FANTASYに残されたBill Evansの録音をひとまとめにした9枚組ボックスがよりコンパクトなパッケージで限定盤にて再発。全98トラック収録で1973年から1979年の録音。なんと9枚目のディスクには1978年にアメリカのNational Public Radioで放送されたMarian McPartland指揮、Bill Evansがピアノを弾きながらの約1時間のインタビューを収録!全64ページのブックレットには Gene LeesによるエッセイとプロデューサーHelen Keaneによるセッションの詳細などを掲載。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2015/03/06）

Bill Evans' Fantasy recordings of 1973-1979 have often been underrated in favor of his earlier work but, as this remarkable nine-CD set continually shows, the influential pianist continued to grow as a musician through the years while holding on to his original conception and distinctive sound. The collection has all of the 98 selections recorded at Evans' 11 Fantasy sessions, including nine numbers from a previously unreleased 1976 concert with his trio. In addition, Evans' appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio program is tacked on as a bonus and it is actually among McPartland's finest shows, a fascinating hour of discussion and music with Evans. Nearly all of the performances on this box (which includes duets with bassist Eddie Gomez and singer Tony Bennett, trio outings with Gomez and either Marty Morell or Eliot Zigmund on drums, and a couple of quintet sets with the likes of tenors Harold Land and Warne Marsh, altoist Lee Konitz, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Philly Joe Jones) is available individually on CD but Bill Evans' more passionate collectors will certainly want this definitive box. The only minus is Gene Lees' typically self-serving liner notes; he always seems to love to write about himself. ~ Scott Yanow|

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