Bill kill

A inegável técnica associada a não menor sensibilidade de Bill Evans nos dispensa de fazermos quaisquer elucubrações sobre o seu papel no campo jazzístico. Gostaria apenas de destacar o belo encontro propiciado por ele, Jim Hall, Zoot Sims, Ron Carter e Philly Joe Jones no embasbacante cd Loose blues. O nome do disco está relacionado, creio, ao longo período que ficou no fundo da gaveta até ser lançado em 1982. Esse encontro é uma verdadeira pororoca de gênios do jazz que não economiza em bons momentos: todos os músicos parecem estar ligados em uma só sintonia e nos brinda com um disco ímpar. Deixarei para vosso deleite uma faixa que o meu colega pianista Fabiano Araujo adorava tocar: Funkallero (clique sobre o nome e digite jazzseen).

Para os gringos, a resenha do Allmusic:

This long-lost session, not released initially until 1982, features pianist Bill Evans, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Philly Joe Jones interpreting seven of the pianist's recent originals. Due to some difficulties during the recording process (none of the sidemen were familiar with the often complex numbers), the results were originally shelved and lost for a couple of decades. This CD reissue shows that the music was actually much better than originally thought. While "Time Remembered," "Funkallero," and "My Bells" would become Evans standards, it is quite interesting to hear such forgotten obscurities as "Loose Bloose" (heard in two versions), "There Came You," "Fun Ride," and "Fudgesickle Built for Four"; a couple of the songs could stand to be revived. It is a pity that Evans and Sims (a logical combination) never did record together again.