Archive for 13. März 2010

4:54 Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart (1961)

März 13, 2010

Another jazz number which is even more relaxing than yesterday’s choice. There is an incredible lightness and playfulness in this piece. Somehow it reminds me of Satie. A somnambulistic interplay of piano, bass and drums. One of the great standards in a version which is as „there“ as a Japanese calligraphy. All speed has been sucked out and we are transported into the pure present.

a day a second (31-40)

März 13, 2010

Here are the solutions to the fourth bunch (1, 2, 3) of blindtests in my 2010 music countdown series a day a second. Until end of November I intend to post each day a song a second shorter and write a little bit about it.