Stephen Sheffield/Marsalis Music They wrote to say they had interviewed Evans back in 1976 on a radio station in Madison, Wis., and asked if I wanted to hear it. “Turn Out the Stars” is one of those that makes a good structural study, of cycles, especially in moving around II-V-I cycles in terms of tri-tones, no? (What a great Bach interpreter he was!) August 1, 2001 Guitarist Jim Hall's career spanned five decades. American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis sits with his horn during a studio recording session, October 1959. The music, the result of exhaustive archival and restoration work, adds new details to one of America's richest musical traditions. I’m also in the process of buying back my albums from many of the record companies I’ve recorded with over the years and am planning to re- release them under my own label: Redux Records — as well as marketing my Forward Motion book myself. HG: No, I never transcribed any of his solos. Some of my other models, Dizzy, Bird, and especially Sonny Rollins “played with good time.” They were subdividers and played their lines anywhere within the flow of time — in other words, on top, in the middle and behind the beat. I would later get the chance to work with Dave on numerous recording sessions in New York. May 5, 2008 For jazz musicians, playing at the Village Vanguard is a special event. Main
[Photo above of James Farber in Madison, Wis., in 1976] “Growing up best friends in Springfield, N.J., Larry and I shared a love of music and radio. How can you not bring your best stuff, knowing who brought theirs before?
A few weeks ago I received an email from two ardent Bill Evans fans—James Farber and Larry Goldberg. Hanging out with these jazz cats was a real thrill for us. Their interview was highly revealing about Evans's personality and sense of humor, and the fidelity was terrific. My favorite kind of playing. The music was so intense and on such a high level, I had to take a rest from them. hide caption. This creates a static perception of harmony.
We went into shock. Branford Marsalis (left) and Joey Calderazzo. That made me feel a lot better. It really hit me while listening to his “Practice Tape #1,” where, after working on his voice leading for a while, he slips into Bach’s “Art of the Fugue” then switches back to his voicing work. 14, 1976, at radio station WORT-FM in Madison, Wis., being interviewed by James Farber and Larry Goldberg: Posted by Marc Myers at 12:05 AM | Permalink, Tags: Bill seemed to appreciate the fact that we were familiar with his music and dug it. It was great to have him as co-host of the show. (I think I answered that above.) I said I'd be happy to and, if I loved it and the sound was clean, I'd be most interested in hosting the clip and sharing their story at JazzWax.
Now an accomplished pianist and singer in her own right, she shares a small selection of her favorite trio, duet, and solo recordings. Sort of a musical “Roshamon”, where each player will discuss from their perspective what the other played at certain spot and how they were reacted to. It took me months to finally nerve myself up to listen to the last three CDs of the sets. To record there is a rite of passage. For example, Tommy Flanagan, Sonny Stitt. Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images “A day after our interview, I attended the concert sound check, since, in addition to knowing the promoter, I now knew Bill, and Larry was the concert sound mixer.
hide caption. Hal, can you tell us the very first time you heard Bill Evans? It was a revelatory realization!