This video is one of the peaks of american art. All, the music, the lyrics, the singing. The humor, the elegance, the themes, all represent the US culture to me. The blues from the south, the broadway from the east coast, etc. As Tony said in one interview, this is America's classical music. The ultimate canon. And I say this as a non-american!
My wife just sent me the link to this, commenting that Tony and Bill are indeed "together again" now... so true! Rest in peace, Tony (he passed this morning at 96, 7/21/23).. I for one will be keeping the flame by performing the great standards as long as I am still able to play and sing. Long live the classic American songs, and God bless all who respect their importance and keep them alive, both as musicians and as patrons of the arts.
good attitude. you don't have to be dead for the music to stop. I had a stroke in 2020 and haven't been able to play since.Working hard to get it back Never take it for granted. Enjoy every note and moment.
Six months before Bill died, his last words to Tony on the phone were “Truth and Beauty”; that is was what these two people represented in this life. God bless both of them. ❤
My teacher led me here. As a pianist, I strongly recommended that I listen to these two's music when learning German Lied. he is absolutely right. It's hard to find more accurate music.
RIP Tony😥The grace & beauty expressed by these two great artists leaves one breathless. Tony & Bill, we hope to see you "Some Other Time", up in The Hereafter🙏🎙🎹❤
Remember seeing Bill Evans at the Village Vangard summer 1969.Sat at table next to stage three feet away. Bill made no announcements all night, just played divine music.
You are so lucky. Bill is in a space that nobody else inhabits. Not even the excellent pianists today like Bill Charlap. Joe Albany was also wonderful.
We may never again witness anything as beautiful and timeless as this incredible pairing. Their albums together opened my ears and heart to the magic of jazz and the genius of the standards of the time. What a treasure it is to have this video record of two of the greatest interpreters of the American Songbook.Thank you for posting!
Didn't know Jacob Collier. He plays good but there thousands of good pianoplayers. There is nothing special about his playing. If you hear Bill Evans play you drift into his musical mind which was phenomenal.
They came pretty close. Did you listen to the breadth control on Bennetts lat note at the end of Young & Foolish. It was accompanying Bill's coda. And Bennett was right there with him in tandem.
Bill Evans gotta be the "best" pianist ever to grace Earth. I mean, I've listened to hundreds and hundreds of hours of him playing and I've never heard a single mistake from him. What an outstanding musician.
Yeah man, but I believe those "solo sessions" weren't meant to be recorded. They were... but they weren't really meant to be launched to the public and sold. At least Evans did not wanted that. He was extremely meticulous about the stuff he released and was a supreme perfectionist. I think he would not allow for the "Solo Sessions" album to be released at all if he was alive.
Please. Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Paterson, McCoy Tyner, Cecil Taylor...I love this album, Tony Bennett, and Bill Evans. But to say he was the best jazz pianist is silly, and, frankly, white-supremacist. I'd rather listen to the late Richie Powell than Evans. Who I love Evans...
From Ray Of Lightss: Takes me back to my road trip from Cali across America to family and friend from Southern Michigan through the forests up to Northern Michigan Country Side, while listening to Bill Evans and Tony Bennet’s original 2 albums
hard to believe - after everything i've seen and heard done in front of cameras in television studios - that something as perfect and accomplished as this can be done in - front of cameras in a t.v. studio. i've never seen anything so perfect and fine on the screen. (i'm about 50) its the perfect marriage of popular and high art - of supportive accompaniment and virtuosic improvisation - of voice and instrument - of virility and tenderness. the piano playing is incredibly ambitious and advanced - but he keeps the melody singing out above all the movement and development so clearly that the great virtuosity of it all is almost invisible. this is surely one of the greatest examples of the embellishment and decoration of a melody in the history of music. that tony can keep up with him at all (that he can keep standing up) is just extraordinary. what hits me hardest about the man's playing, for all its gorgeous sophistication, is its singing quality. he plays phrases in the middle registers that one hears against a background he sets up for them in a higher register BEFORE he plays them. as the upper register phrase shimmers and fades in your ear, the descending medium register phrases are dropped into it. its a sheer joy to listen to it - to have the sounds enter one's listening-ear - like taking a shower in a fifty star hotel.
