Warren Bernhardt Chuck Israels Peter H. Larsen Ron Nethercutt Jack Reilly ISSN # 1056-4179 News "REST eT 3 ome subscribers have informed me tst | they have net been receiving their news eters. he tenor have reslied from er | rons in my roords. I J you are paying $20 pe subscriptioa, you are receiving LFE by bulk mail The U.S States Post Office i rototios for losing or misplacing bule smal [don't think that ty wave bulk all ittust be at eat Fit Clas Ifyou re not ceiving LF by cight weeks after the fist mouth named ia cach Iss, Ley SEP(Oct, NOVDee, et, youreay wish 0 consider upgrading your sutsriptin to Fist Cas satus (625.00) 1 ty 10 mal eat the fist of every month, but sometimes T don't make i Ul the second or third vec. FirstClass issues ae mailed in cavelopes ane usally ave in beter condidon, All Ca sc subeciptions are railed Third Cass Surface and wualy arrive within ro or tree weeks after maiing. Subscriptions toll other count ate mailed Air Mail Printed Mate, bu somefimes te tailed! ler than the bulk and fast class railings Because ofa temporary shortage of postage finds Ofien at this ime of year, I doubleup on fore ruil two lates togeter — tsave money. Isboeld mention alsothatsomelssves are delayedbecause my other Works take precedence. I thank you for your patcnce and unde?- sanding. There is a brit Financial repet inthis ssn for these who ae interested in tat sor of thing, Iter ace any rant writers other who would Tk: to donate some tine, Teould use some help. Give me ac Again the Biue Ridge Music Festival will be held at Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, Board of Advisors: Vere aig Parlier Lite) peer hd Reeaariies Bill Evans AUSSI Le Cero sea greece ay Vol. 8, Number 5, Price $5.00 June 14-20, 1992. Tattended the first event in June 1990. The Enrico Pieranun2i Trio with Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine ‘was in residence. The Kenny Wemer ‘Trio was featured the following year. The festival seems to be going downhill ax ‘there is no jazz trio in residence this year. Also the Monticello ‘Tio, the fine classical string tio from the University of ‘Virginia, ic no Tonger participating. In ite place isthe Turtle Island String Quartet. A participa, who lias attcled the festival for the past two ‘summers, has expressed concern that there is n0 mainstream jazz trio on the faculty this year. I'm eager to hear his reactions to the Turtle Island String (Quartet as jazz educators. think ofthese lguys as primarily classically trained. If lany reader attends, please send me a tique. The Intemational Association of Jazz Record Collectors (LAIR.C) will ‘meet August 6, 7, and 8, 1992 for their ancual Convention. The event will take place atthe Bourbon, News Letters : Corrections. ee Fred Hersch: Evanessence- review The New Real Book, Vol. f-re Enrico Pieranuzu:- review The State of The Newsletter loterview « Nenette Evans . Tribute Compositions . . . Interview With Gary PeacockLetter from Evans, May/June 1992 Orleans Hoe in the old Fench Quarter, New Orean, Looe islam Call Gus Status, LAJLR.C. Conveation Chala, for mere information (012) 382-6257 WE azz pianist, LFE cootibutor, ané author Mark Levine willbe aching jze piano at Jazz Camp 9, July 18-26, 1992 Ju Berkley, California, For mor information call (510) S40- 5149, HE ree compared ote provious issu, this issu is long on nted music and shoct on text. LFE wishes ocontinae ts Commitment the working and castal mescisa as Well asthe owsmusician, Included in his ieuc ac ead sheets oa com- positions dedicated to Bil. More will appear in fore issues Talso plan some more transcriptions soon. ‘Neaete Evans offers th it instlinat ofan ate for readers to get to now her and Bill's cildten better. Nenefte fn ate ooking forward t0 working together in fuure ven- fara fiers by EE madoas Letters cE ERENT Dear Win: Rushed, and must get ght to the point: Dus to reasons too lengthy and stupid to even go into, 1 caded up with three copies of BE's Blue in Green, instead of Just the two f intended to get for myself anda frend Ifyou know of anyone to whom I can unload it, Twill let igo for $115 I'l pay the postage. Lemme know quick, OK? Thanks! George Ziskind (212) 74-2255 PS: By the way, I think itis a great CD. I've got to start re-thinking my position that he reached a new plateau around thetime ofthe two Pariseoncorss (79, Elektra). Quite possibly itwas a continum, over the last 20 years of his life, or maybe coven during the whole life, and | just wasn't delving deep enough? All I know is that B. in G. has lots of super-heavy suff Gand some of the most eye-popping Marty Morell I've heard), and this was 1974; so there goes my °79 theory. PS: Rec'd your eply yesterday re: The Brilliant. Miot Loose ‘Wigtof Timeless has also pur out one called the Brian B.E. — appears to be more (thar makes three for Timeless) of the ‘Alfa stuf from Bill's week at the Keystone Komer. Re: the West Wind The Brilliant, Icalled Cadence, and reading from the liners they tell me that it appears to be extra material from his Lase Concert in Germany thing, and from the other one be did for West Wind. My friend Jack Goodwin in Engiand tells ‘me that Brian Fiennesey says wo “pass this one up” — lame sound and (Iswear) lume playing. If the sound isthe same as the other West Wind stuff [can live with i and although we all have off nights, I do wonder abeut this “iame playing” jodgment, Let me know any further info you develop on ths. Thanks. 