Bill Evans
Few musicians seemed less likely to make an impact on the New York jazz scene in the late Fifties than Bill Evans(1929-80), whose introspective solos and delicate touch were far removed from what was commonly considered "hard bop." Yet Evans was indeed heard, and quickly became one of the most influential musicians on any instrument of the last 40 years. Evans was born in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Southeastern Louisiana University. After a period in the Army, he returned to New York in 1955 and began working and recording with Tony Scott and George Russell. His subtly swinging, lucidly constructed solos with these leaders quickly attracted attention, and provided Evans with an opportunity to begin recording under his own name; but he was modest regarding his gifts, and for a time was reluctant to push himself into the limelight. All this changed after he spent several months during 1958 in Miles Davis's band, where he played alongside John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley as well as the trumpeter and became a central figure in Davis's shift to modal improvisation. The period with Davis allowed Evans to organize his own trio, which featured bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian by the end of 1959. These three players developed a new and more interactive approach to trio playing, one in which all instruments carried melodic responsibilities and functioned as equal voices. LaFaro's tragic death in a July 1961 highway accident ended the existence of this seminal unit; but not before it had recorded four albums, two in the studio and two at a Village Vanguard performance shortly before the bassist's death, that influenced several generations of pianists, bassists, and drummers. While Evans excelled in even more intimate playing situations—he made memorable duet music with guitarist Jim Hall, singer Tony Bennett, and bassist Eddie Gomez, and on more than one occasion created fascinating studio recitals of multi-tracked piano—for the remaining two decades of his life, he continued to work in the trio format he had established with LaFaro and Motian. Personnel rarely changed in the Evans trio (Gomez was a member from 1966-1977), and the unit's repertoire slowly grew to include evocative new originals and worthy standards, as well as the tunes that led to Evans's initial fame. Despite this consistency of format and material, Evans remained uncommonly inspired, able to reach stunning emotional depths with a quiet lucidity that was unmatched. His lyrical melodic inventions, intricate phrasing, complex voicings, and beautiful touch remain as unmistakable influences on pianists 25 years after his death.
ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Bill Evans, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Tony Bennett, Bill Evans
The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album
Original Jazz Classics Series / Remastered 2023
Bill Evans
The Complete Riverside Recordings
Remastered 1987Bill Evans
You Must Believe In Spring
Remastered 2022
Bill Evans
Trio 64
Dolby Atmos
Bill Evans
Trio '64
Lucy Reed, Bill Evans
The Singing Reed
Bill Evans
Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans
Bill Evans
From Left To Right
Expanded EditionBill Evans, Jeremy Steig
What's New
The Gary McFarland Orchestra, Bill Evans
The Gary Mcfarland Orchestra
The Teddy Wilson Trio, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Bob Brookmeyer
At Newport
Live
Bill Evans
Quiet Now: Never Let Me Go
Reissue
Bill Evans
The Best Of Bill Evans Live
ReissueStan Getz, Bill Evans
Stan Getz & Bill Evans
Bill Evans
California, Here I Come
LPR
Bill Evans
Ultimate Bill Evans
Reissue
Bill Evans
Verve Jazz Masters 5: Bill Evans
Reissue
Bill Evans
Bill Evans' Finest Hour
Reissue
Bill Evans
Bill Evans For Lovers
Reissue
Bill Evans
The Secret Sessions: Recorded At The Village Vanguard (1966-1975)
Live
Bill Evans
The Complete Bill Evans On Verve
Bill Evans
Alone
Reissue 2
Bill Evans
The Best Of Bill Evans On Verve
Reissue
Bill Evans
Jazz 'Round Midnight
ReissueBill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette
Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival
Reissue
Bill Evans
5 Original Albums
International Box Set
Bill Evans
Further Conversations With Myself
192kHz/24-bitBill Evans, Shelly Manne
Empathy
Bill Evans
A Simple Matter Of Conviction
Bill Evans
The Complete Fantasy Recordings
Bill Evans
Piano Poet
Bill Evans
The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and Fantasy
Bill Evans
The Riverside & Milestone Albums 1956-1963 - Slipcase
Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans
The Ivory Hunters
Bill Evans
The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2
RemasteredBill Evans
New Jazz Conceptions
Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans, Various Artists
Blue Gershwin
Tony Bennett, Bill Evans
Together Again
Remastered
Bill Evans
Plays The Theme From "The VIPs" And Other Great Songs
Bill Evans
The Alternative Man
Bill Evans
Blue In Green
Bill Evans
Riverside Profiles: Bill Evans
International Version - no bonus discBill Evans
Jazz Showcase
Remastered
Tony Bennett, Bill Evans
The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album
Bill Evans, Don Elliott
Tenderly (An Informal Session)
Bill Evans
Plays For Lovers
Bill Evans
Undercurrent
Bill Evans
Conversations With Myself
Expanded EditionBill Evans
Bill Evans At Town Hall
SINGOLI
I singoli più rappresentativi di Bill Evans, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.
Bill Evans
How Deep Is The Ocean
Live At Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BC / June 20, 1975
Bill Evans
You And The Night And The Music
Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Bill Evans
The Peacocks
Bill Evans
Autumn Leaves
Bill Evans
Up With The Lark
Live At Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BC / June 20, 1975Bill Evans
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Pseudo VideoBIOGRAFIA
Few musicians seemed less likely to make an impact on the New York jazz scene in the late Fifties than Bill Evans(1929-80), whose introspective solos and delicate touch were far removed from what was commonly considered "hard bop." Yet Evans was indeed heard, and quickly became one of the most influential musicians on any instrument of the last 40 years.