I come back to this every once in a while, when I'm missing my mom or friends, hard to live in a big city, but music keeps me going, and these two are, for my ears, the best of the best, evans plays just enough, he is a master of harmony, yet he can melt your heart with as little as three notes, nothing to add to bennett's singing, his voice says it all
This is sublime: two brilliant musical masters in exquisitely intimate and deeply moving conversation. But these seven songs are just a sampling of an endlessly delightful collection entitled "The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings," a two-CD set that all lovers of jazz, piano, and the Great American Songbook should own. It contains 21 songs and 20 additional alternate takes.
I have both albums and they are a wonder. Nothing like filling the house with the sounds of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans on a late winter sunny Sunday afternoon... or any time. Perfect.
This recording, and along with the complete Evans/Bennett Collection one of the most amazing and unique works the last 100 years. As a vocalist myself, and an admirer of Tony Bennett, I have to just sit back and listen to these songs and just admire the musicality and the symbiotic relationship between the 2 of them. And this 27 minute vid doesn't even play some of the more impressive and powerful songs they laid down. Who can I turn to, You Must Believe in Spring, Maybe September....The set of songs between the 2 of them is something frankly I'm glad I discovered later in life. Now I can appreciate the quality. And to see Tony Bennett perform which I have twice the last 8 years - is really like opening the door to a past filled with richness and quality. Evans and Bennett are simply astonishing together and these set of songs should go down in history as one of the top jazz vocal combination performances.
I agree with all you say Sean. To my knowledge they did two albums together. I have the double CD album. It has two takes of A Child is Born. It is total class. And to discover this video of them together is totally thrilling. It's beyond words. Matchless duo, immaculate vocal phrasing, breath control backed by a piano virtuoso who knows how to frame the vocal. And for those like me who like a 70s reminiscence the set is divine!
@@earlpinnock8086 Two albums. I downsized and I have at least one, maybe two. These days to see the videos that were not available back in the '70s are a treasure. Especially for me as an Italian American. I met Tony briefly at a convention I covered in Vegas in January 1993 and mentioned that my wife and I had our wedding reception in Astoria NYC, the dear departed Riccardo's, in 1980. He was a singing waiter there after WWII in the late '40s. He remembered that, was gracious, and I was so lucky to speak with him. Damn... anyone who has heard him sing. We are all lucky.
Setlist [Piano Solo] Bad & the Beautiful 0:00 [Bill & Tony] Lucky to be Me 0:56 My Foolish Heart 4:22 When in Rome 8:42 Some Other Time 11:23 A Child is Born 15:41 Make Someone Happy 18:59 We'll Be Together Again 23:24 [Piano Solo] Bad & the Beautiful 26:29
It is so nice to hear Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time", a song from "On The Town" that was sadly cut from the film version. Luckily it has become a favorite of jazz musicians. This is one of the most stunning and poignant performances I've ever heard. Two legends doing what they do best.
I've just learned that Tony Bennett has passed, at age 96. I was immediately drawn to the pairing of Tony with Bill Evans. These two together will not be touched. Thank you Tony for all that you gave us. RIP
I have no idea where this came from. No live audience. But what a treasure! The too-short, and challenging, life of Bill Evans and the long, wonderful life of Tony Bennett productive right to the end. It makes one reflect.
Tony Bennett 40 years since this performance was recorded still going strong crooning out those tunes to millions! Remember his music from childhood; one of my mom's faves! He's right about one thing, "love sure as hell makes one hearts foolish! "
My mother was a classically trained pianist and she taught me a lot, but I still have no idea how people like Bill Evans did what they did, its sometimes so abstract but melodically cohesive and tight with ample feeling and technique. Amazing.
First class all the way.....two incredible original artists and stylists who were perfectly suited to each other. I could listen to Bill and Tony all day.
Tondy Bennett is still on the scene, and I must say, he sure knew great talent when he picked Bill Evans to accompany his singing. Didn't know there is a video of these 2 great talents.Love it.
With the passing of Tony Bennett, it marks the end of end of an amazing musical era. I met him after a concert in the 80's and I told him that while I appreciated his hits such as ILMH in San Francisco, etc., I told him that by far the greatest work he ever did was the two records he did with Bill Evans. He whole heartedly agreed and declared that Bill was his favorite keyboard player and that he also was in awe of him. In my opinion it is one of the greatest recordings of the Great American Songbook. RIP Tony...Go sing with Bill on piano in heaven for the angels. They will dig it.
Evans playing is so mesmerizing. Introspection using varied harmonies, and rootless chords. Coupled with Bennetts voice. These type of performances show how bands and ensembles are sometimes ear drenching. Lovely clean, crisp and fresh wow amazing.
I have lot of live concerts the I love coming from a heavy metal and salsa background, but this is my all time favorite concert. Period. Thank you Jim Kauffman!!!
