Blimey! No one tells a vocal story as well as Tony Bennett. Makes me think of you 🎈❤️🙏May 8, 2024 😊
@barbarajackson-shennan802810 күн бұрын
This video is one of the peaks of american art. All, the music, the lyrics, the singing. The humor, the elegance, the themes, all represent the US culture to me. The blues from the south, the broadway from the east coast, etc. As Tony said in one interview, this is America's classical music. The ultimate canon. And I say this as a non-american!
@aleazk Жыл бұрын
👍
@banzobeans10 ай бұрын
The simple truth. And so well expressed! Thank you for sharing aleazk.
@MarkBlackburnWPG9 ай бұрын
Amerikanische Lieder!
@tkelly55309 ай бұрын
Truth
@selfwitness9 ай бұрын
La parte buena de la cultura gringa, la más sincera.
@XE1GXG9 ай бұрын
Six months before Bill died, his last words to Tony on the phone were “Truth and Beauty”; that is was what these two people represented in this life. God bless both of them. ❤
@karlchristensen62779 ай бұрын
My wife just sent me the link to this, commenting that Tony and Bill are indeed "together again" now... so true! Rest in peace, Tony (he passed this morning at 96, 7/21/23).. I for one will be keeping the flame by performing the great standards as long as I am still able to play and sing. Long live the classic American songs, and God bless all who respect their importance and keep them alive, both as musicians and as patrons of the arts.
@epf196110 ай бұрын
Thank god for their recordings. They will enrich our days...forever. and forever blessed
@TheSearchers10009 ай бұрын
Just incredible talents Tony and Bill. Who could not enjoy listening to such greats.
@jeffbelman75329 ай бұрын
Their rendition of ‘you don’t know what love is’ still sends me to happy tears.
@paulusferdinand11369 ай бұрын
good attitude. you don't have to be dead for the music to stop. I had a stroke in 2020 and haven't been able to play since.Working hard to get it back Never take it for granted. Enjoy every note and moment.
@steveascolese30509 ай бұрын
What a pianist, what a singer! Pure art
@PhilippeCatherine19684 күн бұрын
RIP Tony😥The grace & beauty expressed by these two great artists leaves one breathless. Tony & Bill, we hope to see you "Some Other Time", up in The Hereafter🙏🎙🎹❤
@djangopicklefeather194210 ай бұрын
❤️
@banzobeans10 ай бұрын
AMEN, Django...Amen!
@craigpurdie35289 ай бұрын
He and Bill are together again ❤️
@Q_the_guitar_god8 ай бұрын
Keep STRONG TROUGH JESUS AND HEALTHY IN GODS HAND!
@rossandrabristot39068 ай бұрын
R.I.P. Tony. Yours was a magnificent life.
@rayjr6210 ай бұрын
Tony is great...but indeed no one can harmonize on the piano like Bill Evans. He changed the game.
@Ivpoundz16 жыл бұрын
piano piana perhaps Jacob Collier is doing Bill’s job now-changing the game of harmonization. Haha
@c.arphiencey.46893 жыл бұрын
@@c.arphiencey.4689 LMAO @ Jacob Collier. zzzz....
@rayjr623 жыл бұрын
@@rayjr62 collier does all these technically impressive reharms. but none of them sound as musical as bill evans. sorry collier fans.. it's the truth.
@jman128493 жыл бұрын
Didn't know Jacob Collier. He plays good but there thousands of good pianoplayers. There is nothing special about his playing. If you hear Bill Evans play you drift into his musical mind which was phenomenal.
@w126jazz3 жыл бұрын
They came pretty close. Did you listen to the breadth control on Bennetts lat note at the end of Young & Foolish. It was accompanying Bill's coda. And Bennett was right there with him in tandem.
@kathrynbencriscutto5073 жыл бұрын
For parting is not goodbye - Tony may you rest in peace. Thank you for your beautiful music.
@iljarijnen67910 ай бұрын
Tony & Bill Together Again Forever and Ever. Thank You Tony and Thank You Bill for the joy the both of you brought!
@zardozy10 ай бұрын
Bill Evans gotta be the "best" pianist ever to grace Earth. I mean, I've listened to hundreds and hundreds of hours of him playing and I've never heard a single mistake from him. What an outstanding musician.
@hellocousteau67716 жыл бұрын
I heard once in his solo sessions, but he's the greatest jazz pianist simply because of his musical depth and understanding!
@alana2956 жыл бұрын
Yeah man, but I believe those "solo sessions" weren't meant to be recorded. They were... but they weren't really meant to be launched to the public and sold. At least Evans did not wanted that. He was extremely meticulous about the stuff he released and was a supreme perfectionist. I think he would not allow for the "Solo Sessions" album to be released at all if he was alive.
@hellocousteau67716 жыл бұрын
In Come rain or Come shine he did one but he played with it, brillant, actually the only mistake i knowx, true....
@douettheophane63443 жыл бұрын
Please. Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Paterson, McCoy Tyner, Cecil Taylor...I love this album, Tony Bennett, and Bill Evans. But to say he was the best jazz pianist is silly, and, frankly, white-supremacist. I'd rather listen to the late Richie Powell than Evans. Who I love Evans...
@meckel1271 Жыл бұрын
@@meckel1271 white supremacist??? You're actually implying racism??
