Eliane Elias - "Blue In Green (Bill Evans/Miles Davis)"

[Lionel Mandrake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zGbNN-Jfj8

This is a new interpretation of an old tune by Bill Evans or Miles Davis (or maybe both of them?).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Very nice, my dear Lionel Mandrake...

What a rich sound...

Thank you.

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. I'm glad you liked it.

Most performers have played "Blue In Green" as a slow ballad, as did Miles Davis et al. in 1959:

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

Eliane Elias's version is quite different.

[Lionel Mandrake]

3. shameless kick

in case anyone wasn't around yesterday.

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. Lounge lizards: this is your last chance

to exhibit your exquisite musical taste by responding in this thread.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. L-O-V-E Eliane.

Here's her version of "My Foolish Heart" (also a Bill Evans song, and a jazz standard)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmaf6RlvQak&feature=related

...and her version of "Tangerine"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wjEktBhOk&feature=related

:toast:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. "Kind Of Blue"...Miles wrote the song, Evans performed on it, and...

...also released a "solo" version with the Bill Evans Trio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW_7gRH7ASE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_of_Blue

Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959. The sessions featured Davis's ensemble sextet, which consisted of pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. After the inclusion of Bill Evans into his sextet, Davis followed up on the modal experimentations of Milestones (1958) and 1958 Miles (1958) by basing the album entirely on modality, in contrast to his earlier work with the hard bop style of jazz.

Though precise figures have been disputed, Kind of Blue has been cited by many music writers not only as Davis's best-selling album, but as the best-selling jazz record of all time. On October 7, 2008, it was certified quadruple platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It has been regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time and Davis's masterpiece. The album's influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical music, has led music writers to acknowledge it as one of the most influential albums of all time. In 2002, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, the album was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

All songs composed by Miles Davis (see content section for more information). Only six complete takes of the five tunes on the album exist, indicated by the song numbers.

"So What" – 9:22
"Freddie Freeloader" – 9:46
"Blue in Green" – 5:37
"All Blues" – 11:33
"Flamenco Sketches" – 9:26