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Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate
by Edward Blanco
Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has been gone since 1980; nevertheless, his music continues to inspire new generations of young musicians and remains an integral part of jazz history. Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of The Gate celebrates Evans' memory, capturing the great pianist and his trio performing in the upstairs room--and separate club, called The Top of The Gate--of The Village Gate night club in Greenwich Village, founded by Art D'Lugoff back in 1958. Never released until now, this ...
Continue ReadingBreakfast with Bill Evans
by Bob Kenselaar
[Bill Evans was in a relaxed mood late in the morning on a cloudy spring day in 1979 for this interview. He was very happy with his most recent recording and excited about the new direction he was taking with his trio. In addition to sharing memories about his musical career from its earliest days, he reflected on his place in the history of jazz. He died not long afterwards, in September 1980.] Greeting me at the door ...
Continue ReadingBill Evans: The Sesjun Radio Shows
by Dan McClenaghan
Bill EvansThe Sesjun Radio ShowsOut Of The Blue/Naxos2011 (1973-79) Pianist Bill Evans (b. 1929, d. 1980) changed the way of the piano trio, beginning with a handful of brilliant studio recording for Riverside Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A pair of live recordings for the label, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby, both released in 1961, cemented his reputation as a genius and agent of ...
Continue ReadingBill Evans: Live at Lulu White's 1979
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il crepuscolo di Bill Evans fu tanto doloroso sul piano umano, quanto dotato di una speciale grazia su quello musicale. Mentre il suicidio del fratello Harry lo spingeva al deterioramento estremo, la sua inventiva melodica, la personale rivisitazione romantica del panismo bebop e la voglia di comunicare e mettersi in gioco dal vivo e in studio, tutto questo viveva con passione elegante e luminosa. Il suo ultimo trio è schiacciato dal ricordo mitologico di quello con Motian e La Faro, ...
Continue ReadingTurn Out the Lights: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June 1980
by Jeff Stockton
Bill Evans Trio Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings June 1980 Nonesuch Records 2009
The recent wave of celebrity deaths is a reminder that there's no greater loss the arts can suffer than losing someone in their creative prime. Pianist Bill Evans was 50 when he returned to New York's Village Vanguard for a series of dates in the summer of 1980 with his relatively new trio, and he ...
Continue ReadingThe Bill Evans Trio: Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings June 1980
by Doug Collette
The extent to which Bill Evans' studio and live recordings have been recorded, archived and released is a testament to the deserved reverence the late pianist has elicited. Originally available only in a limited run, Turn Out the Stars-The Final Village Vanguard Recordings June 1980 is further evidence of that devout respect.
Far more lavish (and sturdy despite the individual digipaks inside)) than the accompanying box, the essays written by Bob Blumenthal and Harold Danko are extensive in their detail ...
Continue ReadingJazz Icons: Bill Evans Live '64 - '75
by C. Michael Bailey
Bill Evans Jazz Icons Series 3: Bill Evans Live '64 - '75 Jazz Icons 2008
A dweeb with a bad haircut or junkie messiah? The most significant jazz pianist since Bud Powell or an over-rated ivory noodler? Bill Evans is a delicious musical enigma whose influence on the piano was as far reaching as Charlie Parker's on the alto saxophone. Evans' Jazz Icons release is singular among the seven ... Continue Reading
