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Behind The Dikes

by Bill Evans

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    32-page booklet with rare and previously unseen Bill Evans photos, also including new Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell interviews, as well as specially prepared essays by dutch jazz pianist Bert Vuijsje, and producers Frank Jochemsem & Zev Feldman.

    The complete Hilversum concert, as well as the metropole session, are previously unreleased. The Amsterdam concert has been only available before on bootleg editions with much inferior sound quality. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THE THREE PERFORMANCES. All of the music presented here bears splendid sound quality and has been mastered for vinyl by Bernie Grundman from the original Dutch radio source tapes.

    DISC ONE & DISC TWO, TRACKS 1-3:
    KRO Studio, Hilversum, Holland, March 26, 1969.

    DISC TWO, TRACKS 4-10:
    RAI CONGRESCENTRUM, Amsterdam, Holland, November 28, 1969.

    DISC TWO, TRACK 11-12:
    Add the Metropole Orkest under the direction of Dolf van der Linden. Arrangements by Claus Ogerman.

    VARA STUDIO 8, Hilversum, Holland, March 25, 1969.

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Quiet Now 05:35
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Quiet Now #2 05:34
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Nardis 06:04
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Granadas 04:39
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Pavane 04:43

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The first official release of historic concerts in Holland!

Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings is the first official release of pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell captured live in Hilversum and Amsterdam in 1969.

The Hilversum recordings feature Evans’ only version of Duke Ellington’s “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” known to exist, plus two rare tracks of the trio backed by the world’s leading pop and jazz orchestra, The Metropole Orchestra.

Remastered from the original tape reels housed at the Nederlands Jazz Archief, and in cooperation with the Bill Evans Estate, this limited edition 3-LP, 180-gram set includes an extensive booklet with never-before-published photos, essay by Dutch jazz scholar Bert Vuijsje, plus co-producer Zev Feldman, and new interviews with Dutch pianist Jan Huydts, Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell and celebrated pianist Vijay Iyer.

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released July 17, 2021

Personnel:
BILL EVANS, piano
EDDIE GOMEZ, bass
MARTY MORELL, drums

Arrangements by Claus Ogerman. NRU Studio, Hilversum, Holland, March 25, 1969.

Mastered from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman

Produced by Jordi Soley & Zev Feldman.
Co-producer: Frank Jochemsen.

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Bill Evans New York, New York

William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly worked as the leader of a trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today. ... more

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