Nominated by: Lew
Music club: MNAC
Highlight: The Two Lonely People
Yeh! Jazz features on MNAC again and this would be the first album by a jazz piano trio we've ever had. No finer person to start that off with than Bill Evans.
Bill Evans is pretty much a genius. Did he ever do a bad album? Not that I'm aware of. This one is a bit odd - the first of his albums to feature electric piano (as well as yer standard Joana)! I've always loved the electric piano sound. It was 1971, so I guess he figured - what the hey.
The jazz trio format is great full stop. These three guys sound like an orchestra on the opener, Funkallero, before second track, The Two Lonely People, calms things down with a more traditional piano/bass/brushed drums tune. Reeks of class!
From there it's one sublime track after another. I listened to this album many times in the last two weeks, in a variety of settings and moods and it did the business every time.
Beautiful! Even Jacky liked it (and she is most definitely not a jazz fan).
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