The opening bit is Bill solo with the theme from the "Bad & the Beautiful", followed by "Lucky to be Me"then "My Foolish Heart", "When in Rome", "Some Other Time", "A Child is Born", "Make Someone Happy" , We'll Be Together Again"-and returning to the "Bad & the Beautiful". Doubtless made to go along with the release of the Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album, apparently by the CBC. Thanks for this wonderful and historic post that concerns a Classic album.
Listening to the music Bill Evans and Tony Bennett made one is reminded of what great musicianship really is. Listen to My Foolish Heart. Evans was a genius. A feeling for emotion seldom found. Tony sings like he knew what he was feeling, as well. Where have these things gone?
We've been SO lucky to have had these two perpetrators of musical perfection leave that enduring pure excellence for the world to enjoy over and over and over again.
Bennett was a true master of story telling contained within song, combine this element with the wonderfully inventive playing of Bill Evans and result is pure magic.
We are so fortunate, those of us who appreciate musical genius, to have something like this to enjoy. And there are still musicians who have made careers of playing and accompanying with such voicings and substitutions. My favorites are Lee Musiker, Mike Renzi and Tedd Firth. Evans was the greatest, and Bennett was perfect for his piano style. Bravo.
As is the case with Coltrane & Hartman, the structure/constraints of accompaniment give us a unique window into Bill Evans at his most elemental. When we know what great mastery lies inside of him as a solo artist, the restraint here in his comping/solos is beautiful and educational in its relative simplicity! Great historical archive!
Just 3 years separated their ages back then. So tragic to have lost Bill at the height of his powers, and so lucky to have had Tony for another 40 plus years. Bill became an orchestra for Tony on those recordings. And the setting focused Bill's solos into concentrated masterpieces. Wish there was more Bill outside of the trio format--as great as that setting was for him. (Tony with Dave McKenna is another treat to be found on CZcams.)
One of my most favorite albums of all time, needs to be in everyone’s record collection. I wonder how long Tony will be around for? The 60 Minute segment they did with him and Lady Gaga, the power of music!
Tony Bennett’s eyes are always smiling .... There is just something about his heart as a person it seems 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽.... And Bill Evans’ temperament & touch .., 🙏🏽💥🙏🏽
Dave Frank, damn... you are right! "Dead Sea" Jazz Scrolls - but the Gospel according to Tony Bennett & Bill Evans. I have the album and saw the Johnny Carson video but this is... priceless! Thanks to Jim Kauffman.
As the years go by I always find myself returning to this album (I should say "albums" as I own both Evans/Bennett collaborations). I could go months on end without hearing it and then a wistful feeling overtakes me. And I turn to Evans & Bennett. I first had these albums on wax. I picked them up in an Oak Park, Illinois store from an afroed white lady whose name escapes me at the moment. I loved her taste in music. We talked always a long while before I made my purchases. Anyway, I've aged a bit since those days. I've converted all my music to CD now. I'm too archaic for any other advances. But this music makes me feel young again. It takes me back to those great days in Oak Park at the record store and all the discoveries I found there. Thanks for the upload. Never saw these songs performed live by the two greats!
Yes those piano chords are amazing. If you listen Tony will sing a lyric and instead of playing the root cord Bill will play phrases around it and Tony will keep right on singing with the end result being absolutely beautiful sounding. They were so wonderful together.
I concur with poster John L. Reynolds......This is time capsule stuff. The world is crazy. Sure the polar ice caps are melting; and there will never be peace in our time. But just when a person can really get low about current headlines something like this appears to remind us and confirm what humans CAN DO.This is the best piece of video of Tony Bennett I've ever seen. And of course Bill Evans as well. Great shots of both doing what they do best. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
The Evans solo before Bennett sings is by David Raksin ' Love is for the Very Young ' It was the main theme for the movie ; The BAD AND tHE bEAUTIFUL-starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner.
My sincere thanks to Jim Kauffman who posted this. I bought the first album when I was 22 or 23 in '75 or '76. I am up way, WAY, WAY too late but I played this at least three times and have this for all of you: Lucky To Be Me (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) My Foolish Heart (Victor Young & Ned Washington) When In Rome (Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh) We'll Catch Up Some Other Time (Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn) A Child is Born (Thad Jones & Alec Wilder) Make Someone Happy (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) We'll Be Together Again (Frankie Laine & Carl T. Fischer)
Simply brilliant and touching - a treasure. Unusually, both video and audio are splendid. Piano players (for a change) will have a great view of Evans' keyboard technique. Wouldn't it be wonderful to sit down some recent generations of music fans and say, "This is how good music can be"? Congrats to CBC for overseeing the production.
