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Bill Evans [Artist3077]
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Discography 370 Credits 127
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Born
August 16, 1929, Plainfield, NJ, United StatesDied
September 15, 1980, New York, NY, United StatesMembers
Bill Evans Trio: Teddy Kotick (bass, 1956, 1966), Paul Motian (drums, 1956, 195962, 1963), SamJones (bass, 1958), Philly Joe Jones (drums, 195859, 1967, 1978), Paul Chambers (bass, 1959),Scott LaFaro (bass, 195961), Chuck Israels (bass, 196166), Gary Peacock (bass, 1963), LarryBunker (drums, 196365), Eddie Gomez (bass, 196677), Arnold Wise (drums, 1966, 1968), ShellyManne (drums, 1966), Alex Riel (drums, 1966), Joe Hunt (drums, 1967), Jack DeJohnette (drums,1968), John Dentz (drums, 1968), Marty Morell (drums, 196874, 1975), Tony Oxley (drums, 1972),Eliot Zigmund (drums, 197577), Michael Moore (bass, 1978), Marc Johnson (bass, 197980), Joe LaBarbera (drums, 197980)Member of
Bill Evans TrioAlso Known As
William John Evans [birth name]Genres
Cool Jazz, Jazz, PostBop, Modal Jazz, Third Stream, Vocal JazzShare
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New Jazz Conceptions1957
Everybody Digs Bill Evans1959 • Bill Evans Trio
The Ivory Hunters: Double Barrelled Piano1959 •
Portrait in Jazz1960 • Bill Evans Trio
Explorations1961 • Bill Evans Trio
Undercurrent1962 • Bill Evans & Jim Hall
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Know What I Mean?1962 •
Moon Beams1962 • The Bill Evans Trio
Conversations With Myself1963
Plays the Theme From V.I.P.'s and Others1963 • Bill Evans Piano and Orchestra
Interplay1963
How My Heart Sings!1964 • Bill Evans Trio
Trio 641964
Nirvana1964 • Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio
Waltz for Debby1964 • Monica Zetterlund & Bill Evans
Trio '651965 • Bill Evans Trio
Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra1966
Intermodulation1966 • Bill Evans & Jim Hall
A Simple Matter of Conviction1967
Further Conversations with Myself1967
What's New1969 •
Alone1970
From Left to Right1971
The Bill Evans Album1971
Living Time1972 •
Stan Getz & Bill Evans1973 • Stan Getz & Bill Evans
Blue in Green1974
Symbiosis1974
The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album1975 •
Intuition1975 • Bill Evans & Eddie Gomez
Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans
Bill Evans With Jeremy Steig
Bill Evans George Russell Orchestra
Tony Bennett / Bill Evans
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Together Again1977 • Tony Bennett & Bill Evans
Quintessence1977
Alone (Again)1977
Green Dolphin Street1978 • Bill Evans With Philly Joe Jones
New Conversations1978
Affinity1979
I Will Say Goodbye1980 • The Bill Evans Trio
We Will Meet Again1980
Re: Person I Knew1981
You Must Believe in Spring1981
Eloquence1982
The Solo Sessions: Volume 1 [archival]1989
Loose Blues [archival]1992
The Solo Sessions: Volume 2 [archival]1992
Blue in Green [archival]1995
Quiet Now [archival]1996 • The Bill Evans Trio
Practice Tape No. 1 [archival]2000
Tenderly: An Informal Session [archival]2001 • Bill Evans / Don Elliott
Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest…2016
Complete Quartet Recordings2005 • Bill Evans & Eddie Costa
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Sunday at the Village Vanguard1961 • Bill Evans Trio
Waltz for Debby1962 • Bill Evans Trio
At Shelly's ManneHole1965 • Bill Evans Trio
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Bill Evans at Town Hall, Volume One1966 • Bill Evans Trio
Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival1968
Montreux II1970
The Bill Evans Trio Live1971
Live at the Festival (Recorded Live at Ljubljana)1974 • Bobby Hutcherson / Harold Land / Bill Evans / Eddie Gomez …
The Tokyo Concert1974
Montreux III1976 • Bill Evans & Eddie Gomez
Since We Met1976 • The Bill Evans Trio
Piano Perspective1978
Live at Balboa Jazz Club vol. 11979
In Your Own Sweet Way1981
California Here I Come [archival]1982
The Paris Concert: Edition One1983
The Paris Concert: Edition Two1984
Autumn Leaves [archival]1985
More From the Vanguard [archival]1985
Jazzhouse [archival]1987
You're Gonna Hear From Me [archival]1988
His Last Concert in Germany1989
Live in Buenos Aires Vol.1: 1973 Concert1989
Live in Buenos Aires Vol.2: 1979 Concert1989
Live in Buenos Aires Vol.3: More From '73 & '79 Concerts1989
Consecration I [archival]1990 • Bill Evans Trio
Live in Buenos Aires Vol.2: 1979 Concert1990
Autumn Leaves [archival]1992
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My Foolish Heart: Live in Buenos Aires 1975 [archival]1992
Turn Out the Stars [archival]1992 • Bill Evans Trio
Yesterday I Heard the Rain [archival]1992
Consecration 2 [archival]1996
The Brilliant [archival]1996
But Beautiful [archival]1996 • The Bill Evans Trio Featuring Stan Getz
The Final Village Vanguard Sessions June, 19801996
Half Moon Bay1999
Homecoming [archival]1999