@tA_aT287 Жыл бұрын
Just heard Tony has passed at 96. 😢 What a wonderful talent and sweet man. Thank you Tony. You did a great job here❤️👏
@shirleyvmaui10 ай бұрын
Together again indeed……rip
@markesquivel343710 ай бұрын
With the passing of Tony Bennett, it marks the end of end of an amazing musical era. I met him after a concert in the 80's and I told him that while I appreciated his hits such as ILMH in San Francisco, etc., I told him that by far the greatest work he ever did was the two records he did with Bill Evans. He whole heartedly agreed and declared that Bill was his favorite keyboard player and that he also was in awe of him. In my opinion it is one of the greatest recordings of the Great American Songbook. RIP Tony...Go sing with Bill on piano in heaven for the angels. They will dig it.
@sdavidfreud9 ай бұрын
Two musical legends. RIP, Tony. And Bill before you.
@jandrewscali10 ай бұрын
We may never again witness anything as beautiful and timeless as this incredible pairing. Their albums together opened my ears and heart to the magic of jazz and the genius of the standards of the time. What a treasure it is to have this video record of two of the greatest interpreters of the American Songbook.Thank you for posting!
@bluggdrainor4686 Жыл бұрын
A Book Full Of Faith, Hope & Brotherhood...
@user-fy2zn8bg5j9 ай бұрын
Some two of my favourite musicians, and to this day I never realised they had worked together! What joy
@andrewmcclure28539 ай бұрын
Remember seeing Bill Evans at the Village Vangard summer 1969.Sat at table next to stage three feet away. Bill made no announcements all night, just played divine music.
@iainrae61599 ай бұрын
When music was music.
@RussellUpsomgrubb7 жыл бұрын
yeah because there's no talented musicians anymore, everything was good specifically between the years of when you were 13-25
@adamcoe9 ай бұрын
Three artists. Tony, Bill, Thad
@peterbond93698 ай бұрын
I've just learned that Tony Bennett has passed, at age 96. I was immediately drawn to the pairing of Tony with Bill Evans. These two together will not be touched. Thank you Tony for all that you gave us. RIP
@normsaunders498010 ай бұрын
After hearing this music for 40 years, to have the opportunity to see them alive is like to discover a hidden treasure.
@antonioluizcarreira11787 жыл бұрын
Antonio Luiz Carreira 3 years after your comment and I’m feeling just that.
@JimManeri4 жыл бұрын
@@JimManeri same 1 year later!
@varod61673 жыл бұрын
And yet again in 2022. 🎶 🎉
@ghisoar2 жыл бұрын
RIP Tony. Playing with you was a dream. You're the best!
@boulejazz10 ай бұрын
Two legends that are no longer in this world.
@fattysheep847510 ай бұрын
hard to believe - after everything i've seen and heard done in front of cameras in television studios - that something as perfect and accomplished as this can be done in - front of cameras in a t.v. studio. i've never seen anything so perfect and fine on the screen. (i'm about 50) its the perfect marriage of popular and high art - of supportive accompaniment and virtuosic improvisation - of voice and instrument - of virility and tenderness. the piano playing is incredibly ambitious and advanced - but he keeps the melody singing out above all the movement and development so clearly that the great virtuosity of it all is almost invisible. this is surely one of the greatest examples of the embellishment and decoration of a melody in the history of music. that tony can keep up with him at all (that he can keep standing up) is just extraordinary. what hits me hardest about the man's playing, for all its gorgeous sophistication, is its singing quality. he plays phrases in the middle registers that one hears against a background he sets up for them in a higher register BEFORE he plays them. as the upper register phrase shimmers and fades in your ear, the descending medium register phrases are dropped into it. its a sheer joy to listen to it - to have the sounds enter one's listening-ear - like taking a shower in a fifty star hotel.
@jonathantrigg91917 жыл бұрын
Word
@banzobeans9 ай бұрын
RIP KING TONY A MASTERCLASS IN ACCOMPANIMENT TOO!
@StringBath9 ай бұрын
Yeah try that style accompaniment with your singer. Good luck! 😅
@banzobeans9 ай бұрын
@@banzobeans 🤠
@StringBath9 ай бұрын
A CBC Production, quite possibly made in Vancouver in 1976. Priceless!
@user-po9iz3xe8n8 ай бұрын
RIP to the legend Tony Bennett. Both legends we’ve since lost
@garrett458510 ай бұрын
True In All Rights...No Wrongs
@user-fy2zn8bg5j9 ай бұрын
rip Tony
@gazereaper10 ай бұрын
🙏🏾🙏🏾
@RonCarterBassist9 ай бұрын
Never seen before! What a jewel!😊
@carmelalerose7429 ай бұрын
We've been SO lucky to have had these two perpetrators of musical perfection leave that enduring pure excellence for the world to enjoy over and over and over again.
@dogboy6746 ай бұрын
I come back to this every once in a while, when I'm missing my mom or friends, hard to live in a big city, but music keeps me going, and these two are, for my ears, the best of the best, evans plays just enough, he is a master of harmony, yet he can melt your heart with as little as three notes, nothing to add to bennett's singing, his voice says it all
@ferminvargas359 Жыл бұрын
It is hard to live in a big city, it can be a very lonely place. Keep your music close to you for it will help you.