WIKIPEDIA citation: "Together Again is a 1977 studio album by singer Tony Bennett, accompanied by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was originally issued on Bennett's own Improv Records label, which went out of business later that year, but was subsequently reissued on Concord. Their first album together, The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, was released by Fantasy Records in 1975. Both albums plus alternate takes and additional tracks were released on The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings by Fantasy in 2009."
Some Other Time is a little extra poignant for me because I passed up a chance to see Bill Evans n the late 70s. A buddy and I were reluctant to spend $12.50 a ticket because we were penny-pinching students at the time. We had the money but it was a lot to pay for a show. Evans passed away the next year and we repeatedly chastised ourselves over blowing our last chance to see him play. At least this song seems to sense that there may be no other time to catch up. Boy, does that ever apply to both of us. God bless CZcams and people who post videos like this so we can remind ourselves that beauty is tragic because it always dies. But it also lives longer in places like this.)
two musical geniuses complementing each other. The world is a poorer place without the both of you. RIP Bill and Tony. Hope you are singing and swinging in the next life.
This video is one of the peaks of american art. All, the music, the lyrics, the singing. The humor, the elegance, the themes, all represent the US culture to me. The blues from the south, the broadway from the east coast, etc. As Tony said in one interview, this is America's classical music. The ultimate canon. And I say this as a non-american!
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The simple truth. And so well expressed! Thank you for sharing aleazk.
Amerikanische Lieder!
Truth
La parte buena de la cultura gringa, la más sincera.
My wife just sent me the link to this, commenting that Tony and Bill are indeed "together again" now... so true! Rest in peace, Tony (he passed this morning at 96, 7/21/23).. I for one will be keeping the flame by performing the great standards as long as I am still able to play and sing. Long live the classic American songs, and God bless all who respect their importance and keep them alive, both as musicians and as patrons of the arts.
Thank god for their recordings. They will enrich our days...forever. and forever blessed
Just incredible talents Tony and Bill. Who could not enjoy listening to such greats.
Their rendition of ‘you don’t know what love is’ still sends me to happy tears.
good attitude. you don't have to be dead for the music to stop. I had a stroke in 2020 and haven't been able to play since.Working hard to get it back Never take it for granted. Enjoy every note and moment.
Six months before Bill died, his last words to Tony on the phone were “Truth and Beauty”; that is was what these two people represented in this life. God bless both of them. ❤
My teacher led me here.
As a pianist, I strongly recommended that I listen to these two's music when learning German Lied.
he is absolutely right.
It's hard to find more accurate music.
Bill Evans is just a monster on every single song. It's ridiculous.
RIP Tony😥The grace & beauty expressed by these two great artists leaves one breathless. Tony & Bill, we hope to see you "Some Other Time", up in The Hereafter🙏🎙🎹❤
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AMEN, Django...Amen!
He and Bill are together again ❤️
Remember seeing Bill Evans at the Village Vangard summer 1969.Sat at table next to stage three feet away.
Bill made no announcements all night, just played divine music.
You are so lucky. Bill is in a space that nobody else inhabits. Not even the excellent pianists today like Bill Charlap. Joe Albany was also wonderful.
Tony & Bill Together Again Forever and Ever. Thank You Tony and Thank You Bill for the joy the both of you brought!
We may never again witness anything as beautiful and timeless as this incredible pairing. Their albums together opened my ears and heart to the magic of jazz and the genius of the standards of the time. What a treasure it is to have this video record of two of the greatest interpreters of the American Songbook.Thank you for posting!
A Book Full Of Faith, Hope & Brotherhood...
Some two of my favourite musicians, and to this day I never realised they had worked together! What joy
For parting is not goodbye - Tony may you rest in peace. Thank you for your beautiful music.
Just heard Tony has passed at 96. 😢 What a wonderful talent and sweet man. Thank you Tony. You did a great job here❤️👏
Not much to say about this. One of Miles favorite pianist, with Sinatra's favorite singer. Timeless and so moving!
Tony is great...but indeed no one can harmonize on the piano like Bill Evans. He changed the game.
piano piana perhaps Jacob Collier is doing Bill’s job now-changing the game of harmonization. Haha
@@c.arphiencey.4689 LMAO @ Jacob Collier. zzzz....
