This is what I've been listening to of late.
Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, New York on February 11, 12 & 14, 1974.
The album runs the stylistic gamut: there are moments of Philip Glass-like minimalism, samba-flavored big-band passages, echoes of the early 20th century Russian composers, Third Stream jazz, lush yet slightly ominous string arrangements and '70s film music. Throughout, Evans, alternating between acoustic and electric pianos, shimmers and entrances with his inventively lyrical solos. Not your "typical" Bill Evans album--but that's what makes SYMBIOSIS such a fine, gently challenging listen.
Check out the other 4 movements on You Tube too; they're all pretty different.
The whole album in FLAC can be downloaded here:
http://holyfuckingshit40000.blogspot.com/2011/02/bill-evans-symbiosis-flac.html
Check out the other 4 movements on You Tube too; they're all pretty different.
The whole album in FLAC can be downloaded here:
http://holyfuckingshit40000.blogspot.com/2011/02/bill-evans-symbiosis-flac.html
A great start to the blog!
ReplyDeleteEvans is at his finest on these recordings, and lets not forget the influence of the French impressionist movement on Evans. Grossi's 2006 work on Maurice Ravel and Bill Evans is worth a quick skim through.
Just to say that I've a pretty good idea the last poster hadn't even heard of Bill Evans 'till he read this blog. I suspect some ruse was a foot....
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