@mattelijah26159 ай бұрын
How the hell can anyone hate on this? It's pure genius, no question.
@sunnysaxman3 жыл бұрын
Merci James Kauffman via Tony & Bill : un pur délice musical à toujours ! 🎼🎸🎹💖🥁✿¸.•'**☆ ╰⊰✿💖♪ Que ton âme repose en paix Tony Bennett.
@reneematte84269 ай бұрын
I have no idea where this came from. No live audience. But what a treasure! The too-short, and challenging, life of Bill Evans and the long, wonderful life of Tony Bennett productive right to the end. It makes one reflect.
@Argonaut12110 ай бұрын
This recording, and along with the complete Evans/Bennett Collection one of the most amazing and unique works the last 100 years. As a vocalist myself, and an admirer of Tony Bennett, I have to just sit back and listen to these songs and just admire the musicality and the symbiotic relationship between the 2 of them. And this 27 minute vid doesn't even play some of the more impressive and powerful songs they laid down. Who can I turn to, You Must Believe in Spring, Maybe September....The set of songs between the 2 of them is something frankly I'm glad I discovered later in life. Now I can appreciate the quality. And to see Tony Bennett perform which I have twice the last 8 years - is really like opening the door to a past filled with richness and quality. Evans and Bennett are simply astonishing together and these set of songs should go down in history as one of the top jazz vocal combination performances.
@Sean-fo6ik6 жыл бұрын
I agree with all you say Sean. To my knowledge they did two albums together. I have the double CD album. It has two takes of A Child is Born. It is total class. And to discover this video of them together is totally thrilling. It's beyond words. Matchless duo, immaculate vocal phrasing, breath control backed by a piano virtuoso who knows how to frame the vocal. And for those like me who like a 70s reminiscence the set is divine!
@earlpinnock80862 жыл бұрын
@@earlpinnock8086 Two albums. I downsized and I have at least one, maybe two. These days to see the videos that were not available back in the '70s are a treasure. Especially for me as an Italian American. I met Tony briefly at a convention I covered in Vegas in January 1993 and mentioned that my wife and I had our wedding reception in Astoria NYC, the dear departed Riccardo's, in 1980. He was a singing waiter there after WWII in the late '40s. He remembered that, was gracious, and I was so lucky to speak with him. Damn... anyone who has heard him sing. We are all lucky.
@SteveSmith-hu3zo Жыл бұрын
I would love to see this entire performance.
@Sweetpjoe9 ай бұрын
Not much to say about this. One of Miles favorite pianist, with Sinatra's favorite singer. Timeless and so moving!
@closer77715 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. And RIP Mr Bennett. So glad I got to see you performing live. You were 92 and you commanded the entire room.
@moragclark7556 ай бұрын
Rest In Peace ♥
@miss80smoviesandmusic10 ай бұрын
It is so nice to hear Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time", a song from "On The Town" that was sadly cut from the film version. Luckily it has become a favorite of jazz musicians. This is one of the most stunning and poignant performances I've ever heard. Two legends doing what they do best.
@jerrera453 жыл бұрын
this songs makes you want to turn round and say, No, do it now, there might not be an other time
@MrZORROish9 ай бұрын
Rest in Peace, Tony, One of the two greatest male singers ever.
@BernardVictor10 ай бұрын
Indeed. Though Johnny Hartman mustn't be forgotten
@Argonaut12110 ай бұрын
Rest In Piece Tony, you were truly wonderful and inspiring ❤❤❤❤
@theloganshow360210 ай бұрын
Now they are together! 👏🏻🎼❤
@joaocarlosrms10 ай бұрын
BILL EVANS!!!!!!
@obinnaokerekeocha971210 ай бұрын
Listening to the music Bill Evans and Tony Bennett made one is reminded of what great musicianship really is. Listen to My Foolish Heart. Evans was a genius. A feeling for emotion seldom found. Tony sings like he knew what he was feeling, as well. Where have these things gone?
@alanreubel53829 ай бұрын
Bill Evans!!! How does he do that? Tony, oh yeah!
@lindapiro7127 Жыл бұрын
Tony was a guest on my radio show in Washington DC and was the best guest I've ever had. was Gene Packard then.
@joetursi95739 ай бұрын
THE BEST of THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! FRANK SINATRA IS smiling up in the sky!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
@2002jorgeparr Жыл бұрын
My mother was a classically trained pianist and she taught me a lot, but I still have no idea how people like Bill Evans did what they did, its sometimes so abstract but melodically cohesive and tight with ample feeling and technique. Amazing.
@roberthuismans35339 ай бұрын
2 OF THE VERY BEST, EVER. RIP , BILL & MR BENNETT. ------------MJL, 76 Y/O
@michaellazzeri20699 ай бұрын
Bill Evan's playing is magical. Their duo is one of my favorite albums of all time, seeing them live is an absolute treat.
@PieInTheSky97 жыл бұрын
This is sublime: two brilliant musical masters in exquisitely intimate and deeply moving conversation. But these seven songs are just a sampling of an endlessly delightful collection entitled "The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings," a two-CD set that all lovers of jazz, piano, and the Great American Songbook should own. It contains 21 songs and 20 additional alternate takes.