@@rayjr62 collier does all these technically impressive reharms. but none of them sound as musical as bill evans. sorry collier fans.. it's the truth.
Didn't know Jacob Collier. He plays good but there thousands of good pianoplayers. There is nothing special about his playing. If you hear Bill Evans play you drift into his musical mind which was phenomenal.
They came pretty close. Did you listen to the breadth control on Bennetts lat note at the end of Young & Foolish.
It was accompanying Bill's coda. And
Bennett was right there with him in tandem.
Bill Evans gotta be the "best" pianist ever to grace Earth. I mean, I've listened to hundreds and hundreds of hours of him playing and I've never heard a single mistake from him. What an outstanding musician.
I heard once in his solo sessions, but he's the greatest jazz pianist simply because of his musical depth and understanding!
Yeah man, but I believe those "solo sessions" weren't meant to be recorded. They were... but they weren't really meant to be launched to the public and sold. At least Evans did not wanted that. He was extremely meticulous about the stuff he released and was a supreme perfectionist. I think he would not allow for the "Solo Sessions" album to be released at all if he was alive.
In Come rain or Come shine he did one but he played with it, brillant, actually the only mistake i knowx, true....
Please. Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Paterson, McCoy Tyner, Cecil Taylor...I love this album, Tony Bennett, and Bill Evans. But to say he was the best jazz pianist is silly, and, frankly, white-supremacist. I'd rather listen to the late Richie Powell than Evans. Who I love Evans...
@@meckel1271 white supremacist??? You're actually implying racism??
Bill Evan's playing is magical. Their duo is one of my favorite albums of all time, seeing them live is an absolute treat.
From Ray Of Lightss: Takes me back to my road trip from Cali across America to family and friend from Southern Michigan through the forests up to Northern Michigan Country Side, while listening to Bill Evans and Tony Bennet’s original 2 albums
hard to believe - after everything i've seen and heard done in front of cameras in television studios - that something as perfect and accomplished as this can be done in - front of cameras in a t.v. studio. i've never seen anything so perfect and fine on the screen. (i'm about 50)
its the perfect marriage of popular and high art - of supportive accompaniment and virtuosic improvisation - of voice and instrument - of virility and tenderness. the piano playing is incredibly ambitious and advanced - but he keeps the melody singing out above all the movement and development so clearly that the great virtuosity of it all is almost invisible. this is surely one of the greatest examples of the embellishment and decoration of a melody in the history of music.
that tony can keep up with him at all (that he can keep standing up) is just extraordinary. what hits me hardest about the man's playing, for all its gorgeous sophistication, is its singing quality. he plays phrases in the middle registers that one hears against a background he sets up for them in a higher register BEFORE he plays them. as the upper register phrase shimmers and fades in your ear, the descending medium register phrases are dropped into it. its a sheer joy to listen to it - to have the sounds enter one's listening-ear - like taking a shower in a fifty star hotel.
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I come back to this every once in a while, when I'm missing my mom or friends, hard to live in a big city, but music keeps me going, and these two are, for my ears, the best of the best, evans plays just enough, he is a master of harmony, yet he can melt your heart with as little as three notes, nothing to add to bennett's singing, his voice says it all
It is hard to live in a big city, it can be a very lonely place. Keep your music close to you for it will help you.
This is sublime: two brilliant musical masters in exquisitely intimate and deeply moving conversation. But these seven songs are just a sampling of an endlessly delightful collection entitled "The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings," a two-CD set that all lovers of jazz, piano, and the Great American Songbook should own. It contains 21 songs and 20 additional alternate takes.
Two musical legends. RIP, Tony. And Bill before you.
I have both albums and they are a wonder. Nothing like filling the house with the sounds of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans on a late winter sunny Sunday afternoon... or any time. Perfect.
After hearing this music for 40 years, to have the opportunity to see them alive is like to discover a hidden treasure.
Antonio Luiz Carreira 3 years after your comment and I’m feeling just that.
@@JimManeri same 1 year later!
And yet again in 2022. 🎶 🎉
This recording, and along with the complete Evans/Bennett Collection one of the most amazing and unique works the last 100 years. As a vocalist myself, and an admirer of Tony Bennett, I have to just sit back and listen to these songs and just admire the musicality and the symbiotic relationship between the 2 of them. And this 27 minute vid doesn't even play some of the more impressive and powerful songs they laid down. Who can I turn to, You Must Believe in Spring, Maybe September....The set of songs between the 2 of them is something frankly I'm glad I discovered later in life. Now I can appreciate the quality. And to see Tony Bennett perform which I have twice the last 8 years - is really like opening the door to a past filled with richness and quality. Evans and Bennett are simply astonishing together and these set of songs should go down in history as one of the top jazz vocal combination performances.
