Sunday at the Village Vanguard from jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans another live album to make it to the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. There are a lot of jazz albums on the list and the reason is that jazz musicians had been able to accomplish what the rock and roll artist in the 50s and early 60s could not do. According to the book, “Jazz artist were able to make high-quality, consistent albums.” It is true that even though some of the jazz is too chaotic for me I find it all more consistent than the rock and roll albums so far.
Bill Evans live album is amazing in that I hear two stereo songs from my computer as I am listening to it. I hear the bass on one side and the drums on the other side. It is like listening to two different bands. Speaking of bass, Scott LaFaro who performed on this album with Evans died in an automobile accident a few days after recording it. We shared the same birthday. I wonder what his life would have been like if his lived more than 25 years old. I wonder if he would have been influenced by Evans’ drug addiction or would he have become a great musician in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I have listened to this album a few times. I continually drift off to other places. I really like this album overall a bit better than Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out, even though Take Five is now one of my favourite songs. I love the bass on this album and the piano.
The piano reminds me of Schroeder from the Peanuts comics. When I was really young I used to have a book collection of The World of Charlie Brown. It was a double-sided series. Unfortunately one of the times my mother left her husband she made me leave it. It was the time she slipped him a sleeping pill in his tea. Men beware. There are women who do things like like drugging your tea.
I would definitely buy this album. 9/10
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