Bill Evans

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.

Know What I Mean? - Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans

Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans

Know What I Mean?

Original Jazz Classics Series
  • Vinile
The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album - Tony Bennett, Bill Evans

Tony Bennett, Bill Evans

The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album

Original Jazz Classics Series / Remastered 2023
  • Vinile
The Complete Riverside Recordings - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Complete Riverside Recordings

Remastered 1987
  • Digitale
You Must Believe In Spring - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

You Must Believe In Spring

Remastered 2022
  • CD
Trio 64 - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Trio 64

Dolby Atmos
  • Digitale
Trio '64 - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Trio '64

  • Vinile
The Singing Reed - Lucy Reed, Bill Evans

Lucy Reed, Bill Evans

The Singing Reed

  • Digitale
Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans

  • CD
From Left To Right - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

From Left To Right

Expanded Edition
  • Digitale
What's New - Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig

Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig

What's New

  • Digitale
The Gary Mcfarland Orchestra - The Gary McFarland Orchestra, Bill Evans

The Gary McFarland Orchestra, Bill Evans

The Gary Mcfarland Orchestra

  • Digitale
At Newport - The Teddy Wilson Trio, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Bob Brookmeyer

The Teddy Wilson Trio, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Bob Brookmeyer

At Newport

Live
  • Digitale
Quiet Now: Never Let Me Go - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Quiet Now: Never Let Me Go

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Best Of Bill Evans Live - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Best Of Bill Evans Live

Reissue
  • Digitale
Stan Getz & Bill Evans - Stan Getz, Bill Evans

Stan Getz, Bill Evans

Stan Getz & Bill Evans

  • Vinile
  • Digitale
California, Here I Come - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

California, Here I Come

LPR
  • Digitale
Ultimate Bill Evans - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Ultimate Bill Evans

Reissue
  • Digitale
Verve Jazz Masters 5: Bill Evans - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Verve Jazz Masters 5: Bill Evans

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bill Evans' Finest Hour - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Bill Evans' Finest Hour

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bill Evans For Lovers - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Bill Evans For Lovers

Reissue
  • Digitale
The Secret Sessions: Recorded At The Village Vanguard (1966-1975) - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Secret Sessions: Recorded At The Village Vanguard (1966-1975)

Live
  • Digitale
The Complete Bill Evans On Verve - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Complete Bill Evans On Verve

  • Digitale
Alone - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Alone

Reissue 2
  • Digitale
The Best Of Bill Evans On Verve - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Best Of Bill Evans On Verve

Reissue
  • Digitale
Jazz 'Round Midnight - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Jazz 'Round Midnight

Reissue
  • Digitale
Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival - Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette

Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette

Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival

Reissue
  • Digitale
5 Original Albums - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

5 Original Albums

International Box Set
  • CD
Further Conversations With Myself - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Further Conversations With Myself

192kHz/24-bit
  • Digitale
Empathy - Bill Evans, Shelly Manne

Bill Evans, Shelly Manne

Empathy

  • Digitale
A Simple Matter Of Conviction - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

A Simple Matter Of Conviction

  • Digitale
The Complete Fantasy Recordings - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Complete Fantasy Recordings

  • Digitale
Piano Poet - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Piano Poet

  • Digitale
The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and Fantasy - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and Fantasy

  • Digitale
The Riverside & Milestone Albums 1956-1963 - Slipcase - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Riverside & Milestone Albums 1956-1963 - Slipcase

  • CD
The Ivory Hunters - Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans

Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans

The Ivory Hunters

  • Digitale
The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2

Remastered
  • Digitale
New Jazz Conceptions - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

New Jazz Conceptions

  • Digitale
Blue Gershwin - Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans, Various Artists

Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Evans, Various Artists

Blue Gershwin

  • Digitale
Together Again - Tony Bennett, Bill Evans

Tony Bennett, Bill Evans

Together Again

Remastered
  • Digitale
Plays The Theme From "The VIPs" And Other Great Songs - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Plays The Theme From "The VIPs" And Other Great Songs

  • Digitale
The Alternative Man - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Alternative Man

  • Digitale
Blue In Green - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Blue In Green

  • Digitale
Riverside Profiles: Bill Evans - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Riverside Profiles: Bill Evans

International Version - no bonus disc
  • Digitale
Jazz Showcase - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Jazz Showcase

Remastered
  • Digitale
The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album - Tony Bennett, Bill Evans

Tony Bennett, Bill Evans

The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album

  • Digitale
Tenderly (An Informal Session) - Bill Evans, Don Elliott

Bill Evans, Don Elliott

Tenderly (An Informal Session)

  • Digitale
Plays For Lovers - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Plays For Lovers

  • Digitale
Undercurrent - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Undercurrent

  • Digitale
Conversations With Myself - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Conversations With Myself

Expanded Edition
  • Digitale
Bill Evans At Town Hall - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Bill Evans At Town Hall

  • Digitale

SINGOLI

I singoli più rappresentativi di Bill Evans, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.

How Deep Is The Ocean - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

How Deep Is The Ocean

Live At Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BC / June 20, 1975
  • Digitale
You And The Night And The Music - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

You And The Night And The Music

  • Digitale
Peace Piece - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Peace Piece

  • Digitale
The Peacocks - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

The Peacocks

  • Digitale
Autumn Leaves - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Autumn Leaves

  • Digitale
Up With The Lark - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Up With The Lark

Live At Oil Can Harry's, Vancouver, BC / June 20, 1975
  • Digitale
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Pseudo Video
  • Digitale

BIOGRAFIA



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

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17.05.2017

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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...
 
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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...
 
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09.03.2017

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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!
 
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