Bill Evans and Push - Live In Europe
LIP 89029-2 (Europe & Asia), LIP 8929 (USA)
The album was recorded live during a tour of Europe at two concerts
in Germany. The musicians were:
- Bill Evans - sax
- Manolo Badrena - precussion, vocals on 5
- Charles Blenzig - keyboards
- K.C.Flight - rap vocals
- Ron Jenkins - bass
- Gary Poulson - guitars
on most tunes. On two tunes, which were recorded early in 1994 Adam Rogers
(guitars) and John Working (keyb.) were in the group instead of Charles
and Gary.
In spring of 1996 the album was nominated by a group of reputed american
journalists and music indusstry people for the NAIRD - award and currently
is one of the four finalists for the "best contemporary jazz album
of 1995" award. NAIRD is the american organisation of independent record
companies and record distributors.
The tunes:
- London House (Bill Evans) 8:17
- Nightwing (Ph.Saisse) 9:17
- Pastiece (B.Evans) 8:15 (176 kB MPEG
File, 30 seconds, part of melody and guitar solo by Adam Rogers)
- Push (Evans) 7:52 (258 kB WAV, 24
sec.)
- You Gotta Believe (Evans, K.C.Flight) 7:42
- Secret Agent (Evans, K.C.Flight) 5:53
- Stand Up And Do Something (K.C.Flight) 7:52
- And You Don't Stop (Evans,Badrena,Blenzig,Warner,Flight,Poulson,Jenkins)
7:29 (180kB WAV, 17 sec.)
- Sierra 7:18
While most of the tunes are live versions of songs from the studio album
"Push", Pastiece, Secret Agent, And You Don't Stop and Sierra
are actually new compositions.
Some Reviews:
"Jazzy, funky, groovy - Bill Evanss' album has a lot of what you want
to hear on the dancefloor ..it's a masterfull blend of jazz with the energy
and attitude of black street music ... and the improvisations should wake
up even the most tired couch potato .. (Jazzpodium)
Evans has arrived. His studioalbum "Push" is the best innovative
hip-hop/acid-jazz album we have heard .. but even live he is totally convincing(CyberTop)
His studioalbum was great already .. here the live-athmosphere was
captured well and Evans should even convice the sceptics completely ...
4 stars (ME/Sounds)
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Last Updated: Son, 24 Mar 1996