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An Uplifting Tragedy: Everybody Digs Bill Evans

by Peter Jones
September 16, 2026

In July 1961, 25-year-old bassist Scott LaFaro was killed in a car accident in upstate New York. Four days earlier he had accompanied Stan Getz at the Newport Jazz Festival, and a few days before that, he had made the legendary Village Vanguard live recordings with the Bill Evans Trio Trio that were released as Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. Both albums are acknowledged classics of the jazz trio genre. On learning of Scott's ...

Album Review

Bill Evans: At the BBC

Read "At the BBC" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 28, 2026

Registrato presso gli studi londinesi della BBC il 19 marzo 1965, suddiviso in due set per un totale di un'ora e dieci di musica, rimasterizzata dai nastri originali e disposta su singolo CD o doppio LP, il materiale (inedito) di quest'opera aggiunge un ulteriore tassello al già molto che sappiamo di Bill Evans e dei suoi svariati trii, che com'è noto (e assodato) si pongono ai vertici della letteratura specifica, anche--diremmo soprattutto--come apripista di una linea estetico-stilistico-operativa che sarebbe poi ...

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Bill Evans: At The BBC 1965

Read "At The BBC 1965" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 27, 2026

Pianist Bill Evans' only performances at London's British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) were taped in March 1965 and broadcast in May and December of that year in two half-hour segments. As it is impossible to invoke Evans' name without adding the word “legendary," that will be done now to avoid needless repetition. This was Evans' second working trio, with bassist Chuck Israels answering the call after Scott LaFaro's untimely death. Larry Bunker replaced Paul Motian, who had taken another ...

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Bill Evans: Nardis

by Sue Yang
May 29, 2026

Bill Evans turns “Nardis" into something far more tense and combustible on At The Montreux Jazz Festival (Verve Records, 1968). Anyone coming to this performance looking only for the lyrical, introspective Evans will hear a trio working closer to the edge. Jack DeJohnette keeps the music in restless motion, Eddie Gomez pushes the bass into a fully melodic role, and Evans shapes the piece with dark modal suspense, sudden flares and beautifully judged pauses. What makes this version so memorable ...

Album Review

Bill Evans: At The BBC 1965

Read "At The BBC 1965" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
May 4, 2026

Producer Zev Feldman recalls having once purchased a laserdisc of this BBC session--an early testament to his devotion to the music of Bill Evans. Feldman has curated numerous Evans projects for both Elemental Records and Resonance Records; this album marks the fifteenth occasion he has collaborated with the Evans' estate. His earlier releases include Behind the Dikes (Elemental, 2021), the 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Elemental), Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest (Resonance, 2016), Another Time: The Hilversum ...

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Bill Evans: At The BBC 1965

Read "At The BBC 1965" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
April 17, 2026

Jazz 625 was a British television show, hosted by trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, that ran from 1964 to 1966 on BBC2; the name comes from the higher-resolution 625-line UHF system that the station employed for broadcast. The show featured a variety of British musicians as well as top American artists such as Art Blakey, Jimmy Giuffre, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk and the Modern Jazz Quartet. The archives thus hold a treasure trove of mid-60s jazz and, thankfully, the 35 ...

Radio & Podcasts

Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans, Ulysses Owens, Jr., Paul Edis & Noa Levy

by Joe Dimino
April 5, 2026

We launch into the 952nd episode of Neon Jazz with a spark of elegance and invention--UK pianist Paul Edis and San Francisco vocalist Noa Levy reimagining “Peri's Scope," the classic by Bill Evans, from their 2026 release Portrait in Evans. It's a bold, beautiful opening that sets the tone for a journey rich in texture and soul. From there, we shine a light on the artistry and insight of Glenn Makos, Joe Steels, and author John Gennari with his standout ...