I agree with all you say Sean. To my knowledge they did two albums together. I have the double CD album. It has two takes of A Child is Born. It is total class. And to discover this video of them together is totally thrilling. It's beyond words. Matchless duo, immaculate vocal phrasing, breath control backed by a piano virtuoso who knows how to frame the vocal. And for those like me who like a 70s reminiscence the set is divine!
@@earlpinnock8086 Two albums. I downsized and I have at least one, maybe two. These days to see the videos that were not available back in the '70s are a treasure. Especially for me as an Italian American. I met Tony briefly at a convention I covered in Vegas in January 1993 and mentioned that my wife and I had our wedding reception in Astoria NYC, the dear departed Riccardo's, in 1980. He was a singing waiter there after WWII in the late '40s. He remembered that, was gracious, and I was so lucky to speak with him. Damn... anyone who has heard him sing. We are all lucky.
I would love to see this entire performance.
Setlist
[Piano Solo]
Bad & the Beautiful 0:00
[Bill & Tony]
Lucky to be Me 0:56
My Foolish Heart 4:22
When in Rome 8:42
Some Other Time 11:23
A Child is Born 15:41
Make Someone Happy 18:59
We'll Be Together Again 23:24
[Piano Solo]
Bad & the Beautiful 26:29
11:23 Peace Piece / Some Other Time
Thanks. Needs to be on top
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It is so nice to hear Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time", a song from "On The Town" that was sadly cut from the film version. Luckily it has become a favorite of jazz musicians. This is one of the most stunning and poignant performances I've ever heard. Two legends doing what they do best.
this songs makes you want to turn round and say, No, do it now, there might not be an other time
I've just learned that Tony Bennett has passed, at age 96. I was immediately drawn to the pairing of Tony with Bill Evans. These two together will not be touched. Thank you Tony for all that you gave us. RIP
R.I.P. Tony. Yours was a magnificent life.
RIP Tony. Playing with you was a dream. You're the best!
I have no idea where this came from. No live audience. But what a treasure! The too-short, and challenging, life of Bill Evans and the long, wonderful life of Tony Bennett productive right to the end. It makes one reflect.
I'll bet this is one of Tony's favorite and most memorable recordings. Just ask him.
Tony Bennett 40 years since this performance was recorded still going strong crooning out those tunes to millions! Remember his music from childhood; one of my mom's faves! He's right about one thing, "love sure as hell makes one hearts foolish! "
My mother was a classically trained pianist and she taught me a lot, but I still have no idea how people like Bill Evans did what they did, its sometimes so abstract but melodically cohesive and tight with ample feeling and technique. Amazing.
First class all the way.....two incredible original artists and stylists who were perfectly suited to each other. I could listen to Bill and Tony all day.
Two legends that are no longer in this world.
Tondy Bennett is still on the scene, and I must say, he sure knew great talent when he picked Bill Evans to accompany his singing. Didn't know there is a video of these 2 great talents.Love it.
NOTHING BETTER!
According to Tony, it was Annie Ross who suggested they pair up.
With the passing of Tony Bennett, it marks the end of end of an amazing musical era. I met him after a concert in the 80's and I told him that while I appreciated his hits such as ILMH in San Francisco, etc., I told him that by far the greatest work he ever did was the two records he did with Bill Evans. He whole heartedly agreed and declared that Bill was his favorite keyboard player and that he also was in awe of him. In my opinion it is one of the greatest recordings of the Great American Songbook. RIP Tony...Go sing with Bill on piano in heaven for the angels. They will dig it.
Evans playing is so mesmerizing. Introspection using varied harmonies, and rootless chords. Coupled with Bennetts voice. These type of performances show how bands and ensembles are sometimes ear drenching. Lovely clean, crisp and fresh wow amazing.
I have lot of live concerts the I love coming from a heavy metal and salsa background, but this is my all time favorite concert. Period. Thank you Jim Kauffman!!!
I just love these two the way Bill plays, and the way Tony sings... Wouldn't you love to have either one of their talents? Jazz Week, 2017
thank you a trillion times for this tony is great but bill evans is from another planet.we will never see the likes of him again.many thanks.
