Bill Evans

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON DVD! SIX OF THE GREATEST JAZZ PIANISTS PLAYING ALONE AND TOGETHER DURING A SINGLE CONCERT!

Personnel: Jaki Byard, Bill Evans, Earl Hines, John Lewis, Lennie Tristano & Teddy Wilson (piano) with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Reggie Workman or Peter Trunk (bass) and Alan Dawson, Connie Kay or Cees See (d).

Tracks: 1. Intro/Blues in D, 2. Memories of You, 3. I've Got the World on a String, 4. Love, 5. All Of Me, 6. Django, 7. Cool Boogie, 8. Beautiful Love, 9. Free Improvisation, 10. Rosetta.

Total time: 51:00 mins.

Bonus Audio Tracks From The Concert: 11. It's You Or No One, 12. Come Rain Or Come Shine.
Recorded in Berlin, Germany, October 30, 1965.
B & W /MONO REGION = 0 (PLAYS ON ALL DVD PLAYERS)

Berlin's 1965 Jazz Piano Workshop reunited some of the instrument's finest exponents from the full stylistic spectrum of jazz piano. The concert opens with a blues introducing the pianists, who each play a couple of choruses. Then it's Fatha Hines' time, soloing on "Memories of You" and "I've Got the World on a String" backed by Pedersen and Dawson. "Love" is a showcase for the inimitable Teddy Wilson, who then plays a duet with Hines on "All of Me". On these two tunes Peter Trunk plays bass and Cees See the drums. Then John Lewis plays his famous composition "Django" with Pedersen and Connie Kay. Lennie Tristano follows with "Cool Boogie" accompanied by Pedersen and Dawson, who also back Bill Evans on "Beautiful Love". A long "Free Improvisation" by Jaki Byard follows, with Dawson again and Reggie Workman taking the bass chair. The finale offers another duet: this time with Earl Hines and Jaki Byard joining forces for a lively version of the former's "Rossetta".

PROGRAM NOTE: Lennie Tristano' s performance of "It's You or No One" and Bill Evans' reading of "Come Rain or Come Shine" (both with Pedersen and Dawson), were featured at the concert, but were not filmed. The music, however, was privately recorded. In order to give you the most complete account of the concert as possible, the producers have added these tunes as audio bonus tracks, even if the audio quality is not the best.