The Drummonds Feat. Renee Rosnes - Letter To Evans

Styles: Jazz, Post-Bop
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:16
Size: 115,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:12)  1. You and The Night and The Music
(5:17)  2. My Romance
(8:22)  3. Pas De Trois
(4:38)  4. Too Young To Go Steady
(4:50)  5. Emily
(4:25)  6. I Hear A Rhapsody
(4:31)  7. Haunted Heart
(6:14)  8. How My Heart Sings
(5:44)  9. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Billy Drummond (her husband at the time), put together a fine tribute to the late pianist Bill Evans on these 2000 sessions, though they don't play any of his timeless compositions. Instead, they build upon his vast recorded legacy by interpreting standards and modern compositions that Evans enjoyed playing. While there is a touch of Evans' lyricism in Rosnes' playing, she is no mere copycat; while Ray Drummond's tasty, inventive basslines and Billy Drummond's light-handed percussion would have possibly been an excellent rhythm section for Evans. Rosnes' debt to Evans is most apparent in the upbeat treatment of Earl Zindars' "How My Heart Sings" and the brisk setting of "I Hear a Rhapsody." There are also a pair of tracks not associated with Evans. This CD was also issued by True Life as Pas de Trois, though with a slightly different track selection. ~ Ken Dryden  http://www.allmusic.com/album/letter-to-evans-mw0000775202

Personnel: Renee Rosnes (piano); Billy Drummond (bass instrument, drums); Ray Drummond (drums).

Letter To Evans

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