On Explorations, in 1961, Evans was joined by Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. Beautiful solos from Adderley and Evans on this first appearance of “Nardis” on record.īill Evans kept “Nardis” in rotation throughout his career, and brought it to a number of recording sessions, making his version of the tune probably the definitive one. Everyone sounds very good on here, though Mitchell’s trumpet solo ran out of steam a bit. They play through the theme once, then come to the tune’s end. Check the cool harmony around 4:30 just before the end of the piano solo here… At about 4:45, Evans brings his piano solo to a logical close and the horns re-join to play through the tune’s head again. After those chords, Mitchell runs out of steam a bit toward the end of his solo Evans’ piano solo starts around 3:30 and this trio sounds very comfortable together (fittingly enough – this is the same trio on Everybody Digs Bill Evans) as Evans plays sustained chords under a great piano solo. The rhythm section keeps the low simmer going throughout here, with Evans adding some nice melodic chords between about 3:00 and 3:10. At about 2:20, the sax solo comes to a close and Mitchell takes a trumpet solo. There’s a particularly nice phrase around 1:35 or so, punctuated by a big piano chord. At about 1:10, Adderley takes a sax solo over a walking bassline, brushed snare drum, and piano chords. The quintet opened the tune with sax and trumpet playing the melody in unison over lightly swinging drums as the bass plays the rhythm, with the harmony filled out by Evans’ piano lines and gradually thickening chords. “Nardis” is an oddity– written by Miles Davis for Cannonball Adderley’s Portrait of Cannonball album in 1958, where Blue Mitchell was on the trumpet, Davis himself never recorded the tune.įor the tune’s first appearance, in addition to Cannonball Adderley’s sax and Blue Mitchell’s trumpet, Bill Evans played piano, Sam Jones played bass, and Philly Joe Jones played the drums. *By subscribing, you agree to receive our monthly newsletter as well as sporadic promotional emails.
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