Moon Beams

Product Description
Japanese Extended Resolution (Xrcd) 20Bit Remaster. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Re: Person I Knew
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Stairway To The Stars
If You Could See Me Now
It Might As Well Be Spring
In Love In Vain
Very Early

Album Details

Japanese Extended Resolution (Xrcd) 20Bit Remaster.

Customer Reviews:

another evans album you should have........2007-02-19

perfect for the home late at night, or for night driving in the car, this is a quiet bill evans trio album. chuck israels bass playing compliments mr evans piano superbly and paul motian's drums are subtle and tasteful. a disc that all bill evans fans should have, or any fan of jazz piano trio music should have. mr evans is one of the most lyrically brilliant pianists in jazz history & is in fine, fine form on this recording from 1962.

Masterpieces of Style, Elegance And Beauty.......2007-02-15

One of the greatest pleasures of music is listening to it with someone special who shares your musical tastes and at the same time appreciating the beauty and charms music has to offer, like for instance, this lovely album "Moon Beams" from Bill Evans Trio. It consists of some of Bill Evans greatest recordings with Chuck Israels on bass and Paul Motian on drums.

"Less is more" applies to this album of eight remarkable tunes, two of which are his very own compositions, "Re: Person I Knew" and "Very Early." My favorites include "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" "It Might As Well Be Spring," and "Stairway To The Stars." These are masterpieces of style, elegance and beauty.

Listening to this lovely album creates an atmosphere of coziness and you'll surely fall in love with Bill Evans' tastefully exquisite piano playing style.

With my heartfelt recommendation for your listening pleasure always and ever!

tastful & engaging.......2006-11-03

I like stripped down jazz combos and piano, bass and drums is about perfect for well crafted and performed compositions with the kind of space in the music that makes it inviting yet unobtrusive. Bill Evans has a reputation in this field so Moon Beams is a reliable entry into his catalogue if you were intrigued from only hearing his playing on 'Kind of Blue'.

Bill Evans.......2006-08-26

It is hard not to rate this Bill Evans CD as anything less than superb; right up there with the Vanguard series.

ONE OF THE GREATEST JAZZ BALLAD PERFORMANCES--EVER!.......2006-02-28

Five Stars are not enough: this CD is worthy of SIX Stars!! When uber-bassist Scottie La Faro was killed in a car accident, it took a devastated Bill Evans a full year to both recover and to acclimate to his new bassist Chuck Israels to the point of being ready to record. Israels brought to the trio another dimension of jazz bass wizardry using 'commentary' on Evans' work, instead of the previous 'conversations' between Bill's piano and La Faro's mighty bass. Produced by the great Orrin "OKeep" Keepnews, this CD is essential Bill Evans and one of the greatest jazz ballad performances-ever. Along with the legendary recording, "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" (with La Faro), this recording finally slammed the door on all assertions that Bill Evans was a better sideman than a leader.

As ballads should be, these tunes are generally taken at a slow pace but never maudlin. They are in fact very beautiful and spectacular, as Bill shows a different side to what are mostly very familiar ballads loved by jazzmen. Evans usually states the theme at a slow pace and accelerates into a faster pace after one pass, springing off of Israels' bedrock phrases.

The Piece D' Resistance, the modish "Re: Person I Knew" (an oblique reference to Keepnews) is a shot across the bow of 1960's pianism with Evans reeling off mighty, wondrous statements that are breathtaking, crystal clear, and with a relaxed intensity. Israels' first recorded bass solo with the trio is both deeply emotional and technically adept showing he is a worthy successor to La Faro. "Very Early" is a fabulous convoluted jazz waltz that shows off another view of Bill's compositional and soloing skills. Israels' bass commentary and his solo are a joy to hear. Tadd Dameron's super ballad "If You Could See Me Now" is pure block-chorded beauty (especially on 'the bridge'), as is "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", both shifting gears after one pass through with wondrous, dazzling single-noted lines that never stray from lyricism. "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "Stairways To The Stars" (note the fabulous Paul Motian brushwork and Evans' blazing coda), and "It Might As Well Be Spring" are total lyrical examples of what a jazz trio should be, with all members contributing SIMULTANEOUSLY and INVENTIVELY to the flow of the music from theme to solo to recapitulation. Paul Motian does some mighty, but subtle drumming throughout providing excellent support within the trio framework. An Essential Jazz Recording. My HIGHEST Recommendation! Five LYRICAL Stars!!

(Note: Bill Evans had a crucial choice to make: whether to play classical piano or jazz piano. We are so lucky that he chose jazz, probably to the detriment of his health, and brought alot of his classical techniques along for the ride. It was never on better display than on this CD.)

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Moon Beams

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000AMZ0PS
Release Date: 2005-09-27

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Kay Starr
Manufacturer: Stash Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000006KP4
Release Date: 1993-01-13

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Women Always Understands
It's Whatcha Do With Whatcha Got
Lonesomest Gal in Town
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mamma at All)
He's a Good Man to Have Around
Mama Goes Where Papa Goes
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
Vagabond Shoes
Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)
She's Funny That Way
Who Hit Me?
For You
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Was That the Human Thing to Do?
You Broke Your Promise
Here I'll Stay
It's Too Soon to Know
Missouri Waltz
Lonesome
Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
Hucklebuck
Where to Go, What to Do
Someone to Love
There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes
I'm Oh So Lonesome Tonight
I've Got to Sing
Just for Fun
Ichabod
I Wish I Had a Record
Good-For-Nothin' Joe
Honeysuckle Rose

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bouncing radar beams off the moon
canartic
Manufacturer: dank disk
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000SKLKR4
Release Date: 2007-07-01

Tracks:

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bouncing radar beams off the moon
london 67
syd's psychedelic adventure
pie eyed piper
the soft collapse
narcatic
received

Product Description

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SOULGRASS

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E17HBU

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