Jazz Articles about Bill Evans

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Album Review

Bill Evans: Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott's

Read "Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott's" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
November 29, 2020

Bill Evans: Live At Ronnie Scott's brings to mind the phrase “on the shoulders of giants." Evans's stature in jazz history is unassailable, his influence having touched much of the music's subsequent trajectories, while also establishing a new, discernable branch of the jazz tree traceable to the present-day. A two-disc package, Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott's captures the relatively brief trio configuration of Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette in the natural setting of a live club performance.

Book Review

The Big Love: Life & Death With Bill Evans

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
March 17, 2020

The Big Love: Life & Death with Bill Evans Laurie Verchomin 144 pagine ISBN: 1456563092 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2011 “I imagine a love full of pure acceptance--no judgement--no regrets--total integrity. This is the love Bill and I create for ourselves. Just being together is all it takes for us to experience this state of oneness. We are free to be ourselves--and the energy created by our presence becomes expressed for Bill through ...

Radio & Podcasts

We Got the Skilz to Play the Billz

by Patrick Burnette
December 19, 2019

William, oh William, it was really nothing—but an all—Bill all the time podcast! At Mike's suggestion, this round's musicians are all named Bill. Heck, half of them are white guys named Bill Evans who gigged with Miles Davis. How's that for homogeneity? Don't fret—the other Bills at this party bring heavy-gauge avant credentials to balance things out. Pop matters swerves all over the road, ranging from The Negro Problem to Shaun Colvin. Playlist Discussion of Bill Evans' ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Piano Trios – Erroll Garner, Ahmad Jamal, and Bill Evans (1955 - 1961)

by Russell Perry
October 1, 2019

While there were influential piano trios in the 1940s (lead by Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, or Nat King Cole, for example), the format reached new peaks in the 1950s. In particular, Ahmad Jamal} and {{Bill Evans reconceived the format to stress the interplay of three artists, rather than a primary piano soloist with rhythm support. In this hour, we will hear from these pianists and from Erroll Garner, the work of each represented by a legendary live recording--Garner's ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bill Evans @ 90 and Day 3 "Bitches Brew"

by Marc Cohn
September 13, 2019

We start with 21st century music from guitarist Dave Stryker (coming to Southern Louisiana in October; heads up, y'all:), Geri Allen, David Weiss, Zhenya Strigalev and the Hi-Fly Orchestra. It's pianist Bill Evans birthday. Were he alive today, he would be celebrating his 90th. We have him at the Vanguard with his last trio, in a duo with guitarist Jim Hall, and a neglected session with flautist Jeremy Steig. We finish our 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' “Bitches Brew" with ...

Multiple Reviews

Resonance Records: The Art of the Sampler

by Geno Thackara
August 13, 2019

Resonance Records is a refreshing success story in the modern jazz world, still happily defying the norms of the streaming age with unflagging class and style. Even familiar listeners can lose sight of what a catalogue of material they've gathered, which is where 2019's handful of budget samplers come in. Co-president Zev Feldman declares that he's “always looking for ways to introduce the world to Resonance's records—both historical issues and also our tremendous current artists." With a snazzy set of ...

Multiple Reviews

Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery: Masters At Work

by Doug Collette
May 17, 2019

Any and every respectable collection of jazz music, whether digital or physical, should contain at least some of the works of pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Wes Montgomery. Icons of their respective instruments, both musicians also created varied ensemble templates of adventurous modern jazz, and while it is true many are already available in the marketplace, it's fairly safe to say none are any more lovingly or lavishly produced and packaged than a recent pair released on the Resonance label. ...