Since We Met

Since We Met is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell, recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1974 and released on the Fantasy label in 1976.

Two other numbers, "See-Saw" from the 1973 musical of that title and "Sareen Jurer" by Evans's friend Earl Zindars, a composer he frequently covered, were new to his repertoire and intended for this album.

[5] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and called it "a good example of Bill Evans' early-'70s trio as it typically sounded in clubs.

[9] The jazz critic and historian Ted Gioia notes that "Evans was a persistent champion of 'But Beautiful,' featuring it with his own trio as well as on all-star collaborations with Tony Bennett and Stan Getz.

I especially like the less known version ... from the album Since We Met—Evans's solo here captures a relaxed, conversational way of phrasing, almost as if some private lyrics known only to the pianist are in his mind as he constructs melodic lines to match them.