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Pianist Bill Evans: A Retrospective
by Mark Sabbatini
Index Introduction Key Recordings Boxed Sets Individual Albums Online Books Introduction Arguably the greatest jazz pianist of the 1960s and '70s, Bill Evans is a remarkable study of extraordinary discipline and disorder clashing to form some of the most beautiful music of all time. ...
Remembering Bill Evans
by Scott Pollard
Bill Evans (1929-1980) was a musician of the highest caliber. He delved into the art of jazz and took it apart, dissecting it with an appreciation for the music of Ravel and Debussy, a superior command of the piano, and a God-given talent for jazz that was augmented by stints with the greatest musicians of his ...
G.Org: A New Kind of Blue
by John Kelman
Paying homage can be risky business, especially when the source is as seminal as Miles Davis' classic Kind of Blue. Comparisons are not just begged, they're expected. And how can anyone hope to capture the same magic? Or the confluence of events that put Davis, Julian “Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers ...
Bill Evans: You Must Believe In Spring
by Chris M. Slawecki
After more than a decade as one of the pianist's most sympathetic bassists, this was Eddie Gomez's last recording with Evans, a trio set with drummer Eliot Zigmund recorded in 1977 and released after Evans' death in 1980.Evans never stopped searching for new ideas. He might be faulted for repeatedly looking for them in ...
Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions
by David Rickert
The first album by any given artist is not likely to be their best, for obvious reasons: most are still developing a style and honing their craft. This 1956 session, Bill Evans’ first as a leader, is no different. The introverted pianist had to be virtually forced into recording as a leader, but these early explorations ...
Bill Evans: Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2 [Box Set]
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by Samuel Chell
I had assumed that these recordings fit into the category of “he plays well under the circumstances." Forget the qualifiers. Listening to this set and the previously released The Last Waltz is a bit like sharing the experience of the wild-eyed poet who has returned from feasting on the milk of paradise in Coleridge's “Kubla Khan." ...
Three Classic Riverside Reissues
by Charlie B. Dahan
Three classic Riverside recordings have been recently reissued: Bill Evans' solo debut New Jazz Conceptions , Cannonball Adderley and Milt Jackson's Things Are Getting Better and Chet Baker's Chet Baker Plays The Best of Lerner and Loewe. While only the Adderley/Jackson and Evans' reissues contain bonus tracks, all three have been remastered using 20-bit K2 super ...
Tim Green: Catching Yourself Gracefully
by C. Michael Bailey
Pianist Tim Green new recording, Jeannie's Song, was recently featured in my Nights at the Turntable article, Origin Arts: The Tsunami from Seattle . Mr. Green is one of a growing number of young jazz musicians who are shaping jazz for the 21st century. His approach to jazz is through his bright and intelligent compositions, as ...
Bill Evans: You Must Believe In Spring
by Mark Corroto
Somewhere between the huge box sets of Bill Evans’ work on Verve, Riverside, Fantasy and his final works (and almost final live dates) lie some true gems. Romantics fall easily for the gritty sounds of Evans accompanying singer Tony Bennett from 1975 and his two Paris concerts from 1979, both released on Blue Note, which are ...
Bill Evans: Everything Happens To Me - A Musical Biography
by C. Michael Bailey
Everything Happens To Me Keith Shadwick Backbeat Books, Music Player Network, San Francisco, 2002 ISBN 0-87930-708-0 Years before Brad Meldau thought to redefine the jazz piano trio, Bill Evans defined it in the first place. In piano jazz history, Bill Evans influenced every major pianist to come after him. Before ...
