![]() And we had eleven wonderful years together. When he started, he was the happiest guy in life.īill: Well, so was I, to find him. And, I mean, I never minded, because I could understand why, but while he was with me, his entire thought was that one day he was going to work with you. Marian: You know, Eddie worked with me before you, as you know. If it's out there on its own you're gonna flounder sooner or later."), the two talk about Eddie and give us insight into how he came into the band. Amid conversations about constructing "the abstract architecture" supporting a tune and intuition's ideal relationship to knowledge ("Intuition has to lead knowledge but it can't be out there on its own. One of the greatest gifts Bill ever gave to jazz students was his appearance on Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz". It's funny: there are plenty of great solos on other cuts of "Emily" from "name brand" Bill Evans releases from this period, such as "You're Gonna Hear From Me" and "RE: Person I Knew", but Eddie's solo on this performance, which was released with little fanfare on an obscure label long after Bill's death bests them all, in my opinion. With Bill were the members of his Second Great Trio: Marty Morrell on drums and Eddie Gomez on bass. ![]() The solo I transcribed was originally recorded as a live studio broadcast from the French equivalent of PBS on December 7th, 1972. Rather than being a mere thought exercise in two-fives, it contains some lovely modulations and clever harmonic motion (Am9 - Cm9 - Bm9 - E7b9 anyone?). Still lightly, but with wide authority and tact.īill Evans had a fondness for the music of Johnny Mandel, describing his songs as having "that very special quality". That takes in the whole world, now, but lightly Its colors concentrated in a glance, a ballade The great, formal affair was beginning, orchestrated Here I'm reminded of some lines from John Ashbery (as I often am): Down there, for a moment, I thought Or something.įor me, transcriptions allow one to hitch a ride onto the emerging fullness of the creative act given a particular intersection of time, space, circumstance, and capacity of the moment. The best I could come up with was a sheath that features an integrated sharper (if that doesn't exist already, PATENT PENDING!), whereby pulling the knife out sharpens the knife for the impending cut. I was trying to think of a metaphor for the feeling I get when I'm working on a transcription and it's going well and I can feel my strength & skills increasing by doing the work.
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