Bill Evans | Sunday at the Village Vanguard

[mytbusso]

It truly is about the music. I just bought Lafaro's biography written by his younger sister and it is a great read along with Evans bio. These guys broke new ground. I don't know why people have to argue about something that is intrinsically beautiful. This is a living history that continues to evolve to this day in the hearts of artists everywhere.

[ManagerGuy1]

I stand by my original comment - enough of YOU. Do you really think that people tune YOU in? You Sir are not a well known person so why should we listen to your comments as if they were true? Bill is dead, you can say anything you wish - and I would suspect that most of your remarks are pure BS. Perhaps you think you make yourself "important" - well, at least you are in your own mind. Keep selling yourself, but I'm not buying.

[LaNoire27]

Thank you for posting this! I have been a fan of Bill Evans since I first heard

Gloria's Step the age of 16. There is something magical about the music on

Sunday at the Village Vanguard. This is my most prized possession!

[carbone1957]

re:person I know

[marshmallowwar]

thanks for uploading, I've been listening to this album so much lately and it's so far before my time that I wanted to know more about this band. Sad to lose such a brilliant bassist in his youth. Learned a lot!

...and ManagerGuy1, I don't think the guy in the video is concerned about selling more records... more like telling his story about the album

[ManagerGuy1]

u sell too hard. let the audience hear more of the artist - not you "selling".. you will get the sales based on the artist talent, bill evan etc. you do not sell mr jazz producer - i got so sick of looking at and listening to you that i dumped off this site - and i love bill evans.

[BorysPomianek]

@ManagerGuy1 The whole point of the video is to listen to the guy talk about these old sessions. Sure it promotes a reissue series but nobody cheated you into listening to him by promising free music.

If you want to listen to Bill Evans, get the album - new or old release and stop watching videos.

The rest of us heard this album many times and are interested in higher quality or previously unreleased material including all kinds of insights from people who where involved.

[pierofocaccia]

Thanks for the video. I listen to that album in the early seventies for the first time and it stayed with me since then

[snaaptaker]

I don't know why Keepnews only refers to the one album. There were actually three LPs that came out of that session. The second LP was "Waltz for Debby".

And, eventually (years later), they finally released "More from the Vanguard" (alternate takes).

All three are wonderful.

[oldschoolruler]

@snaaptaker he refers to this album because this is the album in question. YES, all three are wonderful...but this interview is a nice backdrop to the essential 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard' and the tragic loss of LaFaro. I think this is great, coming from the man who said, 'yes, let's record these dates' and the thinking that went into the process. Historically, there's nothing like a primary source.

[JazzVideoGuy]

Very very well done.

This is the sort of "documentary" that drives me to buy the music!

Will there be more?

[aarfeld]

@JazzVideoGuy: There are a number of interviews in this series of Mr. Keepnews about the various projects that he produced. Type his name into the search window and it should bring them all up.