Best of Bill Evans Live on Verve [Live]

Bill Evans | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000047DH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool bebop with beautiful song craft. Excelent., November 22, 1998

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Enrique Velez ([e-mail]) (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Bill Evans Live on Verve (Audio CD)

I'm surprised no one else has turned in a review of such a great album. It's a perfect introduction to a great piano player. I was first turned on to Evans in Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue". If you love great jazz, this Verve selection is sure to please you. A kind of bebop mixed with beautiful, melancholic melodies.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem., July 23, 1999

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Vince L. Mendoza Jr. ([e-mail]) (Manila, The Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Bill Evans Live on Verve (Audio CD)

Quite simply, this is one of the best "Best of" albums around. The fact that it's a live recording is a plus. The performance here of "Emily" -- lovely and deeply moving, with Evans and bassist Eddie Gomez in specially fine form -- is the best I've heard so far, and, alone, is worth the price of the entire album. It's a pity the album from which the tune comes, "California, Here I Come," is no longer available. Buy this "Best of." It's a gem.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Great!!, March 25, 2005

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N. W. Hartung "resistandexsist" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Bill Evans Live on Verve (Audio CD)

I'm not a super big jazz fan but, it's good to have a few jazz albums in ones music collection. Sorting through the usuals as Coultrane and Davis, Hancock ect..... I spotted the Bill Evans section. I stared at it vaguely recognizing the name and on a whim picked this up as a curiosity. WOW!!! What a great find! This cd says it's the best of the verve live series box set which contains 18 cd's!! Whoever went to the trouble of narrowing it down to just one 61 min cd did a great job! Now I just need to save up some pennies to get that mammoth box set cause once you have a taste of this you just have to go back for another bite!!