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The Year of Tony Bennett

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August 17, 2019 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Playlist of the Week: The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Playlist

The playlist for the week of August 18, 2019, is The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Playlist. It’s our humble tribute to Bill Evans, a jazz pianist that we love and not just because he made those two albums with Tony Bennett.

Today’s playlist consists of some of the songs the two recorded plus recordings of those same songs made by Bill Evans. I’m also starting off the playlist with one of my favorite of Bill’s recordings: “Alice in Wonderland.” It was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961 and features the brilliant bass of Scott LaFaro, who died at the age of 25 in an automobile accident just a few weeks after this live performance. It was a horrific blow to Bill Evans, who stopped performing for several months after LaFaro’s death. I’m ending the playlist with another song from the Village Vanguard sessions that also features Scott LaFaro: “I Loves You Porgy.”

The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Playlist

Listen on Spotify: We're celebrating the 90th anniversary of the birth of Bill Evans with this special playlist. It's got a selection of songs from their two albums, plus recordings that Bill made. I hope you enjoy it.

Alice in Wonderland from The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
Some Other Time from The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
Some Other Time from Everybody Digs Bill Evans
But Beautiful from The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
But Beautiful from Bill Evans For Lovers
Waltz for Debby from Together Again
Waltz for Debby from The Last Waltz
The Two Lonely People from Together Again
The Two Lonely People from The Last Waltz
You Must Believe in Spring from Together Again
You Must Believe in Spring from You Must Believe in Spring
Days of Wine and Roses from The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
Days of Wine and Roses from The Last Waltz
Who Can I Turn To from Together Again
Who Can I Turn To from Bill Evans at Town Hall
I Loves You, Porgy from The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961

Notes

Links to albums and songs from The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album and Together Again link to The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography.

Links to albums and songs performed by Bill Evans are to Spotify and Wikipedia, respectively.

Filed Under: Playlist of the Week Tagged With: Bill Evans at Town Hall, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961, The Last Waltz, The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, Together Again, You Must Believe in Spring

April 22, 2013 By Suzanne 1 Comment

Song of the Day: Young and Foolish

The song of the day for Monday, April 22, 2013 is Young and Foolish.

About This Song

Young and Foolish was written by Albert Hague and Arnold Horwitt for the 1955 musical, Plain and Fancy. The musical concerns two sophisticated New Yorkers traveling to an Amish community in Pennsylvania to sell a piece of property. Other songs from the show include How Do You Raise a Barn? and City Mouse, Country Mouse.

About This Version

Young and Foolish was the first cut on the Tony Bennett – Bill Evans album and sets the tone for the entire album.  Bill Evans had recorded the song in 1958 on Everybody Digs Bill Evans, his second album. It’s quite interesting to listen to Evans’ takes on the song over the 25 year span between these recordings.

Tony Bennett had recorded Young and Foolish in 1963 for This Is All I Ask, is a beautifully sung romantic ballad. In this version, we believe that the couple will be able to recreate the wonderful times when they were young and foolish. In this 1975 version, that feels like a memory that may be long gone in the relationship.

This is really an extraordinary recording by two great jazz performers.

http://open.spotify.com/track/4q9g66QBVulLS1C6XpggyJ
Young and Foolish, as well as The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album, is available from iTunes.

We also include Evans’ 1958 Young and Foolish from Everybody Digs Bill Evans.

Young And Foolish

Listen to Young And Foolish on Spotify. Bill Evans · Song · 1959.

 

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Albert Hague, Arnold Horwitt, Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Plain and Fancy, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album

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