Jazz Masters: Bill Evans Trio in Helsinki (1970 Live Video)

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    Jazz Masters:

    Bill Evans Trio in Helsinki (1970 Live Video)

    Bill Evans and his trio played at Ilkka Kuusisto’s house in Lauttasaari, Helsinki (Finland).

    0:00 Interview 2:54 Emily 8:18 Interview 11:50 Alfie 16:58 Interview 21:09 Nardis

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    The Bill Evans Trio:

    Bill Evans, piano; Eddie Gomez, acoustic double bass; Marty Morell, drums.

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    Ilkka Kuusisto is a Finnish composer, and his two sons are famous violinists. Ilkka played some jazz on his spare time. His son Pekka Kuusisto is the first Finnish violinist who has won the Sibelius violin contest.

    Pekka has also played with, for example, finnish jazz trio Trio Töykeät, with Iiro Rantala playing the piano. Iiro is one of Finland’s greatest jazz pianists. And has a great sense of humour. His current trio has a guitar player and a beatbox. Yes, a beatbox! That’s crazy, but somehow it works. Yes, I was in heaven when I happened to turn on my TV last summer. I couldn’t believe that this video existed, or that Bill had even been to Finland!

    “Of course he travelled to Sweden many times, and that’s obvious, because we [the Finnish people] always lose to Sweden in some way. May it be ice hockey or sense of fashion. The best thing about this video might be the fact how happy Bill seems to be. He’s joking and smiling. With the performances, you can sense there’s a bit of tension in the air, but when the last piece, Nardis, ends, people start to clap and Bill cannot help smiling. That’s mega-awesome.

    Unfortunately, there are few seconds missing in that YouTube clip, but you get the idea. Before the 1970 footage, YLE showed a new Ilkka Kuusisto interview, where Ilkka told about Evans’ trio coming to visit his house. The grand piano was brand new, and Evans liked it. Bill gave Ilkka the At The Montreaux Jazz Festival vinyl [album] as a present. Ilkka also told that he liked Bill’s touch on the piano, and that Bill’s playing was always on a high level.

    In the audience there’s some Finnish jazz people, and I happen to know one of them! Jukka Haavisto is a vibrafonist, who’s in his late 70s now, but still playing actively. He told me about a year ago that he had seen Bill ‘live’, and mentioned that Bill’s head was always near the keys. That’s what he remembered best. I just didn’t know that he had seen Bill live here in Finland. I get to talk to Jukka soon, haven’t seen him in a while.

    When I first met Jukka, we talked about jazz in general, and I told him that Bill is absolutely my favorite pianist. Being old and wise, he answered casually and said: “Well, isn’t he everyone’s favorite?” That was great!”

    From “Raine” in Helsinki, Finland, December 2008.

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    Bill Evans – William John Evans

    (1929/08/16 – 1980/09/15)

    Bill Evans was born on August 16, 1929 in Plainfield, New Jersey.

    Bill Evans, the son of Harry and Mary Soroka, which marriage was stormy due to excessive alcohol consumption, gambling, and abuse from his father. He had a brother, Harry, two years older than him, with whom he would develop a very close relationship.

    Bill Evans studied at Southeastern Louisiana University. He went through the army from 1951 to 1954 and played with Jerry Wald in 1954-55. He studied at Mannes School of Music, New York, 1955-56.

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    Evans was one of the pioneers of post-bop rhythm and greatly influenced other geniuses such as Petrucciani and Laverne. He became one of the most important and influential pianists in modern jazz.

    Bill Evans influenced numerous pianists such as Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and Herbie Hancock.

    Along with Miles Davis and other musicians, he redefined jazz in the late 1950s as a more intellectual and abstract genre. He was criticized for moving away from the African roots of the genre. One of his main contributions is the structuring of jazz trios in which the piano maintains a dialogue with the drums and the bass, where improvisation is maintained on common melodic lines.

    On November 26, 1979, Bill Evans had embarked on a European tour with his trio, which would take him to different European countries, including France, Germany and Spain; it would be the last.

    Bill Evans died in New York on September 15, 1980, from hemorrhage and liver failure caused by his addiction to heroin and cocaine.