Evans was born in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Southeastern Louisiana University. After a period in the Army, he returned to New York in 1955 and began working and recording with Tony Scott and George Russell. His subtly swinging, lucidly constructed solos with these leaders quickly attracted attention, and provided Evans with an opportunity to begin recording under his own name; but he was modest regarding his gifts, and for a time was reluctant to push himself into the limelight. All this changed after he spent several months during 1958 in Miles Davis's band, where he played alongside John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley as well as the trumpeter and became a central figure in Davis's shift to modal improvisation.
The period with Davis allowed Evans to organize his own trio, which featured bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian by the end of 1959. These three players developed a new and more interactive approach to trio playing, one in which all instruments carried melodic responsibilities and functioned as equal voices. LaFaro's tragic death in a July 1961 highway accident ended the existence of this seminal unit; but not before it had recorded four albums, two in the studio and two at a Village Vanguard performance shortly before the bassist's death, that influenced several generations of pianists, bassists, and drummers.
While Evans excelled in even more intimate playing situations—he made memorable duet music with guitarist Jim Hall, singer Tony Bennett, and bassist Eddie Gomez, and on more than one occasion created fascinating studio recitals of multi-tracked piano—for the remaining two decades of his life, he continued to work in the trio format he had established with LaFaro and Motian. Personnel rarely changed in the Evans trio (Gomez was a member from 1966-1977), and the unit's repertoire slowly grew to include evocative new originals and worthy standards, as well as the tunes that led to Evans's initial fame. Despite this consistency of format and material, Evans remained uncommonly inspired, able to reach stunning emotional depths with a quiet lucidity that was unmatched. His lyrical melodic inventions, intricate phrasing, complex voicings, and beautiful touch remain as unmistakable influences on pianists 25 years after his death.
ULTIME NEWS
05.07.2021
"'On a Friday Evening' è uno dei migliori dischi live di Evans in trio..."
"'On a Friday Evening' è uno dei migliori dischi live di Evans in trio..."'All About Jazz' (la gìfirma è di Angelo Leonardi) recensisce il concerto inedito di Bill Evans registrato nel 1975 a Vancouver in trio con Eddie Gomez al contrabbasso ed Eliot Zigmund alla batteria, e ne dice meraviglie. Ascolta subito "On a Friday Evening"!
29.08.2017
JAZZIT festeggia il 100° numero con una fantastica cover story dedicata al grande Bill Evans
JazzIt festeggia il 100° numero con una fantastica cover story dedicata al grande Bill Evans. Alla fine del lungo saggio (ben 50 pagine, curate da Sergio Pasquandrea), largo spazio è dedicato all'ultimo prezioso ritrovamento, il concerto del 1976 con Eddie Gomez e Eliot Zigmund pubblicato di recente su etichetta Fantasy con il titolo "On a Monday Evening". Clicca sull'immagine qua sotto per accedere al sito FB di JazzIt...
17.05.2017
Quattro stelle su All About Jazz per "On a Monday Evening", lo straordinario inedito di Bill Evans
Stefano Merighi recensisce ON A MONDAY EVENING, lo straordinario inedito "live" di Bill Evans, unica compiuta testimonianza dal vivo del trio con Eddie Gomez e Elit Zigmund. Il giudizio? Molto positivo ("Queste registrazioni [...] sono splendide"), ma rimandiamo alla recensione, alla quale verrai indirizzato cliccando sull'immagine qua sotto:
31.03.2017
The Bill Evans Trio: "On a Monday Evening", il capolavoro ritrovato
Ogni inedito di Bill Evans è sempre il benvenuto: ogni riscoperta aggiunge un tassello al ritratto di uno dei più grandi pianisti del Novecento. Ma quando la musica raggiunge i livelli di questa registrazione effettuata da due giovani disc jockey al Madison Union Theater della University of Wisconsin il 15 novembre del 1976, si deve parlare di un vero evento. In compagnia di Eddie Gomez al contrabbasso e di Eliot Zigmund alla batteria, Evans è stato catturato in uno dei momenti più felici della sua carriera. In quell’occasione, i giovani di cui sopra - Larry Goldberg e James Farber – raccolsero una bella intervista con il pianista per l’emittente WORT, che puoi ascoltare (da YouTube) cliccando sull'immmagine qua sotto...
15.03.2017
L'inedito dell'anno! Appuntamento al 24 marzo per la registrazione inedita di Bill Evans: ascolta il primo brano!
L'inedito dell'anno! Appuntamento al 24 marzo per la registrazione inedita di Bill Evans effettuata alla University of Wisconsin il 15 novembre del 1976 in compagnia di Eddie Gomez al contrabbasso e di Eliot Zigmund alla batteria. Ascolta il brano d'apertura "Up with the Lark" cliccando qua sotto...
09.03.2017
L'inedito dell'anno! Ogni inedito di Bill Evans è sempre il benvenuto, ma...
L'inedito dell'anno! Ogni inedito di Bill Evans è sempre il benvenuto, ma quando la musica raggiunge i livelli di questa registrazione effettuata alla University of Wisconsin il 15 novembre del 1976 in compagnia di Eddie Gomez al contrabbasso e di Eliot Zigmund alla batteria, si deve parlare di un vero evento... Appuntamento al 24 marzo, ma puoi prenotare già da ora "On a Monday Evening" cliccando sulla copertina!
14.04.2016
5 ORIGINAL ALBUMS: 3/ BILL EVANS
Per i 60 anni della gloriosa etichetta Verve, ecco la serie FIVE ORIGINAL ALBUMS Favolosi cofanetti con 5 grandi album al prezzo di uno! …e puoi scegliere fra Bill Evans Chick Corea Ella Fitzgerald Astrud Gilberto Stan Getz Charlie Parker Oscar Peterson Billie Holiday Oggi parliamo del cofanetto di BILL EVANS: clicca sulla foto per acquistarlo!
04.05.2015
