Larry McDonough Quartet Show “Bill Evans - June 25, 1961" Comes to Brix in Stillwater
Performance of “June 25, 1961 - 60th Anniversary of Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard” and
Release of “Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds”
Saturday, June 26, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Brix Music Café, 423 Main St. S., Stillwater, MN 55082
https://www.brixmusiccafe.com/
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Joe Weismann, bass
Bill Norine, drums
Families and students are welcome.
Sample...
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Larry McDonough Quartet Show “Bill Evans - June 25, 1961" Comes to Brix in Stillwater
Performance of “June 25, 1961 - 60th Anniversary of Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard” and
Release of “Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds”
Saturday, June 26, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Brix Music Café, 423 Main St. S., Stillwater, MN 55082
https://www.brixmusiccafe.com/
Larry McDonough Quartet
Larry McDonough, piano
Richard Terrill, saxes and poetry
Joe Weismann, bass
Bill Norine, drums
Families and students are welcome.
Sample
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/files/June251961/June_25__1961_-_Sample.mp3
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60 years later, the Larry McDonough Quartet will celebrate the two live recordings of legendary pianist and composer Bill Evans, bassist and composer Scott Lafaro, and drummer Paul Motian on June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard. “Sunday at the Village Vanguard” and “Waltz for Debby” were the last recordings of this trio, as LaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard. The trio revolutionized jazz, with each member improvising at the same time while performing recognizable pieces.
The Larry McDonough Quartet also will release the new CD "Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds - Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans," a live recording covering the career of Bill Evans. Jazz curator Steve Kenny has called pianist Larry McDonough the Bill Evans scholar of Minnesota. "The quartet does more than replay the songbook. They relive it, reinterpret it for a new generation of jazz listeners, making then into now." - Eric Hanson, Author, Artist, and Jazz Historian
Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/KindofBillonthePalaceGrounds-CD.html
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Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of Sunday at the Village Vanguard: “This trio is still widely regarded as his finest, largely because of the symbiotic interplay between its members. This is a great place to begin with Evans.” C. Michael Bailey of All About Jazz wrote "Along with Bassist wunderkind Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, Evans perfected his democratic vision of trio cooperation, where all members performed with perfect empathy and telepathy... It is these performances, currently available as Sunday at The Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby that comprise the number one best jazz live recording in this present series." Sunday at The Village Vanguard was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Waltz for Debby was voted number 465 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).
Sample
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/files/June251961/June_25__1961_-_Sample.mp3
Come see and hear the show that has filled venues throughout the Twin Cities.
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Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Gloria's Step
My Man's Gone Now
Solar
Alice in Wonderland
All of You
Jade Visions
Waltz for Debby
My Foolish Heart
Waltz for Debby
Detour Ahead
My Romance
Some Other Time
Milestones
June 25, 1961 Sample
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/files/June251961/June_25__1961_-_Sample.mp3
Kind of Bill on the Palace Grounds, Marking 40 Years since the Death of Bill Evans
1. Introduction
2. Waltz for Debby
3. Blue in Green
4. Improvisations - Bill Evans (poem)
5. All of You
6. My Foolish Heart
7. Stella by Starlight
8. You Must Believe in Spring
9. We Will Meet Again
10. Bill Evans (poem)
11. I Will Say Goodbye
12. Milestones
CD Release
http://larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com/KindofBillonthePalaceGrounds-CD.html
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Larry McDonough and Bill Evans
Jazz curator Steve Kenny has called Larry the Bill Evans scholar of Minnesota. Larry grew up listening and transcribing Evans’ music, having seen his live performances in the 1970s. His shows and recordings feature the music of Evans. Larry has become friends with Evans’ widow Nenette, who supports Larry’s projects and provides him with some of Bill Evans’ manuscripts. Larry is the only Minnesotan invited to study the Bill Evans Archive at the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies of Southeastern Louisiana University. Movie director Bruce Spiegel chose Larry to host Minnesota showings of his documentary film “Bill Evans Time Remembered.”
Larry recently released the double CD set “Alice in Stonehenge and other AcoustElectric Adventures” that includes “Alice in Wonderland,” based on the Evans’ arrangement; “Flamenco Sketches,” which Evans composed and performed with Davis on “Kind of Blue;” and “You Must Believe in Spring,” which Evans recorded with Tony Bennett. On the CD “Solitude, poetry in jazz,” Larry and saxophonist and poet Richard Terrill performed the Evans arrangement of “Some Other Time” along with Richard’s poem “Bill Evans.”
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Contact information:
Larry McDonough
651-398-8053
mcdon056@umn.edu
http://www.larrymcdonoughjazz.homestead.com
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