DownBeat posted a short interview with trumpeter Dave Douglas (@dave_douglas) last week where he talks about a number of things including his most recent releases, Brazen Heart and the controversial (musically speaking), High Risk. The nature of the “controversy” surrounding High Risk stems, in part, from a two-star review DownBeat gave the album.
| Song | Artist | Album |
| Young And Foolish | Bill Evans | Everybody Digs Bill Evans |
| My Man's Gone Now | Bill Evans | At The Village Vanguard |
| In Remembrance Of Things Past | Paul Motian | Time and Time Again |
| Wail | Roy Haynes Trio featuring Danilo Perez and John Patitucci | Roy Haynes Trio |
| Iron Man | The Bad Plus | Give |
| The Only Living Boy in New York | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Nature Boy | Kevin Eubanks | Duets |
| (I Loves You) Porgy | Bill Evans | At The Village Vanguard |
| B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine) | Bill Evans | You Must Believe in Spring |
| Molten Sunset | Dave Douglas | High Risk |
| Black Rock Park | Dave Douglas | Freak In |
| First Kiss | Tom Waits | Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards |
| We Were Wealth | Wye Oak | Civilian |
| Shangri-La | M. Ward | Hold Time |
| Reflections from the Moon | Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen | Guitar in the Space Age |
| The Saturday of Light | Bob Lukomski | Holy Week Meditations |
| Don't You Think | Myriad3 | The Where |
September 15th marked the 35th anniversary of the passing of the late great piano genius, Bill Evans. Evans’ music is no stranger to Alloy. At the beginning of the year, I featured an episode highlighting a couple memorable Evan’s compositions. Also, last week I posted on Alloy’s Tumblr page an interview excerpt that features Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays discussing the significance of the track “September Fifteenth (dedicated to Bill Evans)” from their album “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls,” explaining its connection to Bill’s passing. This week’s Alloy broadcast will shine a light on a few more of Evans’ classic tunes--it seems only fitting to honor an artist whose recording career spanned four decades. Ironically, shining a light on Bill Evans also provides an opportunity to include the next (short) installment to the ongoing “More Than Timekeepers: Percussive Voices” series started a year ago today! This week we listen to Paul Motian, who worked with Bill Evans, and living legend, Roy Haynes, a drummer in a class by himself. As always, if you miss the live Alloy show this week you can always catch the all-music, 24/7 “Alloy” station. Thanks for listening!
