But Beautiful (Stan Getz & Bill Evans album)
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Live album by Stan Getz and Bill Evans | ||||
Released | March 1996 | |||
Recorded | August 9, 1974 Singer Concertzaal, Laren August 16, 1974 Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp | |||
Genre | Jazz, modal jazz | |||
Length | 69:46 | |||
Label | Milestone MCD 9249-2 | |||
Producer | Helen Keane | |||
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But Beautiful is a jazz album by the Bill Evans Trio with Stan Getz, recorded live in Europe in 1974 and released in 1996.
History
Recorded live on August 9, 1974, during the Laren International Jazz Festival at the Singer Concertzaal located in Laren, Netherlands, and on August 16, 1974, during Jazz Middelheim held in Antwerp, Belgium, this record features pianist Bill Evans and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. It was the second time the two musicians recorded together. Evans doesn't play on "Stan's Blues" since the piece was played off the cuff, on Getz's initiative; clearly peeved, the pianist took his hands off the keyboard after a few chords. On the other hand, during the concert held on August 16, after performing "The Peacocks", Getz wished happy birthday to Evans and played an impromptu "Happy Birthday".[2]
The duo previously released a studio album in 1964.[3] This second record, which consists of the Bill Evans Trio (bassist Eddie Gómez and drummer Marty Morell) and their guest Stan Getz during a 1974 European tour, was actually kept in the vault for 22 years. The album was deemed a "vital reissue" by Billboard magazine.[4] Indeed, the German Jazz Door label had originally released a six-track record from the concert in Antwerp (August 16, 1974).[5] Years after Milestone acquired the masters and added four tracks from the concert recorded in Laren a week before.
Track listing
- "Grandfather's Waltz" (Lasse Farnlof, Gene Lees) – 8:05
- "Stan's Blues" (Gigi Gryce) – 5:49
- "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:44
- "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 5:40
- "Lover Man" (James Davis, Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 8:03
- "Funkallero" (Bill Evans) – 6:36
- "The Peacocks" (James G. Rowles) – 7:16
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 7:38
- "See-Saw" (Coleman) – 6:43
- "The Two Lonely People" (Bill Evans, Carol Hall) – 8:12
Tracks 1, 2, 9, 10 recorded on August 9, 1974; tracks 3 to 8 recorded on August 16, 1974.
Personnel
- Bill Evans – piano
- Stan Getz – tenor saxophone (except 9 and 10)
- Eddie Gómez – bass
- Marty Morell – drums
References
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- Moonlight in Vermont (1952)
- Diz and Getz (1953)
- Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet (1953)
- Stan Getz Plays (1955)
- Hamp and Getz with Lionel Hampton (1955)
- West Coast Jazz (1955)
- Stan Getz in Stockholm (1955)
- For Musicians Only (1956)
- The Steamer (1956)
- The Soft Swing (1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (1957)
- Award Winner: Stan Getz (1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio with Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan (1957)
- Like Someone in Love (1957)
- Stan Meets Chet with Chet Baker (1958)
- Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet (1958)
- Imported from Europe (1958)
- Stan Getz at Large (1960)
- Cool Velvet (1960)
- Recorded Fall 1961 (1961)
- Focus (1962)
- Jazz Samba (1962)
- Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
- Jazz Samba Encore! (1963)
- Getz/Gilberto (1963)
- Reflections (1963)
- Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (1963)
- Nobody Else but Me (1964)
- Stan Getz & Bill Evans (1964)
- Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964)
- Voices (1966)
- Sweet Rain (1967)
- What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968)
- Didn't We (1969)
- Marrakesh Express (1969)
- Change of Scenes with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band (1971)
- Communications '72 (1972)
- Captain Marvel (1972)
- The Best of Two Worlds Featuring João Gilberto (1975)
- The Master (1975)
- The Peacocks (1975)
- Another World (1977)
- Children of the World (1978)
- Forest Eyes (1979)
- Billy Highstreet Samba (1981)
- Blue Skies (1982)
- Pure Getz (1982)
- Poetry with Albert Dailey (1983)
- Line for Lyons with Chet Baker (1983)
- Voyage (1986)
- Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions (1989)
- West Coast Live (1953)
- Stan Getz at The Shrine (1954)
- Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House with J. J. Johnson (1957)
- At the Opera House (1957)
- Getz Au Go Go (1964)
- Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1964)
- The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1966)
- The Song Is You (1969)
- Dynasty (1971)
- But Beautiful (1974)
- Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976)
- Live at Montmartre (aka, Stan's Party, 1977)
- The Dolphin (1981)
- Spring Is Here (1981)
- Stan Getz Quartet Live in Paris (1982)
- Anniversary! (1987)
- Serenity (1987)
- Stan Getz Quartets (1955)
- The Brothers (1956)
- Conception (1956)
- Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (1957)
- Prezervation with Al Haig (1968)
- The Complete Roost Recordings (1997)
- People Time: The Complete Recordings (2010)