Evans, Bill -& Tony Bennett-
Together And Apart (2cd)
The 1976 Newport Jazz Festival opened with an afternoon double bill of Tony Bennett's working quartet and The Bill Evans Trio. A combination that allowed the two groups to do their own thing with the opportunity for Tony and Bill to meet in the middle for a lovely rendition of 'My Foolish Heart.' Evans' trio is on top form and features the virtuosic double bass of Eddie Gomez with Eliot Zigmund on drums. Bennett's working group delivers perfect accompaniment and stretches out on 'I Got Rhythm' and 'It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).' The second disc here is the soundtrack of a TV special from the following year which features Bennett and Evans as a duo. It formed part of the promotional activities for their second collaboration 'Together Again' (1977). Two incredible performances presented here, 'Together And Apart,' at the Newport Jazz Festival 1976, and a year later in San Francisco. CD1: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI 25th June 1976 WKCR-FM: Tony Bennett (with his rhythm section): 01. WKCR intro/Watch What Happens 02. The Best Is Yet To Come 03. I Got Rhythm 04. Over The Rainbow Bill Evans Trio: 05. Sugar Plum 06. Up With The Lark 07. TTT Bill Evans with Tony Bennett: 08. My Foolish Heart Tony Bennett (with his rhythm section): 09. I Wanna Be Around 10. I Left My Heart In San Francisco Bill Evans Trio: 11. Someday My Prince Will Come 12. Minah (All Mine) Tony Bennett (with his rhythm section): 13. It Don't Mean A Thing/Drum Solo/Reprise 14. New York State Of Mind 15. Once Upon A Time 16. In Your Own Sweet Way 17. Outro CD2: Bill Evans & Tony Bennett, Columbia Studios, San Francisco, CA, September 1977 PBS/CBC: 01. Piano Solo Intro/The Bad And The Beautiful 02. Lucky To Be Me 03. My Foolish Heart 04. When In Rome 05. We'll Catch Up Some Other Time 06. A Child Is Born 07. Make Someone Happy 08. We'll Be Together Again 09. Piano Solo Outro/The Bad And The Beautiful