@thomasedavis Жыл бұрын
We’ll be together again. 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
@stefanobonoli878310 ай бұрын
Tondy Bennett is still on the scene, and I must say, he sure knew great talent when he picked Bill Evans to accompany his singing. Didn't know there is a video of these 2 great talents.Love it.
@wholzman27 жыл бұрын
NOTHING BETTER!
@ourkidstheirkidsclevalo35775 жыл бұрын
According to Tony, it was Annie Ross who suggested they pair up.
@riffkid8 ай бұрын
What a fantastic pairing!
@mattelijah26159 ай бұрын
A masterpiece.
@bananabob21859 ай бұрын
I’m so lucky to be me…in our world where this happened.
@bardoface Жыл бұрын
Perfect in every way.
@joshualopez326016 күн бұрын
Masterclass
@allanskirrow76013 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna step in it making this comment, but when I was a teenager back in the 60s I got a chance to hear Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete, Fred Marshall and Jerry Granelli live in a Berkeley dive. Sure, there were no vocals, but I pretty much thought I was in Heaven. This was pre-Peanuts, of course. Black Orpheus, etc. YMMV
@allonszenfantsjones8 ай бұрын
Can't get any better.
@marioneunkirchen76869 ай бұрын
Setlist [Piano Solo] Bad & the Beautiful 0:00 [Bill & Tony] Lucky to be Me 0:56 My Foolish Heart 4:22 When in Rome 8:42 Some Other Time 11:23 A Child is Born 15:41 Make Someone Happy 18:59 We'll Be Together Again 23:24 [Piano Solo] Bad & the Beautiful 26:29
@samueljorge6657 Жыл бұрын
11:23 Peace Piece / Some Other Time
@banzobeans10 ай бұрын
Thanks. Needs to be on top
@nancyeckroad-haney730910 ай бұрын
Thank you 🌸
@julieclifford76989 ай бұрын
"Oh, well, We'll Catch Up Some Other Time." Such a fitting song for this occasion.
@JolieBlanchardBrown9 ай бұрын
Did Tony make an obscene gesture there? Holy crap!
@LazlosPlane10 ай бұрын
This is the best .. so great to hear this again .. power confidence love.. knowledge ..trust !! Yea Bill, yea Tony Mr Bennett ..
@CharlesAustin9 ай бұрын
I have both albums and they are a wonder. Nothing like filling the house with the sounds of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans on a late winter sunny Sunday afternoon... or any time. Perfect.
@johnsauer90675 жыл бұрын
Just 3 years separated their ages back then. So tragic to have lost Bill at the height of his powers, and so lucky to have had Tony for another 40 plus years. Bill became an orchestra for Tony on those recordings. And the setting focused Bill's solos into concentrated masterpieces. Wish there was more Bill outside of the trio format--as great as that setting was for him. (Tony with Dave McKenna is another treat to be found on KZhead.)
@bobgold579 ай бұрын
two musical geniuses complementing each other. The world is a poorer place without the both of you. RIP Bill and Tony. Hope you are singing and swinging in the next life.
@edwardcardon7169 ай бұрын
Evans playing is so mesmerizing. Introspection using varied harmonies, and rootless chords. Coupled with Bennetts voice. These type of performances show how bands and ensembles are sometimes ear drenching. Lovely clean, crisp and fresh wow amazing.
@user-tt3ym1jr4b Жыл бұрын
Tank you for the nice musce.
@user-ld8fp2ti1x10 ай бұрын
Love Bill's playing. Just perfectly gorgeous.
@kathrynbencriscutto507 Жыл бұрын
I have lot of live concerts the I love coming from a heavy metal and salsa background, but this is my all time favorite concert. Period. Thank you Jim Kauffman!!!
@gerardguitar1276 жыл бұрын
thank you a trillion times for this tony is great but bill evans is from another planet.we will never see the likes of him again.many thanks.
@exjazzbassbaz7 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant collaboration of Tony & Bill Evans!!💕
@joanbansen69029 ай бұрын
Some Other Time is a little extra poignant for me because I passed up a chance to see Bill Evans n the late 70s. A buddy and I were reluctant to spend $12.50 a ticket because we were penny-pinching students at the time. We had the money but it was a lot to pay for a show. Evans passed away the next year and we repeatedly chastised ourselves over blowing our last chance to see him play. At least this song seems to sense that there may be no other time to catch up. Boy, does that ever apply to both of us. God bless KZhead and people who post videos like this so we can remind ourselves that beauty is tragic because it always dies. But it also lives longer in places like this.)
@jimclark98269 ай бұрын
Tony Bennett carries melody like nobody, Bill evans is THE MASTER of piano jazz harmony, that duo is my favorite kind of music in standard-jazz
@yvonbellemare57345 жыл бұрын
Mr. T. Bennett thank you for your beautyful songs, you did a great job for the world of music !
@robkuiters9 ай бұрын
The opening bit is Bill solo with the theme from the "Bad & the Beautiful", followed by "Lucky to be Me"then "My Foolish Heart", "When in Rome", "Some Other Time", "A Child is Born", "Make Someone Happy" , We'll Be Together Again"-and returning to the "Bad & the Beautiful". Doubtless made to go along with the release of the Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album, apparently by the CBC. Thanks for this wonderful and historic post that concerns a Classic album.