The opening bit is Bill solo with the theme from the "Bad & the Beautiful", followed by "Lucky to be Me"then "My Foolish Heart", "When in Rome", "Some Other Time", "A Child is Born", "Make Someone Happy" , We'll Be Together Again"-and returning to the "Bad & the Beautiful". Doubtless made to go along with the release of the Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album, apparently by the CBC. Thanks for this wonderful and historic post that concerns a Classic album.
klavier1us Thanks for This. Bad and beautiful and david s Laura are classics
RIP to the legend Tony Bennett. Both legends we’ve since lost
Listening to the music Bill Evans and Tony Bennett made one is reminded of what great musicianship really is. Listen to My Foolish Heart. Evans was a genius. A feeling for emotion seldom found. Tony sings like he knew what he was feeling, as well. Where have these things gone?
Rest in Peace, Tony, One of the two greatest male singers ever.
Indeed. Though Johnny Hartman mustn't be forgotten
How the hell can anyone hate on this? It's pure genius, no question.
Magnificent. And RIP Mr Bennett. So glad I got to see you performing live. You were 92 and you commanded the entire room.
We've been SO lucky to have had these two perpetrators of musical perfection leave that enduring pure excellence
for the world to enjoy over and over and over again.
Remarkable video...I especially liked My Foolish Heart and Make Someone Happy...and Happy 90th birthday Tony!
Bennett was a true master of story telling contained within song, combine this element with the wonderfully inventive playing of Bill Evans and result is pure magic.
We are so fortunate, those of us who appreciate musical genius, to have something like this to enjoy. And there are still musicians who have made careers of playing and accompanying with such voicings and substitutions. My favorites are Lee Musiker, Mike Renzi and Tedd Firth. Evans was the greatest, and Bennett was perfect for his piano style. Bravo.
Never seen before! What a jewel!😊
This is just musical gold. Two giants at their best.
beauty is the goal of art. this is art. this is beauty.
Yes indeed
never saw this video before. beautiful. a world treasure!!! thank you.
This is too good to be true! Thanx so much for posting this!
As is the case with Coltrane & Hartman, the structure/constraints of accompaniment give us a unique window into Bill Evans at his most elemental. When we know what great mastery lies inside of him as a solo artist, the restraint here in his comping/solos is beautiful and educational in its relative simplicity! Great historical archive!
ART pure and simple. JAZZ art.
Just 3 years separated their ages back then. So tragic to have lost Bill at the height of his powers, and so lucky to have had Tony for another 40 plus years. Bill became an orchestra for Tony on those recordings. And the setting focused Bill's solos into concentrated masterpieces. Wish there was more Bill outside of the trio format--as great as that setting was for him. (Tony with Dave McKenna is another treat to be found on CZcams.)
I doubt anyone has ever done these songs as well. It's hard to pick a favorite, and Evans on "When in Rome" is just too delightful for words.
What a pianist, what a singer! Pure art
When music was music.
yeah because there's no talented musicians anymore, everything was good specifically between the years of when you were 13-25
I could ask for nothing better, Bill Evans and Tony Bennett, a dream. Many thanks, Anna.
Rest In Piece Tony, you were truly wonderful and inspiring ❤❤❤❤
One of my most favorite albums of all time, needs to be in everyone’s record collection. I wonder how long Tony will be around for? The 60 Minute segment they did with him and Lady Gaga, the power of music!
Tony was a guest on my radio show in Washington DC and was the best guest I've ever had. was Gene Packard then.
Tony Bennett carries melody like nobody, Bill evans is THE MASTER of piano jazz harmony, that duo is my favorite kind of music in standard-jazz
Tony Bennett’s eyes are always smiling .... There is just something about his heart as a person it seems 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽.... And Bill Evans’ temperament & touch .., 🙏🏽💥🙏🏽
Blimey! No one tells a vocal story as well as Tony Bennett. Makes me think of you 🎈❤️🙏May 8, 2024 😊
Dave Frank, damn... you are right! "Dead Sea" Jazz Scrolls - but the Gospel according to Tony Bennett & Bill Evans. I have the album and saw the Johnny Carson video but this is... priceless! Thanks to Jim Kauffman.
As the years go by I always find myself returning to this album (I should say "albums" as I own both Evans/Bennett collaborations). I could go months on end without hearing it and then a wistful feeling overtakes me. And I turn to Evans & Bennett. I first had these albums on wax. I picked them up in an Oak Park, Illinois store from an afroed white lady whose name escapes me at the moment. I loved her taste in music. We talked always a long while before I made my purchases. Anyway, I've aged a bit since those days. I've converted all my music to CD now. I'm too archaic for any other advances. But this music makes me feel young again. It takes me back to those great days in Oak Park at the record store and all the discoveries I found there. Thanks for the upload. Never saw these songs performed live by the two greats!