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The caver logo, Based on a photograph by Jim Mar- ‘shall, was designed by Mike Ning: and is used. by permission Board of Advisors: 4 Warren Bernhardt Chuck Isracis Ron Nethercutt | Peter H. Larson Jack Feilly ‘Stat! Win Hinkle, Publisher/Editor Ellen: Hinkle, Editorial Assistant Laurie Van Brunt; Proofreader, Assistent Editor Lotter from Evens | Win Hinkle; Editor 2712 Cady Way | Winter Park, FL. | 32792-4356 | USA. | Voice Phone (407) 678-7113 | FAX (407) 678-7049 | Electronic Mail may be left for the editor on the GENIE network, W.HINKLES or on CompuServe Letter from Evans~lapan William Montgomery, Editor Homat Orient #404 22 Ichibencho, Chiyoda-ku. Tokyo 102, Japan DISCLAIMER The editor/publisher, writers, and members of the Board of Advisors of LETTER FROM EVANS have never knowingly endorsed or promoted any illegal audio or video recording:Dear Win, T wanted fo let you know J am pleased with your decision to begin reviewing unauthorized Evans recordings. Ido not agree “with the unethical business practice of not paying royalties, but the fact is Tuy the bootlegs anywsy. 1am afraid if I don't buy them now, the music will become unavailable forever. LFE can provide a great sorvice to its readers by reviewing these recordings and pointing out onesto avoid for whatever Teason, Here, for example, is some information w pass on. |, sengely enough, found the double CD Live in Buenos Aries 7979 on West Wind in a Camelot Music store, The music is excellent, and the recording sounds acceptable montural However, West Wind just ook an LP recording (probably the Yellow Note LP pressing) and put iton CD. There is annoying record surface noise which one can tolerate, bat on most ofthe selections there ic aloud droning low frequency hum which is practically unbearable. | would recommend staying away from the West Wind release of this mpe. I would like to know if the tum is present on the Yellow Note telease. I would welcome a list of these “unauthorized” recordings with their conten ‘Thisis th best way weean get buck atthese ‘companies. look forward to every issuc. I enjoy the interviews with ‘musicianseven if they donot particularly have rmuch to do with Evans. The Jarrett interview was stellar effort. Keep up the cffort. Sincerely, Brett Lehocky Boardman, 0} George and Brett raise some good points. Finding the “pirate of a pirate” CD in a Camelot Music Store is fascinating. Since meeting Nenewe Evansand talking with some ofthe musicians involved, I have thought of doing the following: take a pirated recording, make a new master with some “digtial cleaning- up," duplicate and sellche produc: on CD (marketing throwgh LFE), But unlike Mr. Wigt's il, I would enter into reyalyy arrangements with the estate, the side musicians, and the ‘music publishers, so that everyone invelved would get sone thing out of the deal. The only problem is that the original recording was pirated: [ would be as guilty of theft as the The Att Pepper Society, organising secretary, Tabasco Pete Webbs editor of The NewsPepper newsiettr. Tabasco Pete Webb, “Los Altos” 34c Dengrove Park Caterbury Kent CT2 OPY, ENGLAND e102) 712882 Letter from Evans, May/June 1992 ‘riginal producers. 1 could try to buey the master tapes, but | ‘probably would not be able 1o, because they have already been ‘sold, albeit unscrupulously and probably illegally 10 people such as Mr. Wigt. Mr. Wigt and others could sue me for theft even though I would be trying 10 do the right thing! Twelcome comments on these ideas from lawyers, enter: tainment executives, and musicians. No matter how many disclaimers I pui in @ review of an illegal product, most readers will try to find the recording. Already ] am intrigued ty Bryan Henessey's evaluation of West Wind The Brilliant 1 ‘musi check out the “lame pleying ” myself I'm sure that allof ‘you will do the same thing, I have already reviewed West Wind's Last Concert in Germany in a previousissue. A reader ‘sent ito me, Another reader sent me an LP(2) of the Yellow Note Live in Buenos Aries 1979 thar I will review. (I agree with Brett that the music is excellent.) Legitimate record companies, such as; Fansasy, Sunnyside, Concord, and Wind. ham Hill regularly send me their products for review. ! have never received reviews products rom West Wind, Alfa, or other purveyorsf piracy, [don’t want 10 anger the legit companies by catering tothe other ones. We record buyers grumble about the unethical operations of some labels and then gladly plunk don the money (often a high price) for pirated recordings ‘The bortom line is that we buy the product. Yellow Note and the like know that. Tonce Said tha: one's conscience should bother them less if they accept (or even request) cassette copies of pirated recordings from friends. 1 was. in effect, condoning illegal coping of ilegal recordings. I was wrong, cand I apologize. That won't help the situation. One possible remedy is for legitimate record companies to purchase master rapes (good ones, suck as the Live in Buenos Aries 1979), remaster them, i necessary, for CD release, enter into the requisite royalty contracts, and release high quality CD's a & good price and availability to consumers. At absolutely no charge (except for expenses), I hereby offer my help in coor- dinating negotiations between tape owners and any record company wishing 10 1ake this on. Corrections and Amplifications a Inhindsight, Imay have boon a litle harsh in my verbal battery towards subscriber Arsen Russian. Itscems that we Bill Bvans fausare adamant on how we "do our thing.” Mr. Russian called ‘when he hads't received the last issue, the one scathing his critical leer, I'm sure he has received it by now, yet hic has not canceled his subscription. In talking to him on the phone, | sensed thathe is sincere in his devotion to Bill Evans. lexpect ‘we can tothacknowledge that commonality and tart sftesh in cour epistemological ruminations. Our hearts are in the right place, but we have different ways of expressing our thoughts. In the last issue T mentioned that a cassetic of Helen Page 3