@klavier1us8 жыл бұрын
klavier1us Thanks for This. Bad and beautiful and david s Laura are classics
@RanBlakePiano4 жыл бұрын
This is too good to be true! Thanx so much for posting this!
@vincentlavorgna28679 ай бұрын
I'll bet this is one of Tony's favorite and most memorable recordings. Just ask him.
@c.thompson66386 жыл бұрын
This is just musical gold. Two giants at their best.
@robertjosephkeil Жыл бұрын
First class all the way.....two incredible original artists and stylists who were perfectly suited to each other. I could listen to Bill and Tony all day.
@madbebopper7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@Rosstc889 ай бұрын
Tony Bennett 40 years since this performance was recorded still going strong crooning out those tunes to millions! Remember his music from childhood; one of my mom's faves! He's right about one thing, "love sure as hell makes one hearts foolish! "
@raysallthingschristianchan85326 жыл бұрын
is there something on earth more beautiful?
@kilojoule_valentin25477 жыл бұрын
too marvellous for words
@DexterGordon534 жыл бұрын
ART pure and simple. JAZZ art.
@rommilazzo78236 жыл бұрын
Bennett was a true master of story telling contained within song, combine this element with the wonderfully inventive playing of Bill Evans and result is pure magic.
@meredith2184612 жыл бұрын
Tony Bennett’s eyes are always smiling .... There is just something about his heart as a person it seems 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽.... And Bill Evans’ temperament & touch .., 🙏🏽💥🙏🏽
@clydebermingham1213 жыл бұрын
We are so fortunate, those of us who appreciate musical genius, to have something like this to enjoy. And there are still musicians who have made careers of playing and accompanying with such voicings and substitutions. My favorites are Lee Musiker, Mike Renzi and Tedd Firth. Evans was the greatest, and Bennett was perfect for his piano style. Bravo.
@bic0507535 жыл бұрын
As is the case with Coltrane & Hartman, the structure/constraints of accompaniment give us a unique window into Bill Evans at his most elemental. When we know what great mastery lies inside of him as a solo artist, the restraint here in his comping/solos is beautiful and educational in its relative simplicity! Great historical archive!
@kmjofpdrey Жыл бұрын
Remarkable video...I especially liked My Foolish Heart and Make Someone Happy...and Happy 90th birthday Tony!
@1FrankFan7 жыл бұрын
The Evans solo before Bennett sings is by David Raksin ' Love is for the Very Young ' It was the main theme for the movie ; The BAD AND tHE bEAUTIFUL-starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner.
@maxweissengruber32893 жыл бұрын
I just love these two the way Bill plays, and the way Tony sings... Wouldn't you love to have either one of their talents? Jazz Week, 2017
@Ozzie14207 жыл бұрын
bill was very good x
@robinjames295 жыл бұрын
beauty is the goal of art. this is art. this is beauty.
@MariaSilva-kx9gn7 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed
@kevindoyle36144 жыл бұрын
I have been a Tony Bennett fan since I was born. Just now learning how much Bill Evans contributed
Blimey! No one tells a vocal story as well as Tony Bennett. Makes me think of you 🎈❤️🙏May 8, 2024 😊
This video is one of the peaks of american art. All, the music, the lyrics, the singing. The humor, the elegance, the themes, all represent the US culture to me. The blues from the south, the broadway from the east coast, etc. As Tony said in one interview, this is America's classical music. The ultimate canon. And I say this as a non-american!
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The simple truth. And so well expressed! Thank you for sharing aleazk.
Amerikanische Lieder!
Truth
La parte buena de la cultura gringa, la más sincera.
Six months before Bill died, his last words to Tony on the phone were “Truth and Beauty”; that is was what these two people represented in this life. God bless both of them. ❤
My wife just sent me the link to this, commenting that Tony and Bill are indeed "together again" now... so true! Rest in peace, Tony (he passed this morning at 96, 7/21/23).. I for one will be keeping the flame by performing the great standards as long as I am still able to play and sing. Long live the classic American songs, and God bless all who respect their importance and keep them alive, both as musicians and as patrons of the arts.
Thank god for their recordings. They will enrich our days...forever. and forever blessed
Just incredible talents Tony and Bill. Who could not enjoy listening to such greats.
Their rendition of ‘you don’t know what love is’ still sends me to happy tears.
good attitude. you don't have to be dead for the music to stop. I had a stroke in 2020 and haven't been able to play since.Working hard to get it back Never take it for granted. Enjoy every note and moment.
What a pianist, what a singer! Pure art
RIP Tony😥The grace & beauty expressed by these two great artists leaves one breathless. Tony & Bill, we hope to see you "Some Other Time", up in The Hereafter🙏🎙🎹❤
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AMEN, Django...Amen!
He and Bill are together again ❤️
Keep STRONG TROUGH JESUS AND HEALTHY IN GODS HAND!
R.I.P. Tony. Yours was a magnificent life.
Tony is great...but indeed no one can harmonize on the piano like Bill Evans. He changed the game.
piano piana perhaps Jacob Collier is doing Bill’s job now-changing the game of harmonization. Haha
@@c.arphiencey.4689 LMAO @ Jacob Collier. zzzz....
@@rayjr62 collier does all these technically impressive reharms. but none of them sound as musical as bill evans. sorry collier fans.. it's the truth.
