That's what a drum solo should sound like. Philly Jones stamina was amazing!

If you know his 1970 versions you can clearly hear how he "modernized" himself as a player. Bill was an extremely intelligent musician. R.I.P :-(

Non potete immaginare quale gioia m'ha procurato ascoltare questo brano e rivedere il video dopo 32 anni. Billa Evans...immenso ed ineguagliabile!!!

Wow!! From the start of Bill's intro it sounds more alive and energized than most of Evans's performances of that time. It isn't until later that you realize why. Philly Jo Jones is on this date and he adds fire under everybody, just like he did on their early studio recordings from 58, 59...Rare find!!...Thanks for the upload!!

Wow first time seeing Jo Jones with Bill Evans, truly a rare gem.

bill evans e philly joe jones: un pezzo di storia del jazz! emozionante vedere queste due leggende suonare insieme!!

Philly Joe is fast becoming my favorite drummer so melodic and balanced love his musicality, and all blinged up! The camera is some of the best I've seen. Great playing.

this is one of the great jazz performances

Philly Joe,he puts the time together and moves the group. He was great!!

If I were Marc Johnson-I would have been unconscious with fear-like two great Norse gods flanking my sides!!!!Nice job Marc for not passing out!!!!!!

Am a huge Scott La Faro fan who played bass with Bill. Never heeard of this guy on bass, but he is amazing. Too many words and not enough time to mention Philly Joe and Bill other than the word GENIUS.

Philly and Marc came to play. With the Great Bill Evans.

Three great artists at the top of their game. The piano and bass entrance after the brilliant drum solo is wonderful!

Philly Joe looks & sounds great. Saw him with the Miles Davis Quintet in '58 at a Sunday matinee @ The Modern Jazz Room in Chicago when I was 13. He had only a bass & snare drum, a single ride cymbal & high hat. The rest of his drum kit was probably in the pawn shop & probably you know why. My favorite Bill Evans albums are Everybody Digs & Interplay both with Philly Joe who is one of the five greatest most musical drummers the Jazz world has ever seen.

Masterpiece

I'm not usually a fan of the roving camera work but the amused look on Philly's face from 3:24 is great! Great performance - despite the provided amplification for Marc's bass - and great solos all around. Thanks so much for posting this!

thank god for videos like this

Amazing! Just Amazing Joe Jones

All 3 three of these guys are masters of their instruments. Philly Joe Jones is like controlled chaos.

...Bill Evans and one of the best jazz drummers of all times , the great Philly Joe Jones. When they played together anything could happen

Heard Evans many times. When his was not on the drugs he was tremendous : a great talent. Marc Johnson is still going strong with Elaine Elias.

Priceless! All three.

They sound sensational!

The most inspiring thing...right here

That week trhey did at Keystone Korner in 1980 was like his final goodbye. Every night was different and he played like it was his last performance each and every night I went. This is his best trio he ever put together and Bill attested to that.

Bill’s favorite drummer

saw him in 1980 at the keystone corner SF. then he was gone.

Bill had the shoulders and large fingers to create the richest, most penetrating tones in jazz piano history. Despite the fame of his early trio with LaFaro, his very last trio with Marc Johnson and (here) Philly Joe was the most profound, his Russian ancestry apparent in all he played. Hypnotic, dangerous, and deep--taking the music to realms where no one else has ventured. I could listen to his final 2 box sets, recorded less than a week before his death, to the exclusion of all other music.

Yeah, I noticed that too. He was obviously not in a good way at the time. God bless him for playing through the madness that was his addiction.

Oh Lord "Blingin Sobro" brought On the Percussion Artillery here NO DOUBT.. Bassist has sound like DEEP Maple Syrup.. & of course The Master at The Ivories... Need I say more?. I thought not. :}

Bill's favorite drummer, btw!

This is awesome.

still love it!!

indimenticabile ero li !

When bill goes back to the head of the piece for the outro...the tempo is just insane.

Un grande Marc Johnson al basso. Notare la mano sinistra gonfia, edematosa di Bill Evans. Immagino soffrisse di cirrosi epatica

these dudes were on it.

はわ〜かっこよすぎる。何これ…

the swollen hands . poor bastard. a genius.

Will all of you please shut up about about you know who (J.B.)? Also, why the f**k must Evans' drug use be brought up on every youtube post I go to. So many of you are just so focused on the wrong things. Anyhow, love this. Thanks for posting.

C'ero anch'io… :-))

Arturo V. Joe Jones & Philly Joe Jones are two differen people, both the best.

Never knew Evans still played with Jones this late in his career.

Bill's hands. From heroin use, I mean. Sad. I love that man.

Quando rai 3 trasmetteva ancora programmi veri...come schegge

How fitting Eliane Alias would then marry Marc . This is so cool ..It is as if the song never stops.........-which it doesn't!

C'ero anch'io....

io c'ero...

era a terni!

👍🌾

Philly JOE. JO Jones was a different person.

Dear Paul Motian had to b so quiet for Bill , ...fab drummer dear Paul , crackin performance by dear Philly ❤️

bill

Will all of you please shut up about about you know who (J.B.)? Anyhow, love this. Thanks for posting.

Just listen.

This was from Bill's cocaine period.

Quella sera suonò anche McCoy Tyner con Lee Konitz....seratina da niente!

Apparently, in Italy, they invented cell phone cameras in 1978..

beato te :) avrei dato un piede :D

camerawork had me needing a Dramamine.

Камеру сегодня по сцене гулять не пускают...

Drugs! I'd eat shit just to play like him on his bad days!!!

This has 10,000 views. Pick a justin bieber song from this year and it has 10-30 million.

@DJGRINGO101 I Know. Luciano Pavarotti wouldn't survive ONE week on American Idol.

@DJGRINGO101 yes,t'is sad and broken,that Bieber is now today's model of a musician, this Bill evans is a god, or maybe one of teh only things that proves one may exsist. I' not down when people on youtube always talk about his use or addiction to drugs.it's a pretty common thing with genious musicians and a sad thing i agree. why must we judge. the next time some housewife somewhere pops a paxil because she saw an ad on Tv to do so,remember that drugs are everywhere, just like sorrow .

This is what the 37th chamber of Shaolin looks like. The camera operator doesn’t know the song.

You can see Bill looking angrily at the camera man focusing on his hands. Absurd.

Bill had some fat fingers! o_O

@Hyslop65 haha yea but when he was hopped up on usually cocaine it was goingggg

@GodStarRevisited69: Why even give a thought to pop music? Do you think that pop didn't exist in 1978--or 1958? This is art not pop. While recently walking through the Picasso exhibit I didn't concern myself with the thought of why more people prefer to look at Japanese anime. What do I care?

Drugs...what a terrible tragedy and waste of talent.