Bill Evans is reunited
with singer
Monica Zetterlund – in a live date done more than a decade after their classic Waltz For Debby album! The first side of the record features
Evans in a trio mode – working instrumentally,
without
Monica, in a group that features the great Eddie Gomez on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums – easily some of the better-recorded European live material by
Bill from the 70s, caught in a way that really shows his new sensitivity in the later decade.
Evans' piano is breathtaking here – a subtle symphony of shades and tones that delights the ears at each new twist and turn – recorded in some slightly longish takes on tunes that include "Sugar Plum", "Sareen Jurer", "Very Early", and "Gloria's Step".
Bill continues the feeling of the first side wonderfully on the flip – as
Zetterlund joins the group, and shows how much she's matured as well since here last meeting
with Evans. Most of the tunes are standards, but they've got a sensitivity that goes way beyond familiar readings – carried off wonderfully by
Monica in some beautifully dark-toned vocals. Titles include "Come Rain Or Come Shine", "The Second Time Around", "Once Upon A Summertime", "What's New", and the lovely "Samba".
(Out of print, includes obi.)