Didn't know Jacob Collier. He plays good but there thousands of good pianoplayers. There is nothing special about his playing. If you hear Bill Evans play you drift into his musical mind which was phenomenal.
They came pretty close. Did you listen to the breadth control on Bennetts lat note at the end of Young & Foolish. It was accompanying Bill's coda. And Bennett was right there with him in tandem.
For parting is not goodbye - Tony may you rest in peace. Thank you for your beautiful music.
Tony & Bill Together Again Forever and Ever. Thank You Tony and Thank You Bill for the joy the both of you brought!
Bill Evans gotta be the "best" pianist ever to grace Earth. I mean, I've listened to hundreds and hundreds of hours of him playing and I've never heard a single mistake from him. What an outstanding musician.
I heard once in his solo sessions, but he's the greatest jazz pianist simply because of his musical depth and understanding!
Yeah man, but I believe those "solo sessions" weren't meant to be recorded. They were... but they weren't really meant to be launched to the public and sold. At least Evans did not wanted that. He was extremely meticulous about the stuff he released and was a supreme perfectionist. I think he would not allow for the "Solo Sessions" album to be released at all if he was alive.
In Come rain or Come shine he did one but he played with it, brillant, actually the only mistake i knowx, true....
Please. Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Paterson, McCoy Tyner, Cecil Taylor...I love this album, Tony Bennett, and Bill Evans. But to say he was the best jazz pianist is silly, and, frankly, white-supremacist. I'd rather listen to the late Richie Powell than Evans. Who I love Evans...
@@meckel1271 white supremacist??? You're actually implying racism??
Just heard Tony has passed at 96. 😢 What a wonderful talent and sweet man. Thank you Tony. You did a great job here❤️👏
Together again indeed……rip
With the passing of Tony Bennett, it marks the end of end of an amazing musical era. I met him after a concert in the 80's and I told him that while I appreciated his hits such as ILMH in San Francisco, etc., I told him that by far the greatest work he ever did was the two records he did with Bill Evans. He whole heartedly agreed and declared that Bill was his favorite keyboard player and that he also was in awe of him. In my opinion it is one of the greatest recordings of the Great American Songbook. RIP Tony...Go sing with Bill on piano in heaven for the angels. They will dig it.
Two musical legends. RIP, Tony. And Bill before you.
We may never again witness anything as beautiful and timeless as this incredible pairing. Their albums together opened my ears and heart to the magic of jazz and the genius of the standards of the time. What a treasure it is to have this video record of two of the greatest interpreters of the American Songbook.Thank you for posting!
A Book Full Of Faith, Hope & Brotherhood...
Some two of my favourite musicians, and to this day I never realised they had worked together! What joy
Remember seeing Bill Evans at the Village Vangard summer 1969.Sat at table next to stage three feet away. Bill made no announcements all night, just played divine music.
When music was music.
yeah because there's no talented musicians anymore, everything was good specifically between the years of when you were 13-25
Three artists. Tony, Bill, Thad
I've just learned that Tony Bennett has passed, at age 96. I was immediately drawn to the pairing of Tony with Bill Evans. These two together will not be touched. Thank you Tony for all that you gave us. RIP
After hearing this music for 40 years, to have the opportunity to see them alive is like to discover a hidden treasure.
Antonio Luiz Carreira 3 years after your comment and I’m feeling just that.
@@JimManeri same 1 year later!
And yet again in 2022. 🎶 🎉
RIP Tony. Playing with you was a dream. You're the best!
Two legends that are no longer in this world.
hard to believe - after everything i've seen and heard done in front of cameras in television studios - that something as perfect and accomplished as this can be done in - front of cameras in a t.v. studio. i've never seen anything so perfect and fine on the screen. (i'm about 50) its the perfect marriage of popular and high art - of supportive accompaniment and virtuosic improvisation - of voice and instrument - of virility and tenderness. the piano playing is incredibly ambitious and advanced - but he keeps the melody singing out above all the movement and development so clearly that the great virtuosity of it all is almost invisible. this is surely one of the greatest examples of the embellishment and decoration of a melody in the history of music. that tony can keep up with him at all (that he can keep standing up) is just extraordinary. what hits me hardest about the man's playing, for all its gorgeous sophistication, is its singing quality. he plays phrases in the middle registers that one hears against a background he sets up for them in a higher register BEFORE he plays them. as the upper register phrase shimmers and fades in your ear, the descending medium register phrases are dropped into it. its a sheer joy to listen to it - to have the sounds enter one's listening-ear - like taking a shower in a fifty star hotel.
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RIP KING TONY A MASTERCLASS IN ACCOMPANIMENT TOO!
Yeah try that style accompaniment with your singer. Good luck! 😅
@@banzobeans 🤠
A CBC Production, quite possibly made in Vancouver in 1976. Priceless!
RIP to the legend Tony Bennett. Both legends we’ve since lost
True In All Rights...No Wrongs
rip Tony
🙏🏾🙏🏾
Never seen before! What a jewel!😊
We've been SO lucky to have had these two perpetrators of musical perfection leave that enduring pure excellence for the world to enjoy over and over and over again.
