Evans refused to go on playing and the whole set lasted only 25 minutes. In the evening Bill Evans started off all right until Stan appeared and blatantly started an unannounced, unrehearsed blues, 'Stan's Blues'. Eventually it was decided not to play any blues at all.

Producer Joop de Roo still remembers very well how everything went wrong: In the studio in the afternoon everything went reasonably, although the problem remained as to exactly what changes should be played in the blues. (Stan Getz, tenor saxophone Bill Evans, piano Eddie Gomez, bass and Marty Morell drums). The concert series of 1974 Laren International Jazz Festival was continued with a performance by the Bill Evans Trio with Stan Getz. Here's a bit more info on the Evans/Getz blowup over the blues from the Bill Evans website: I'm sure there are a few other blues in his discography. There's another version with the same group on an LP (miles davis) called 'jazz at the plaza.' i don't know it's on you tube but it is on spotify. Here's bill evans playing straight chaser with miles davis and john coltrane and cannonball adderly! Here's a great version of bill evans and jeremy steig playing monk's 'straight no chaser' (12-bar blues) Http:/ / phocadownload/ bill_evans_Funkallero.pdf bill evans' solo (it may not be from the same recording) but WELL WORTH MENTIONING in any discussion of BE! some funkallero transcriptions (it's a 16-bar minor tune and not a 12-bar blues). United Future Organization – Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994).Joe Locke and Kenny Barron – But Beautiful (1991).Frank Zappa and Sting – Broadway the Hard Way (1988).Turtle Island Quartet – Turtle Island String Quartet (1988).Carmen McRae and Betty Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1987).Jimmy Raney and Doug Raney – Stolen Moments (1979).Phil Woods – Americans Swinging in Paris (1968).Herbie Mann with Chick Corea – Standing Ovation at Newport (1965).Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961).Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis – Trane Whistle (1960).

This vocal version of 'Stolen Moments' was given the alternative title 'You Belong to Her'.

They were first recorded on the 1987 album The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets. Gail Fisher later wrote different lyrics to Nelson's original melody. Singer Mark Murphy wrote lyrics for his 1978 version. Ted Gioia describes this version of as 'a querulous hard bop chart that makes full use of the horns on hand with its rich spread-out voicings.' Gioia also observes 'a clever hook in the song – its brief resolve into the tonic major in bar four of the melody, one of the many interesting twists in Nelson's original chart.' Nelson's solo on this version contains 'possibly the most famous' use of the augmented scale in jazz. The first recording of the song to gain attention was the version on Nelson's own 1961 album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth. However, in the liner notes to Eric Dolphy: The Complete Prestige Recordings, Bill Kirchner states that this incorrectly credits Dolphy with playing what is actually the baritone saxophone of George Barrow, with Dolphy's contribution to the piece being the second alto behind Nelson. It was not marked out as anything special, in fact the cover notes only mention that the trumpet solo is by Bobby Bryant and that Eric Dolphy's bass clarinet can be heard briefly on the closing. The piece first appeared as 'The Stolen Moment' on the 1960 album Trane Whistle by Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, which was largely written and co-arranged by Oliver Nelson. Problems playing this file? See media help.

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