Immortal Concerts: Waltz For Debby [archival]2002
Getting Sentimental [archival]2003
Live in London [archival]2003 • The Bill Evans Trio
Waltz for Debbie: The Complete 1969 Pescara Festival [arc…2004
At the Village Vanguard, August 17, 19672004
At the Village Vanguard, August 18, 19672004
Complete February 1972 Paris ORTF Performance [archival]2005
Live in Europe 1965 [archival]2005 • Bill Evans Trio
Live in Switzerland 19752005
Köln Concert 1976 [archival]2005
Live in Rome 1979 [archival]2005
Live in Paris, 1965 [archival]2007
Live in Stockholm, 1965 [archival]2007
Live in Ottawa 19742007
The Last European Concert: Complete Bad Hönningen Perf…2008
Live In Paris 19742009
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Live At Lulu White's 19792010
Live in Koblenz 19792010
Live in Nice 19782010
The Very Last Performance At Fat Tuesday's September 1…2010
The Sesjun Radio Show [archival]2011
The Sesjun Radio Shows [archival]2011
At the Eastman Theatre 1977 [archival]2011
The Village Vanguard Sessions2012
Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate2012
Momentum2012
Solo Piano at Carnegie Hall 197378 [archival]2013
Letter to Evan [archival]• Bill Evans Trio
Live in Buenos Aires
Time Remembered1999 • Bill Evans Trio
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Theme From The "V.I.P.'s" / Sweet Dreams1963
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Jazz in the Space Age1960 • Album • George Russell and his Orchestra
The Gary McFarland Orchestra1963 • Album • The Gary McFarland Orchestra
Verve Presents: The Very Best of Christmas Jazz2001 • Album • Various Artists
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 [live, archival]2003 • Video • Various Artists
Z Det bästa med Monica Zetterlund2005 • Compilation • Monica Zetterlund
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Riverside Profiles: Thelonious Monk2006 • Compilation • Thelonious Monk
Riverside Profiles: Wes Montgomery2006 • Compilation • Wes Montgomery
LateNightTales2013 • DJ Mix • Bonobo
Spartacus [film score, motion picture soundtrack]2010 • Album • Alex North
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The Best of Bill Evans1967
Peace Pieces Featuring Cannonball Adderley1969
The Bill Evans Album / Living Time1972
The Village Vanguard Sessions1973
Peace Piece and Other Pieces1975
Spring Leaves1976
Trio (Motian, Peacock), Duo (Hall)1976
Bill Evans (I grandi del Jazz, 53)1980
The "Interplay" Sessions1982
From the 70's1983
Time Remembered [live]1983 • Bill Evans Trio
Bill Evans Trio1985
At the Village Vanguard1986
Compact Jazz1987
The Complete Riverside Recordings1987
Empathy + A Simple Matter of Conviction1989
The Complete Fantasy Recordings1989
Bill Evans (Dizionario enciclopedico del Jazz Curcio)1991
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The Best1991
The 1960 Birdland Sessions1992
Jazz 'Round Midnight1993
Verve Jazz Masters 51994
19571995 • Tony Scott & Bill Evans
The Best of Bill Evans on Verve1995
Bill Evans1996
Highlights from Turn out the Stars1996
Immortal Concerts: Waltz for Debby Village Vanguard, 19…1996
Jazz Masters: E.F.S.A. Collection1996
The Jazz Masters (100 Years of Swing) (Folio Collection)1996
The Secret Sessions1996
Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings,…1996
Best One1996
Original Jazz Classics Collection1997
The Best of Bill Evans Live1997
The Complete Bill Evans on Verve1997
Jazz Showcase1998
Ultimate Bill Evans1998
Piano Player1998
Quiet Now: Never Let Me Go1999
The Last Waltz [live]2000
Very Early, Volume 1: 19431949 [archival]2000
Nardis2001
Bill Evans's Finest Hour2001
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A Day in New York2003 • Tony Scott & Bill Evans
The Complete Live at the Village Vanguard 1961 [live]2003
The Best of Bill Evans2004
Bill Evans for Lovers2004
The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings2004
Play the Arrangements of Jimmy Giuffre2005 • Bill Evans & Lee Konitz
Brandeis Jazz Festival2005
Plays For Lovers2006
Riverside Profiles2006
Emergence2007
The Sideman Years2007
New Conversations / We Will Meet Again2008
Complete Live at Ronnie Scott's 19802008
The Complete Balboa Jazz Club Performances2008
Everybody Digs Bill Evans2009
Sunday in Spring2009
The Complete Tony Bennett Bill Evans Recordings2009 • Tony Bennett & Bill Evans
The Complete Legendary Sessions2010 • Chet Baker / Bill Evans
Sharp Notes2011
The Riverside & Milestone Albums 195619632011
The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and Fantasy2011
Kind of Evans2011
Seven Classic Albums2012
Sunday at the Village Vanguard2012
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The Riverside Years2012
A Way to Play2012
The Very Best of The Bill Evans Trio2012
Blue in Green: The Best of the Early Years 1955 19602013
Original Album Series2016
Bill Evans: Trio (Motian, Peacock), Duo (Hall)
Live at the Half Note [live]2008 • Bill Evans, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison & Paul …