I come back to this every once in a while, when I'm missing my mom or friends, hard to live in a big city, but music keeps me going, and these two are, for my ears, the best of the best, evans plays just enough, he is a master of harmony, yet he can melt your heart with as little as three notes, nothing to add to bennett's singing, his voice says it all
It is hard to live in a big city, it can be a very lonely place. Keep your music close to you for it will help you.
How the hell can anyone hate on this? It's pure genius, no question.
Merci James Kauffman via Tony & Bill : un pur délice musical à toujours ! 🎼🎸🎹💖🥁✿¸.•'**☆ ╰⊰✿💖♪ Que ton âme repose en paix Tony Bennett.
I have no idea where this came from. No live audience. But what a treasure! The too-short, and challenging, life of Bill Evans and the long, wonderful life of Tony Bennett productive right to the end. It makes one reflect.
This recording, and along with the complete Evans/Bennett Collection one of the most amazing and unique works the last 100 years. As a vocalist myself, and an admirer of Tony Bennett, I have to just sit back and listen to these songs and just admire the musicality and the symbiotic relationship between the 2 of them. And this 27 minute vid doesn't even play some of the more impressive and powerful songs they laid down. Who can I turn to, You Must Believe in Spring, Maybe September....The set of songs between the 2 of them is something frankly I'm glad I discovered later in life. Now I can appreciate the quality. And to see Tony Bennett perform which I have twice the last 8 years - is really like opening the door to a past filled with richness and quality. Evans and Bennett are simply astonishing together and these set of songs should go down in history as one of the top jazz vocal combination performances.
I agree with all you say Sean. To my knowledge they did two albums together. I have the double CD album. It has two takes of A Child is Born. It is total class. And to discover this video of them together is totally thrilling. It's beyond words. Matchless duo, immaculate vocal phrasing, breath control backed by a piano virtuoso who knows how to frame the vocal. And for those like me who like a 70s reminiscence the set is divine!
@@earlpinnock8086 Two albums. I downsized and I have at least one, maybe two. These days to see the videos that were not available back in the '70s are a treasure. Especially for me as an Italian American. I met Tony briefly at a convention I covered in Vegas in January 1993 and mentioned that my wife and I had our wedding reception in Astoria NYC, the dear departed Riccardo's, in 1980. He was a singing waiter there after WWII in the late '40s. He remembered that, was gracious, and I was so lucky to speak with him. Damn... anyone who has heard him sing. We are all lucky.
I would love to see this entire performance.
Not much to say about this. One of Miles favorite pianist, with Sinatra's favorite singer. Timeless and so moving!
Magnificent. And RIP Mr Bennett. So glad I got to see you performing live. You were 92 and you commanded the entire room.
Rest In Peace ♥
It is so nice to hear Leonard Bernstein's "Some Other Time", a song from "On The Town" that was sadly cut from the film version. Luckily it has become a favorite of jazz musicians. This is one of the most stunning and poignant performances I've ever heard. Two legends doing what they do best.
this songs makes you want to turn round and say, No, do it now, there might not be an other time
Rest in Peace, Tony, One of the two greatest male singers ever.
Indeed. Though Johnny Hartman mustn't be forgotten
Rest In Piece Tony, you were truly wonderful and inspiring ❤❤❤❤
Now they are together! 👏🏻🎼❤
BILL EVANS!!!!!!
Listening to the music Bill Evans and Tony Bennett made one is reminded of what great musicianship really is. Listen to My Foolish Heart. Evans was a genius. A feeling for emotion seldom found. Tony sings like he knew what he was feeling, as well. Where have these things gone?
Bill Evans!!! How does he do that? Tony, oh yeah!
Tony was a guest on my radio show in Washington DC and was the best guest I've ever had. was Gene Packard then.
THE BEST of THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! FRANK SINATRA IS smiling up in the sky!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
My mother was a classically trained pianist and she taught me a lot, but I still have no idea how people like Bill Evans did what they did, its sometimes so abstract but melodically cohesive and tight with ample feeling and technique. Amazing.
2 OF THE VERY BEST, EVER. RIP , BILL & MR BENNETT. ------------MJL, 76 Y/O
Bill Evan's playing is magical. Their duo is one of my favorite albums of all time, seeing them live is an absolute treat.
This is sublime: two brilliant musical masters in exquisitely intimate and deeply moving conversation. But these seven songs are just a sampling of an endlessly delightful collection entitled "The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings," a two-CD set that all lovers of jazz, piano, and the Great American Songbook should own. It contains 21 songs and 20 additional alternate takes.
We’ll be together again. 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
Tondy Bennett is still on the scene, and I must say, he sure knew great talent when he picked Bill Evans to accompany his singing. Didn't know there is a video of these 2 great talents.Love it.
NOTHING BETTER!
According to Tony, it was Annie Ross who suggested they pair up.
What a fantastic pairing!
A masterpiece.
I’m so lucky to be me…in our world where this happened.
Perfect in every way.
Masterclass
I'm gonna step in it making this comment, but when I was a teenager back in the 60s I got a chance to hear Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete, Fred Marshall and Jerry Granelli live in a Berkeley dive. Sure, there were no vocals, but I pretty much thought I was in Heaven. This was pre-Peanuts, of course. Black Orpheus, etc. YMMV
Can't get any better.
