Bill Evans Trio - Some Day My Prince Will Come - 19 Mar 65 (9 of 11)

[donkeykongnumber9]

Too all who commented on my 'no dope, no soul' comment I was really half joking....Of course you can play great and soulful music without drugs. My main point , to all the people that work for NA in here, is that for many artists, drugs & drink were just part of who they were, plain and simple. For as much as drugs may have hampered their work, they just as much were the muse for great works. How could Amy Winehouse ever written Rehab, or Coleridge his Opium induced poetic visions? blaaaaaaa

[DajaWaja]

dios loco....bill evansss que amo

[kirksiesz]

@donkeykongnumber9 The fascination with that self-destruction that makes you say "no dope, no soul" comes from the same place inside a person that came from inside Evans as he slowly killed himself for two decades. Dope was not a part of who Evans was, but insecurity was, and dope addiction was a search for escape from that. It magnified his worst traits, his ego, and hurt himself, others, and the world, as the naive look at him with ignorance, think that dope made him who he was, and follow.

[kenjames64]

@kirksiesz Yes, exactly. Thank you.

[Laffedude]

@kirksiesz Well, i didn't know Evans, but good Sir, i do concur !!

[ELobodeStepario]

A brilliant Example what a genius musician can make of a simple Disneysong

[donkeykongnumber9]

A true original, smoothest, most soulful sound. I don't care what anyone says too, no dope, no soul.

[kenjames64]

@donkeykongnumber9 Really? Evans played better because he was a junkie. Tell that to Ella, Duke, Mr. Basie, Sarah V., Smokey Robinson, David Gray, Johnny Hodges, Teddy Wilson, and the countless other artists who managed to avoid Bird's trap and create indelible works of art without opiates. Who knows what heights Evans would have risen to if he'd kicked in the mid 60s and avoided the embarrassing self-imitation and creative stagnation that would mark so much of his post mid-60s career.

[donkeykongnumber9]

@kenjames64 I can name literally 5 jazz, funk soul, rock musicians from this era who had some form of substance abuse for every 1 you can name who was 'clean'. There is also a high correlation in every form of the arts between artists, drugs and drink. I'm not really endorsing drug use, it's great if a musician, author, etc can avoid it, but for many it was just part of who they were and their art and to negate the fact is revisionist. Just appreciate what they left us. They chose that road...

[kirksiesz]

@donkeykongnumber9 Correlation does not suggest cause and effect. My belief is that many people, especially the excessively intrapersonal, have a fragile nature due to obsession with self fulfillment and introspection. It is an Achilles heel with which greater traits contrast. Evans had soul, and the needle was nothing but a weapon of self-destruction for an insecure soul.

[bigwm]

@donkeykongnumber9 I can't disagree more. How about if all the great musicians we revere had NOT been destroyed by drugs? How much MORE of a legacy would the likes of Bill Evans, Miles, Hendrix, Jaco, Donny Hathaway(manic depression) Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse. How much more great music they would have made? There are many times more musicians who have been clean and left a great legacy, so I for one refute that comment wholeheartedly!!!

[donkeykongnumber9]

@bigwm Miles Davis? Are you kidding me? He lived to a nice old age and left one of the biggest discographies ever. And I really believe dope influenced his sound at one point. Bill Evans also has a bigger discography than most know as well. Woulda, shoulda, coulda, perhaps if they lived longer they would have faded away as sub par irrelevant obscure musicians who were only a shadow of what they once were in their prime. This thread has practically turned into an NA/AA rant.

[donkeykongnumber9]

@bigwm They did drugs, nobody put a gun to their head and made them do it. They knew the risks. Get over it. Oh and be thankful for the great great works of art that they did leave us, that will live on forever.

[Lillars]

Fabuleux ! Merci !

[MichaelHTillman]

He's the Spock of the piano, a laser of a musician. It's mesmerizing to watch him concentrate.

[jtimmy6]

@MichaelHTillman, I was struck by the same thing. His focus on this one is astounding.

[benekire]

At his best ...



[TheGaetano62]

best 3/4 in jazz ever

[jonboch123]

probably my favorite left hand besides mccoy

[powamypow]

Love this so much

[afrosheen6]

The drummer is a brush master...

[wortism]

unbelievable.

[wortism]

unbelieveable.

[Magnetsinmyback]

he is the best

[therealdealahhyee]

im straight diggin

[DB1815]

Man, bill's solo is just too good...

[DAVIDAPPLE]

really great jazz piano- terrific

[EndlessMagic]

i think the best swing in this world is Bill Evan's

[IAmAlexJM]

I hate to see him without LaFaro and Motian, but he never once diminished musically. Incredible.

[kenjames64]

@IAmAlexJM I dunno. I've always thought that first trio was the greatest of all. It probably was, but once I get that sound out of my head (you know, the Village Vanguard sound), I realize what a genius Chuck Israels is, and what a masterful drummer Bunker is.

[giopagoda]

@kenjames64 All Evans' trios are great, but I also think LaFaro was the best bassist in the group (and Motian the drummer). Israels is a bit too traditional to me (when compared to LaFaro), and Gomez is too "fusionesque" if you know what I mean. LaFaro was the perfect combination of innovation and tradition in the group. But all Bill Evans' trios are wonderful!

[spadge1able]

flowingly good trio as always headed by the master himself. nice!!!!!

[dannyvsscience]

The audience looks so bored!

[TheGaetano62]

fenomenal sense of swing

[nant2009]

Piano come to have heart, if Bill play it.(by japanese fun)

drum is nice too.

[chriskelsh]

A fuckin' genius... amazing genius