# Bill Evans performed at La Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice, France: Photos, Videos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/02/26/bill-evans-performed-at-la-grande-parade-du-jazz-in-nice-france-photos-videos/
- Published: 2019-02-26T17:08:34+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**On July 16, 1978, pianist Bill Evans performed at La Grande Parade du Jazz in 
Nice, France. He was backed by Marc Johnson on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums.**

The trio played four songs before being joined by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams
for two more. The performance was captured by République Française TV. The group
played outdoors and yet, as you’ll hear, they were miked so artfully that the music
sounds as if it was recorded in a studio.

[⌊51nE-t0UIPL⌉⌊51nE-t0UIPL⌉[
 Pianist Dave Thompson informed me that much of the
broadcast went up on YouTube less than a month ago. Dave is a fabulous pianist and
will be guest artist at the University of Akron Jazz Festival in Ohio from March
19 to 21. Dave will be playing three days of Bill Evans concerts and workshops, 
including performances with trio and with the jazz orchestra/big band. Dave has 
written arrangements of Evans’s tunes for the big band concert. Or if you’re in 
Chicago, Dave will be at Pianoforte of Chicago on April 14 for an afternoon of Bill
Evans’s music.

Here’s the Bill Evans Trio al fresco in 1978, with Pepper Adams on two of the songs:

_Midnight Mood_…

_Turn Out the Stars_…

_Minha_…

_My Romance_…

_I Love You_, with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams…

_Three Little Words_ with Adams…

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