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I do not think I will ever be able to understand how Bill Evans was able to create music so purely beautiful. At times, it sounds like a music box in the sense that it can sound ‘merely’ pretty, but there is so much more going on beneath the ‘mere prettiness.’ There is more to Evans than soft playing and seemingly telepathic interplay between his sidemen, but what it is seems to be something inherent in his style of playing or intangible that simply cannot be labeled or pinned down. I will never know what it is that makes Evans’ music so lovely and so stirring, but I will remain eternally grateful that it is so lovely and so stirring regardless. Things as beautiful as this simply defy explanation.

I do not think I will ever be able to understand how Bill Evans was able to create music so purely beautiful. At times, it sounds like a music box in the sense that it can sound ‘merely’ pretty, but there is so much more going on beneath the ‘mere prettiness.’ There is more to Evans than soft playing and seemingly telepathic interplay between his sidemen, but what it is seems to be something inherent in his style of playing or intangible that simply cannot be labeled or pinned down. I will never know what it is that makes Evans’ music so lovely and so stirring, but I will remain eternally grateful that it is so lovely and so stirring regardless. Things as beautiful as this simply defy explanation.

traciecleanyourroom: Aristocats I love you  If Tracie and I’s friendship could be condensed into a little, one sheet flyer, this might possibly be the one.

traciecleanyourroom:

Aristocats I love you 

If Tracie and I’s friendship could be condensed into a little, one sheet flyer, this might possibly be the one.

Does anyone know of any great solo jazz piano records?

What I’ve listened to and enjoyed:

  • McCoy Tyner: Echoes of a Friend and Revelations
  • Keith Jarrett- the Koln Concert
  • Theolonious Monk- Solo Monk, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, and Thelonious Himself

Considering the massive size of John Coltrane’s discography, he’s bound to have a few really bad records, but I certainly haven’t come across any of them yet.

What a legend!

Pretty much everything about this record is fantastic and perfect.

Pretty much everything about this record is fantastic and perfect.

the-rice-of-life: Mccoy Tyner

the-rice-of-life:

Mccoy Tyner