Those piano chords are amazing 😉 perfect duet with Tony Bennett
Yes those piano chords are amazing. If you listen Tony will sing a lyric and instead of playing the root cord Bill will play phrases around it and Tony will keep right on singing with the end result being absolutely beautiful sounding. They were so wonderful together.
RIP KING TONY
A MASTERCLASS IN ACCOMPANIMENT TOO!
Yeah try that style accompaniment with your singer.
Good luck! 😅
@@banzobeans 🤠
Now they are together!
👏🏻🎼❤
Impossibly beautiful.
A masterpiece.
Bill Evans!!! How does he do that? Tony, oh yeah!
Love Bill's playing. Just perfectly gorgeous.
THE BEST of THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! FRANK SINATRA IS smiling up in the sky!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
I concur with poster John L. Reynolds......This is time capsule stuff. The world is crazy. Sure the polar ice caps are melting; and there will never be peace in our time. But just when a person can really get low about current headlines something like this appears to remind us and confirm what humans CAN DO.This is the best piece of video of Tony Bennett I've ever seen. And of course Bill Evans as well. Great shots of both doing what they do best. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
lorenzo tedesco absolutely..one hundred percent!!!
The Evans solo before Bennett sings is by David Raksin ' Love is for the Very Young ' It was the main theme for the movie ; The BAD AND tHE bEAUTIFUL-starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner.
Mr. T. Bennett thank you for your beautyful songs, you did a great job for the world of music !
My sincere thanks to Jim Kauffman who posted this. I bought the first album when I was 22 or 23 in '75 or '76. I am up way, WAY, WAY too late but I played this at least three times and have this for all of you:
Lucky To Be Me (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green)
My Foolish Heart (Victor Young & Ned Washington)
When In Rome (Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh)
We'll Catch Up Some Other Time (Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn)
A Child is Born (Thad Jones & Alec Wilder)
Make Someone Happy (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
We'll Be Together Again (Frankie Laine & Carl T. Fischer)
Three artists. Tony, Bill, Thad
Mr.Kauffman, thank you for your upload. From Japan.
That recording of A Child is Born is getting me through 2021....
Merci James Kauffman via Tony & Bill : un pur délice musical à toujours ! 🎼🎸🎹💖🥁✿¸.•'**☆ ╰⊰✿💖♪ Que ton âme repose en paix Tony Bennett.
ONLY 54,000 views of this duo of jazz icons?? The sad state of American music tastes and culture...
It's closing in on 300k ... 6 years later! It's a crime. People get a million views in a single day with trash.
Simply brilliant and touching - a treasure. Unusually, both video and audio are splendid. Piano players (for a change) will have a great view of Evans' keyboard technique. Wouldn't it be wonderful to sit down some recent generations of music fans and say, "This is how good music can be"? Congrats to CBC for overseeing the production.
WIKIPEDIA citation: "Together Again is a 1977 studio album by singer Tony Bennett, accompanied by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was originally issued on Bennett's own Improv Records label, which went out of business later that year, but was subsequently reissued on Concord. Their first album together, The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, was released by Fantasy Records in 1975. Both albums plus alternate takes and additional tracks were released on The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings by Fantasy in 2009."
What a fantastic pairing!
Some Other Time is a little extra poignant for me because I passed up a chance to see Bill Evans n the late 70s. A buddy and I were reluctant to spend $12.50 a ticket because we were penny-pinching students at the time. We had the money but it was a lot to pay for a show. Evans passed away the next year and we repeatedly chastised ourselves over blowing our last chance to see him play. At least this song seems to sense that there may be no other time to catch up. Boy, does that ever apply to both of us. God bless CZcams and people who post videos like this so we can remind ourselves that beauty is tragic because it always dies. But it also lives longer in places like this.)
Perfect in every way.
Just amazing--what a glorious pleasure!
Masterclass
this is too beautiful
the very best of this kind of music ever.
"Oh, well, We'll Catch Up Some Other Time." Such a fitting song for this occasion.
two musical geniuses complementing each other. The world is a poorer place without the both of you. RIP Bill and Tony. Hope you are singing and swinging in the next life.
FANTASTIC! TIMELESS! EVANS! BENNETT!
This filmed performance is a beautiful masterpiece!