Evanessence: Tribute to Bill Evans

Fred Hersch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evidence
• ASIN: B000007OAF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,910 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Bells

2. Turn Out the Stars

3. You Must Believe in Spring

4. Evanessence

5. Nardis/Lonely Woman

6. We Will Meet Again

7. Peri's Scope

8. Time Remembered

9. I Wish I Knew

10. Remembering the Rain

11. Alice in Wonderland

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy Tribute to Bill Evans, March 28, 2011

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jazz lover since 1960 (Tampa, Fl. and Franklin, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evanessence: Tribute to Bill Evans (Audio CD)

The title of this recording says it all: "EVAN ESSENCE." The music herein is indeed as close to the essence of Bill Evans as I can imagine.
Fred Hersch certainly can play in the manner of Bill Evans without being an imitation of Bill. More importantly, he manages to capture the mood of many of Bill's finest recordings.
Of course, you get tunes associated with Bill: "Turn Out The Stars", "You Must Believe in Spring", "Nardis", "Peri's Scope,", etc. The most non-Bill Evans number on the recording is a clever combination of "Nardis" and "Lonely Woman" that really works. It showcases Fred, not Bill.
Fred's regular trio at the time is featured: Jeff Hirshfield, drums, and Marc Johnson, bass. They are fine, and it should be noted that Marc was the bassist in Bill Evans last trio, which was highly regarded.
Fred has added guest soloist Toots Thielemans on harmonica on 3 numbers. Toots is simply magical in getting the essence of Bill Evans in his contributions. Gary Burton is also added on vibes and likewise adds to the proceedings.
I am not a Fred Hersch fanatic. In fact, I sought out more of Fred's recordings after I enjoyed this recording so much. But none recaptured the magic. So why 5 stars? Because this does have magic.