Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert At The Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires

Sound DNA

• Jazz
• Post-Bop & Modal

• warm
• smoky
• intimate

About

Part of a growing list of archival Bill Evans releases from Resonance, <i>Morning Glory</i> documents the innovative pianist in 1973 with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell (his longest-running trio lineup). The setting is Argentina, very soon after Juan Perón’s return from a lengthy exile. What comes across the most is the crowd’s enthusiasm—odd, perhaps, as the gig took place at 10 am. Loud, sustained applause and cheering greet Evans as he finishes “Waltz for Debby” (one of the album’s three originals), only to subside when he returns to encore with “My Foolish Heart.” The material is all classic Bill Evans, although “Esta Tarde Vi Llover” by Mexico’s Armando Manzanero is an inspired addition, likely familiar to Latin American audiences of the time. (It also appeared on <i>The Tokyo Concert</i> as “Yesterday I Heard the Rain.”) The sound restoration is excellent: Gomez’s bass is particularly vibrant, and the unaccompanied trading on “T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)” brings each instrument’s qualities into clearer focus. Jerome Kern’s “Up With the Lark” appears again on <i>Inner Spirit</i>, a companion release from Resonance featuring Evans in Argentina six years later (with a different trio lineup).

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