' -ut you never knew how much deeper than this I loved you.....But, you went awat..and yet you never will.

[ChadizzleFoshizzle]

@anandanaga999 really, all these emotions for a kitty?

[anandanaga999]

the notes which issue from our Hearts ans well as Minds..How they differ when expressing Love ..Lonliness or Fear.Joy, and some people unfortunatelly , some never hear

the loving Joy in all.

[paxwallacejazz]

God I love you tube. It's helped me rediscover and reconnect with the deeply introverted and spare zen Evans . Wow

[winawer64]

Beautiful.

[iiNDiTC]

beautiful...i heard this tune from flamenco sketches featuring the talented davis,coltrane, adderley...than I listened to peace piece...and finally i made my way to this...working backwards can be a wonderful thing sometimes!

[tsi2568]

Wow. Bill Evans is one of my favorite piano players. He just touches my soul in a way that almost noone else does.

[929charlene]

Lovely.

[99dancini]

Thelonius talked a lot but didn't say nearly as much as Bill Evans did--in just one chord.

[jlev412]

It's not that complicated. There's no deception, no erroneous info. The artist is Bill Evans. The tune is "Some Other Time." (Yes, penned by Bernstein..)

[cpynch]

Absolutely beautiful

[99dancini]

As a human being, Bill Evans was sincere and gentle.  As a musician, he was the greatest jazz pianist--ever.

[cpynch]

I gotta give it to Thelonius :D

Bill is a close second tho

[quigonpaj]

There is no piece of music that touches my soul in the way that this one does. On a rainy day, on a sunny day, on a winter day, I can peer out my window at the world while listening to this tune and smile from the depths of my being knowing that life is indeed good. Thank you Bill Evans.

[nicolasidm1]

_+1000 me too.

[cpynch]

Couldn't of said it better myself.

[Freddyking09]

@quigonpaj What a beautiful way to expres your self just lovely :)

[bangbaba2]

@quigonpaj :)

[vagif330]

@quigonpaj Still if you want to listen another, the most beautiful performance of this song, find it on the albums VANGUARD SESSION BILL EVANS. You may write me: vagif_seidov@mail.ru

[malilacreuse]

sensibilite rare c était bill evans !!

[ksioyeah]

WOW

[JMSwaine]

WOW...this is deep!

[DunhillHilton]

Pure poetry.

[sbrownie]

'oh well....we'll catch up...some other time'

damn...they don't write songs like that anymore...

thank you!

[francotenelli]

sure Leonid Berstein's song is great but Bill made it is own

[warwolfii]

@sbrownie Hahaha.....you're right. They don't write songs AT ALL anymore.

[LAballin24]

So rich...so smooth

[bennykanny]

Damn, I've been looking for this peace for so many years. I first heard it in a movie by Bo Widerberg. Then sort of had it in the back of my mind as soon I got some sort of reminder. Anyhow the film is titled Love '65. Go see it. Its influenced by 60's New wave, Antonioni, Fellini and so on.

[d2theutchgold2]

'Everybody Digs Bill Evans'.

[sitarnut]

Glen Gould said Evans was the only Jazz Pianist who knew how to extract the proper tone from a grand.

[mylighthouse10]

Where has the time all gone to?

Haven't done half the things we want to.

Oh, well, we'll catch up

Some other time

This day was just a token,

Too many words are still unspoken.

Oh, well, we'll catch up

Some other time.

[suzettegm]

Dig...

[snaaptaker]

Dug...

[suzettegm]

Done!

[snaaptaker]

Duh!!

[cpirozzijr]

The "MAN"is absolutely the best He obtains the best possible sound as if it was the best choice of sounds possible at that moment .Sheer Beauty for the ages.

[Louie800]

Some Other Time....One of the most beautiful song ever written and with Bill Evans playing,it s a treasure...LOVE IT..love it.

[snaaptaker]

Wow, this is a pleasant surprise. I don't think I've ever heard this version. It was not on the original LP, "Everybody Digs...". The recording I have is the LP "Conception", and it was a solo performance done in 1958, at the same session that he did "Peace Piece".

Does anyone know which album this version was originally on?

[GozTheGreat]

It think, not sure, it's Gomez on bass and Morrell on drums (not the "Village Vanguard" cover with LaFaro and Motian).

[99dancini]

This version is on both "Portraiture" and "Autumn Leaves." There is some question about these two recordings--actual recording dates and personnel.

[snaaptaker]

Thanks,but I've never heard of either of those albums. Perhaps they're anthologies, or maybe LPs that had their titles changed when they were re-issued as CDs (e.g., "Polkadots and Moonbeams" was changed to just "Moonbeams" on the CD).

Oh, well, maybe I'll just have to dig through my LPs and try to find it.

Or maybe not.....

[jazzman2ez]

Bill Evans...Wow...one of the Jazz Gods...

[Gatsby49fr]

Bill EVANS un des dieux du jazz, j'suis complètement d'accord !!!!!!!!!  François PERROT from France

[Jazzman303]

This is actually a Rodgers and Hammerstein...

I can also imagine this is where He and Miles got the inspiration for Flamenco Sketches..

[jaymusic143]

JAZZMAN 303- you're absolutely right. Miles actually wanted to record Bill's "Peace Piece" (which was just what the intro here is, but Bill improving over only the two chords). Bill instead suggested that they take the progression and do it in several tonal centers, etc., thus "Flamenco Sketches" was born True story!

[DannyHiggs]

Slight correction. It's not Rodgers and Hammerstein, it's Leonard Bernstein. It's from "On the Town." Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

[jaymusic143]

Incorrect.  The music of "Some Other Time" was composed by Leonard Bernstein for the show "O THE TOWN". (lyrics by Comden-Green) You can look it up!

[Crus072]

yeah you can read in on this page too.. some posts ago.. thanks though.

[60otaku2]

Crus072,

thank you for sharing this!

This is one of my favorites by Bill's performance.

Otaku2^^