    Discography

    Immortal Concerts 2000
    Homecoming: Live At Southeastern Louisiana… 1999
    Quiet Now: Never Let Me Go 1999
    At Half Moon Bay 1998
    Piano Player 1998
    Ultimate Bill Evans 1998
    His Last Concert In Germany 1997
    The Best Of Bill Evans Live 1997
    The Complete Bill Evans On Verve [Box] 1997
    Highlights From Turn Out The Stars 1996
    The Secret Sessions 1966-1975 [Box] 1996
    Turn Out The Stars: The… [Box] 1996
    The Best Of Bill Evans On Verve 1995


    Verve Jazz Masters 5 1994
    Jazz Round Midnight 1993
    Letter To Evan-Live At Ronnie Scott’s 1992
    Alone 1990
    At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
    Empathy/A Simple Matter Of Conviction 1989
    The Complete Fantasy Recordings (1973-1980) [Box] 1989
    Compact Jazz 1987
    Jazzhouse 1987
    The Complete Riverside Recordings [Box] 1987
    Loose Blues 1982
    You Must Believe In Spring 1981
    Consecration I 1980
    Consecration II 1980
    We Will Meet Again 1980


    Affinity 1979
    Live In Buenos Aires, 1979 1979
    New Conversations – Monologue,… 1978
    Crosscurrents 1977
    I Will Say Goodbye 1977
    Alone (Again) 1976
    Quintessence 1976
    Since We Met 1976
    Eloquence 1975
    Montreux III 1975
    Blue In Green 1974
    But Beautiful 1974
    Intuition 1974


    Re: Person I Knew 1974
    Symbiosis 1974
    The Tokyo Concert 1973
    The Bill Evans Album (Columbia) 1971
    From Left To Right 1970
    Montreux II 1970
    What’s New 1969
    At The Montreux Jazz Festival [Remaster] 1968
    Bill Evans At Town Hall 1967
    Further Conversations With Myself 1967
    Intermodulation 1966


    With Symphony Orchestra 1966
    Trio ’65 1965
    Conversations With Myself [Remaster] 1964
    Trio ’64 1964
    At Shelly’s Manne-Hole 1963
    The Solo Sessions Vol. 1 1963
    Trio ’64 [Remaster] 1963
    How My Heart Sings! 1962
    How My Heart Sings! (JVC) 1962
    Interplay [Gold Disc] 1962
    Interplay 1962
    Interplay (JVC) 1962
    Moonbeams 1962
    Moonbeams (JVC) 1962


    Undercurrent 1962
    At The Village Vanguard 1961
    Explorations 1961
    Sunday At The Village Vanguard 1961
    Sunday At The Village Vanguard (JVC) 1961
    Waltz For Debby [Gold Disc] 1961
    Waltz For Debby 1961
    Waltz For Debby (JVC) 1961
    Portrait In Jazz [Gold Disc] 1960
    Portrait In Jazz 1960
    Portrait In Jazz (JVC) 1960
    Green Dolphin Street (JVC) 1959
    On Green Dolphin Street 1959


    Everybody Digs Bill Evans 1958
    Everybody Digs Bill Evans (JVC) 1958
    New Jazz Conceptions 1956
    At Shelly’s Manne Hole (JVC)
    Autumn Leaves
    Bill Evans Trio [VIDEO] Compact Disc Video
    Explorations (JVC)
    From The Seventies
    Jazz Showcase
    Live In Paris 1972, Vol. 1
    Live In Paris 1972, Vol. 2
    Live In Paris 1972, Vol. 3
    Live In Tokyo [Limited Edition]
    Living Time [Limited Edition]
    More From The Vanguard
    My Romance


    Nirvana
    Paris 1965
    Peace Piece And Other Pieces
    Quiet Now
    Serenity
    The Bill Evans Trio [VIDEO] Compact Disc Video
    The Paris Concert, Edition 1
    The Solo Sessions Vol. 2
    The Village Vanguard Sessions
    Theme From The VIPs


    Time Remembered
    Time To Remember (Live In Europe 1965-1972)
    Together Again
    Turn Out The Stars
    Yesterday I Heard The Rain
    You’re Gonna Hear From Me

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