Jazz for aficionados

Today's Listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m85XjDtBvU4&index=1&list=PLsvmOVH32OwBU9QVUEyApHLk_Vb91mSmX

I would like for everyone to write their thoughts on this CD.  The Tune lineup is stellar.  The cover photo is Gawjus.   What do you think of the performance?  The tunes are all well known so it should be easy listening.

Since this is a German Band, I am anxious to see what ALEX thinks.

Cheers

O-10, other than they are playing a Bill Evan's tune, and Bill Evan's bass player is on bass, I don't think they sound much alike.

 Mr. Evans has a soft touch and quite a different way of playing from Mr. Werner. Werner actually strikes his keys when they are bad. Evans always tries to spoil his keys with timeouts.

I do think they both would agree, less is more.

Acman, in your first post you stated this was a bassist that had attracted your attention, and I was primarily comparing the two bassist. As you noted, the two piano players are quite different. You said that was Bill Evans bass player, when Scott Lafaro was Bill Evans bass player. Was that Bill Evans bass player at another time?

Was there anything in particular that I missed about that bassist?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn0LYrbQc_0

Sorry I was comparing the trio's as a whole, and mainly Evans to Werner. My bad! Forgot the initial point was the bass player.

 Marc Johnson played with Bill Evans from 1978 until his death.

Rok, answer to your first question.
 I used Jarret Evans comparation as metaphore. Sometimes I meet people who 'listen jazz' and have lots of Ecm records, which is ok. But its been known to happen that those same people often have very strong opinions about  artistic value of some performer, or about that music and its aesthetcs (which again is nothing wrong per se) but when I discover that their knowledge is limited to a very narrow time frame (usually the more recent one) I cant consider their opinion as a worthy, but just as expression of their taste.
I guess that one cant play (or listen) jazz if does not know 'Body and soul'.
Again, I used that line because here some 'new' music has been under heavy criticism, but the person (Frogman) who posted some of it, knows very well even the 'old' stuff and we cant play that card (limited knowledge)  when he is keen to open some new windows.
Its funny that I am acting as advocate to that 'new stuff' when in fact I am on constant search for long forgotten music and performers, but I am curios and I belleive that role of individual is to choose a dialectic method if we want to 'discover the truth'.
Speaking of curiosty, I noticed that everyone likes Miles and Coltrane, up to a point. (Miles, for me, Prestige years and couple albums after)
What if they would try to pursue some of you (us) that their later music has 'soul and beauty' as equal to their earlier work?
Or that perhaps, they could not be tied to that simpler form of expressions?
IMHO  there are lot of intersting questions that jazz afc.could or should ask if they want to have better perspective on the subject, and we should welcome discussions, and not insist on uniform opinion or taste.

As for your second question, I cant open those you tube clips. Maybe you could find some another? I will gladly share my thoughts .
In the meantime here is one european artist (belgian, as inspector Poirot)

Francy Boland (born 1929.)  'Playing with trio'  from 1967.

https://youtu.be/QyrARKhzsPg
https://youtu.be/ctL6coRgW8A
https://youtu.be/C4oCnGqZKg8