Setlist [Piano Solo] Bad & the Beautiful 0:00 [Bill & Tony] Lucky to be Me 0:56 My Foolish Heart 4:22 When in Rome 8:42 Some Other Time 11:23 A Child is Born 15:41 Make Someone Happy 18:59 We'll Be Together Again 23:24 [Piano Solo] Bad & the Beautiful 26:29
11:23 Peace Piece / Some Other Time
Thanks. Needs to be on top
Thank you 🌸
"Oh, well, We'll Catch Up Some Other Time." Such a fitting song for this occasion.
Did Tony make an obscene gesture there? Holy crap!
This is the best .. so great to hear this again .. power confidence love.. knowledge ..trust !! Yea Bill, yea Tony Mr Bennett ..
I have both albums and they are a wonder. Nothing like filling the house with the sounds of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans on a late winter sunny Sunday afternoon... or any time. Perfect.
Just 3 years separated their ages back then. So tragic to have lost Bill at the height of his powers, and so lucky to have had Tony for another 40 plus years. Bill became an orchestra for Tony on those recordings. And the setting focused Bill's solos into concentrated masterpieces. Wish there was more Bill outside of the trio format--as great as that setting was for him. (Tony with Dave McKenna is another treat to be found on KZhead.)
two musical geniuses complementing each other. The world is a poorer place without the both of you. RIP Bill and Tony. Hope you are singing and swinging in the next life.
Evans playing is so mesmerizing. Introspection using varied harmonies, and rootless chords. Coupled with Bennetts voice. These type of performances show how bands and ensembles are sometimes ear drenching. Lovely clean, crisp and fresh wow amazing.
Tank you for the nice musce.
Love Bill's playing. Just perfectly gorgeous.
I have lot of live concerts the I love coming from a heavy metal and salsa background, but this is my all time favorite concert. Period. Thank you Jim Kauffman!!!
thank you a trillion times for this tony is great but bill evans is from another planet.we will never see the likes of him again.many thanks.
What a brilliant collaboration of Tony & Bill Evans!!💕
Some Other Time is a little extra poignant for me because I passed up a chance to see Bill Evans n the late 70s. A buddy and I were reluctant to spend $12.50 a ticket because we were penny-pinching students at the time. We had the money but it was a lot to pay for a show. Evans passed away the next year and we repeatedly chastised ourselves over blowing our last chance to see him play. At least this song seems to sense that there may be no other time to catch up. Boy, does that ever apply to both of us. God bless KZhead and people who post videos like this so we can remind ourselves that beauty is tragic because it always dies. But it also lives longer in places like this.)
Tony Bennett carries melody like nobody, Bill evans is THE MASTER of piano jazz harmony, that duo is my favorite kind of music in standard-jazz
Mr. T. Bennett thank you for your beautyful songs, you did a great job for the world of music !
The opening bit is Bill solo with the theme from the "Bad & the Beautiful", followed by "Lucky to be Me"then "My Foolish Heart", "When in Rome", "Some Other Time", "A Child is Born", "Make Someone Happy" , We'll Be Together Again"-and returning to the "Bad & the Beautiful". Doubtless made to go along with the release of the Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album, apparently by the CBC. Thanks for this wonderful and historic post that concerns a Classic album.
klavier1us Thanks for This. Bad and beautiful and david s Laura are classics
This is too good to be true! Thanx so much for posting this!
I'll bet this is one of Tony's favorite and most memorable recordings. Just ask him.
This is just musical gold. Two giants at their best.
First class all the way.....two incredible original artists and stylists who were perfectly suited to each other. I could listen to Bill and Tony all day.
Brilliant!
Tony Bennett 40 years since this performance was recorded still going strong crooning out those tunes to millions! Remember his music from childhood; one of my mom's faves! He's right about one thing, "love sure as hell makes one hearts foolish! "
is there something on earth more beautiful?
too marvellous for words
ART pure and simple. JAZZ art.
Bennett was a true master of story telling contained within song, combine this element with the wonderfully inventive playing of Bill Evans and result is pure magic.
Tony Bennett’s eyes are always smiling .... There is just something about his heart as a person it seems 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽.... And Bill Evans’ temperament & touch .., 🙏🏽💥🙏🏽
We are so fortunate, those of us who appreciate musical genius, to have something like this to enjoy. And there are still musicians who have made careers of playing and accompanying with such voicings and substitutions. My favorites are Lee Musiker, Mike Renzi and Tedd Firth. Evans was the greatest, and Bennett was perfect for his piano style. Bravo.
As is the case with Coltrane & Hartman, the structure/constraints of accompaniment give us a unique window into Bill Evans at his most elemental. When we know what great mastery lies inside of him as a solo artist, the restraint here in his comping/solos is beautiful and educational in its relative simplicity! Great historical archive!
Remarkable video...I especially liked My Foolish Heart and Make Someone Happy...and Happy 90th birthday Tony!
The Evans solo before Bennett sings is by David Raksin ' Love is for the Very Young ' It was the main theme for the movie ; The BAD AND tHE bEAUTIFUL-starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner.
I just love these two the way Bill plays, and the way Tony sings... Wouldn't you love to have either one of their talents? Jazz Week, 2017
bill was very good x
beauty is the goal of art. this is art. this is beauty.
Yes indeed
I have been a Tony Bennett fan since I was born. Just now learning how much Bill Evans contributed
"...Pure bliss, " indeed. Thanks.