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The Progressives [selector comp]1973
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas1989
The Verve Story 194419941994
Uncut May 20012001
Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar2005
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz1997
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Yugoslavia 1972 [live]1972
Two Super Bill Evans' Trios Live in Europe [live]1973
Appears on: PostWar Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map2003 • Various Artists
Count Basie & Bill Evans [live]• Count Basie & Bill Evans
Paris 1965
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Live In Iowa 01201979 [live]1979
Live in Iowa 19792006
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans: Jazz Pianist on the Creativ…2006
The Oslo Concerts [live, archival]2007
Live '64'75 [live, archival]2008
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"Bill Evans was a brilliant jazz pianist with a distinctive touch and an impressionist style. In the late '50s, he wasinstrumental in solidifying Miles Davis' modal concepts introduced on Kind of Blue, contributing the liner notes to thatalbum as well as coauthoring "Blue in Green" and "Flamenco Sketches" (although he is not credited with the latter, it isbuilt up on a progression from his tune "Peace Piece", which appears on Everybody Digs Bill Evans). Evans is perhapsmost remembered for leading memorable piano trios, particularly an early '60s duo consisting of Paul Motian on drumsand Scott LaFaro on bass. LaFaro died in an automobile accident, ten days after their legendary engagement thatproduced the classics, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. Evans was a studious musician, classicallytrained and exceptionally aware of the music he mastered. Introspective is a word that is often associated with theartist's music, as he had an extremely soft touch at times and gravitated towards the languid ballads. However, thisdoesn't mean he couldn't bop with the best of them, and he was always trying to innovate. For example, Bill claimed thathe would sometimes hold a note on the piano and move it in a way that would suggest vibrato, like the way a violinist orguitarist would move their finger slightly on a fretboard to produce a wavering sound. It was impossible to produce thiseffect on the piano, but the time it took to make this small movement effected the phrasing that Bill played."
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RYM Rough Guide for Bill Evans
BiographyBill Evans' career began quietly, recording only two solo albums with occasional session work before joiningMiles Davis' sextet in 1958, a collaboration that culminated in his contributing compositions and linernotes as well as his distinctive touch on the piano to Kind of Blue, one of the touchstones of modern Jazz.Evans soon left Miles band and concentrated on his own solo work for the following two decades.
His most frequent vehicle was the jazz trio, where he would assemble sympathetic players to complementhis delicate style. Evans own mark in history would be cemented after recording a series of concerts at theVillage Vanguard in June 1961 for Riverside with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. Therecordings have been hailed as landmarks for their near perfection in execution, while also criticized for alack of melodic focus and undue influence in development of later jazz piano. Throughout his life Evanswould explore the seemingly unending creative possibilities of the simple trio.
Outside of the trio format, Evans found success with a quintet on the wellregarded Interplay album as wellas experiments in overdubbing (a rarity for jazz albums of the age) which he referred to as ConversationsWith Myself and where up to three Evanses join the conversation. While perhaps not entirely successful,the album did win a Grammy for best jazz instrumental performance of 1963, the first of five Evans albumsto win the award. The mid 1970s found him recording two notable albums of duos with ....
Evans had his own demons, and a lifetime of addiction and subsequent money troubles led him to therecording studio and on the road many more times for the rest of his life with mixed results. In all, nearly600 hours of recorded music is known to exist by Evans. On the one hand, few careers are as welldocumented especially over the last few years of his life (16 CDs were produced from the recordings of oneweek in AugustSeptember, 1980), whereas on the other, he truly put everything on the table, warts andall. Evans was known to have been very pleased with the last trio he assembled featuring Marc Johnsonand Joe LaBarbera, on bass and drums respectively. But just as Scott LaFaro had passed just weeks afterhis transcendent performances on the Village Vanguard shows 19 years earlier, Evans left his refound
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