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Bill Evans

Title: Complete Live at Ronnie Scott's 1980 (2CD)

Label: Gambit

Cat No:69242
Format:CD

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This Gambit mid-price, double CD reissues two famous, long-unavailable live sets by the Bill Evans Trio recorded at Ronnie Scott’s Club in July and August 1980. Evans died on September 15th of that year, so these are not only his last UK concerts but among a small number of recorded concerts he would ever give. The French jazz critic and enthusiast Francis Paudras, who played such a fundamental role in the life of pianist Bud Powell, was present during Evans’ performances at the club and perfectly sums up these recordings :

“Bill’s nights at Ronnie Scott’s were always magnificent. Bill always loved being back in that hearty place, and the quality of those audiences must have greatly contributed to the musical success of these memorable evenings .….All night long, music burst out, like fireworks making some kind of apotheosis for this group that played so well together. Anyway, didn’t Bill used to say that this trio with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera was strangely similar to the first one with Scott Lafaro and Paul Motian? This brilliant music was actually the product of a partnership ruled by love and respect. With a foremost and golden rule: being tuned into others… The last night on August 2nd, 1980 was electrical as well as passionate. It came as a musical consecration for two wonderful weeks at Ronnie Scott’s.” Francis Paudras.

Track Listing for Complete Live at Ronnie Scott's 1980 (2CD)
CD1
1. Emily
2. Days of Wine and Roses
3. Knit For Mary F.
4. Like Someone In Love
5. Your Story
6. Stella By Starlight
7. My Man’s Gone Now
8. Letter To Evan

CD2
1. I Do It For You Love
2. Turn Out The Stars
3. My Romance
4. Laurie
5. The Two Lonely People
6. Peau Douce
7. But Beautiful

Reviews

Jazz Journal - Barry McRae

Those who were at Ronnie's back in 1980 should be at the front of the queue for this album. The fact that it plays for almost one hundred minutes is merely further bonus.

Jazzwise - Keith Shadwick

Sheer enthusiasm and sparkle, and there's plenty of that. This trio was a beautifully integrated unit and Evans clearly relished playing with them. This 2-CD helping pretty much wraps the Ronnie's material up. ***

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