Bill Evans: Treasures from Denmark (1965-9)
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Record Store Day created excitement for record lovers this year, as it did in previous years. If you are a Bill Evans fan like me, Bill Evans, Treasures: Solo, Trio and Orchestra Recordings from Denmark (1965-1969), which will be released on April 22 via Elemental Music label, will immediately attract your attention, among the albums announced to be released on this special day. This important archival recording will be released a limited 180-gram three-LP set mastered by Bernie Grundman on April 22. The album will be issued as a two-CD set and digitally on April 28.
As pianist Matthew Shipp said, “When you think of a piano trio, it’s impossible not to think of Bill Evans, just impossible.” the words are very true. I definitely agree. Ran Blake, one of the piano veteran, adds the following explanation, which I quite liked: “Bill Evans was like a living example of French impressionism: the sounds of the sea, the west coast of France, the richness of the sounds he nurtured. His interaction with other musicians was extraordinary, the incredible ideas he gives”.
Evans is a pianist who will forever protect his throne he deserve in the pantheon of modern jazz pianists. And being able to listen to a recording of Evans or add it to his archive is always valuable for a jazz archivist.
The collection, which compiles music that has gone unheard since its debut on Danish radio, succeeds Elemental’s widely praised 2021 Evans set Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings. It is the tenth collection of hitherto unheard music by the pianist authorized by the Bill Evans Estate and produced by Zev Feldman, a partner in Elemental and the award-winning music archeologist known as “the Jazz Detective.”
In the Deluxe Set are included introduction by Evans’ music guru, The Wall Street Journal writer Marc Myers, new interviews with trio members Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell who worked with Evans from 1968 to 1974, Danish musicians Palle Mikkelborg and Alex Riel, and producer Peter Larsen and pianists Matthew Shipp and Ran Blake.
The performances in the first side of first vinyl was recorded at Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, 31 October 1965, and the second side at Slotsmarksskolen, Holbæk on 28 November 1965.
The performances in second vinyl was recorded at Danmarks Radio, The Radiohouse, Copenhagen, late November 1965 and TV City, Copenhagen, November 1969.
The performances in third vinyl was recorded at Danmarks Radio, The Radiohouse, Stockholm, late October, 1966 and Stakladen, Aarhus, Denmark, November 21, 1969.
Feldman says, “Treasures comes as a result of the great investigative work of my co-producers, Jordi Soley and Carlos Agustín Calembert of Elemental Music, who spent a tremendous amount of time scouring various Danish archives for lost tapes. None of these recordings has ever been released before. They are being heard for the very first time since the original radio broadcasts that aired in the 1960s.”
While waiting for the album I’m looking very much forward to the release date, I remember Brian Priestley’s words: “There will never be enough Bill Evans for me.” My opinion about which Bill Evans’ album is his best is clear: “It is very difficult to choose, but it is probably in the depths of the archive that we have not had the opportunity to listen to yet”.
Because for us, music lovers who want to listen to every moment Evans touches the keys, each piece of music we hear can be more impressive than the previous one. We don’t want to miss the opportunity.
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