Bill Evans Vans Joint(2009)
Artist: Bill Evans
Title: Vans Joint
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz Funky, Jazz Fusion
Label: Vansman Records (USA), Vansman 1016
Year Of Release: September 29, 2009
Recording Date; Feb 29, 2008
Format: CD 1
Source: Original CD
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TrackList:
01. Soulgrass
02. Soulbop
03. Cool Eddie
04. Sweet Tea
05. Rattletrap
06. Let's Pretend
07. Vans Joint
08. Snap Dragon
Personnel:
Bill Evans Composer, Producer, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Mark Egan Bass
Paul Shigihara Guitar
Dave Weckl Drums
Frank Chastenier Hammond B3, Piano
Mattis Cederberg Euphonium, Trombone (Bass)
Wim Both Trumpet
Rob Bruynen Trumpet
Andy Haderer Trumpet
John Marshall Trumpet
Klaus Osterloh Trumpet
Ludwig Nuss Euphonium, Trombone
Dave Horler Euphonium, Trombone
Bernt Laukamp Euphonium, Trombone
Paul Heller Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Jens Neufang Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Baritone)
Olivier Peters Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Karolina Strassmayer Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Alto)
Heiner Wiberny Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Alto)
Listen to samples
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vans-Joint-Bill-Evans/dp/B002HRG530
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqO9q9FcXic&feature=related
Biography
Bill Evans (born February 9, 1958 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois) is an American jazz saxophonist His father was a classical piano prodigy and until junior high school Evans studied classical clarinet. Early in his studies he was able to hear such artists as Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz live at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago. He attended Hinsdale Central High School and studied with tenor saxophonist Vince Micko. His stylistic influences are wide ranging and include players such as Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Steve Grossman, and Dave Liebman. He has stated that although he never transcribed solos, he was able to get a very deep intuitive feel and understanding of each of these players' styles.
He plays primarily tenor and soprano saxophones. Evans attended North Texas State University and William Paterson University, where he studied with Dave Liebman, a Miles Davis alumnus. Moving to NYC in 1979 he spent countless hours in lofts playing jazz standards and perfecting his improvisational style. At the age of 22 he joined Miles Davis and was part of his musical comeback in the early to mid 1980s. Notable albums recorded with Miles include The Man With The Horn, We Want Miles, Star People, and Decoy. In addition he has played, toured and recorded with artists such as Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Michael Franks, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Les McCann, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb, Ian Anderson and Randy Brecker, among others. He is featured on the Petite Blonde album with Victor Bailey, Dennis Chambers, Mitch Forman, and Chuck Loeb. Two of his most recent albums Soul Insider and Soulgrass were nominated for Grammy awards. Soulgrass was a ground breaking bluegrass/jazz fusion concept involving such musicians as Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby, and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta.
During the 1980s and 1990s he was a member of the group Elements.
Beginning in 1990 Bill has been touring with his own band playing close to 90 concerts a year worldwide. He has recorded over 17 solo CD's and received 2 Grammy Award nominations. He recorded an award-winning CD called Bill Evans - Vans Joint with the WDR Orchestra in 2009. He has played a wide variety of music with his solo projects including bluegrass influenced jazz to funk to contemporary groove and is considered a renaissance man in many circles. Evans has admitted, "I like to use the instruments used in Americana like the banjo, fiddle, mandolin and steel guitar. I just write my music using those instruments." Evans is also the east coast full co-chairman of the Caster Reelers Fishing Organization. a small but exclusive fishing club. Their favored fishing grounds are Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.
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Bill Evans (born 1958 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over 17 solo CD’s and received 2 Grammy Award nominations. He recorded live an award-winning CD called "Vans Joint" in 2008. On this CD, he performs big band arrangements of his own classic compositions backed by the powerhouse WDR Big Band Cologne and a dream rhythm section of electric bassist Mark Egan and drummer extraordinaire Dave Weckl.
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Throughout his celebrated career, Bill Evans has explored a wide range of musical idioms, from straight ahead jazz to hip-hop, fusion, funk, soul, pop and bluegrass. But on Vans Joint, he treads into some exciting new territory for the first time. This triumphant collaboration between the veteran saxophonist-composer-bandleader and the 20-piece WDR Big Band Cologne is a match made in heaven. Recorded live in concert in Germany, this powerhouse offering features Evans with the dream rhythm tandem of electric bassist Mark Egan and drummer extraordinaire Dave Weckl fueling the well-oiled machine that is the WDR Big Band, under the direction of conductor-arranger Michael Abene. The results are exhilarating and even surprising to the saxophonist himself. “For me, to hear my charts with a big band just blew my mind,” says Evans. “Michael did such as great job. It was magical the way he enriched the songs, how he created colors and new harmonies in different sections and just took the music one step further. So it was a real trip to be involved in this project, and a lot of fun too.”