Zev Feldman, co-president of Resonance Records, seems to have made it
his life's mission to present every unreleased note that pianist Bill
Evans ever recorded. Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate (2012), Some
Other Time (2016), Another Time: The Hilversum Concert (2017), Evans In
England (2019) and Live At Ronnie Scott's (2020) represent the Bill
Evans discography on the Resonance Records label, all produced by
Feldman. And now 2021 finds Feldman teaming with the Elemental Music
label, to release yet another long lost live recording by an Evans trio,
Behind the Dikes—The 1969 Netherlands Recordings.
The two disc's worth of music come from a pair of performances in 1969
in the Netherlands. The group was in top form, trotting out a triple
handful of tunes that were familiar mainstays in the the Evans
repertoire—"Emily," "Stella By Starlight," "Waltz For Debby," "Autumn
Leaves" and more. These are presented by three musicians deep in a
comfort zone, navigating bright up-tempo tunes and slipping into
introspective reveries and breathtakingly beautiful balladry. The two
takes on pianist Denny Zeitlin's "Quiet Now" are as lovely as anything
this trio ever recorded, and their rendition of "Someday My Prince Will
Come" is as bright and propulsive as can be in a celebratory up-tempo
groove, with Morell's joyous shuffling and Gomez' assertive headlong
heartbeat.
- Bill Evans - piano
- Eddie Gomez - bass
- Marty Morell - drums
CD1#1-CD2#3 recorded at KRO Studio I, Hilversum on March 26, 1969.
CD2#4-10 recorded at RAI Congrescentrum Amsterdam on November 28, 1969.
CD2#11-12 recorded at Vara Studio 8, HIlversum on March 25, 1969.
CD1 {00:59:40}
01. Announcement by Michiel de Ruyter (2:15)
02. You're Gonna Hear from Me (3:25)
03. Emily (4:51)
04. Stella by Starlight (5:38)
05. Turn Out the Stars (5:03)
06. Waltz for Debby (6:12)
07. 'Round Midnight (6:32)
08. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (3:33)
09. Alfie (4:57)
10. Beautiful Love (6:10)
11. My Funny Valentine (6:28)
12. Love Theme from Spartacus (4:36)
CD2 {00:57:48}
01. One for Helen (4:41)
02. Quiet Now (5:36)
03. Someday My Prince Will Come (6:04)
04. Announcement by Aad Bos (0:47)
05. Very Early (5:13)
06. A Sleepin' Bee (4:57)
07. Turn Out the Stars (5:06)
08. Autumn Leaves (4:21)
09. Quiet Now (5:34)
10. Nardis (6:05)
11. Granadas (4:40)
12. Pavane (4:44)