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In the '60s the jazz pianist Bill Evans would occasionally record an orchestral "easy listening" session to pay the bills, with predictably mediocre results But FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, while certainly easy on the ears, is also one of Evans' most intriguing "lost" records, brought to us courtesy of Verve's winning "By Request" series... -
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The fourth and final album by one of the most influential groups in jazz history, the Bill Evans Trio album “Waltz For Debby” was originally released in 1962 as a companion to “Sunday At The Village Vanguard” This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180-gram...
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The recordings on this album constitute the material from a June 20th, 1968 studio session recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) and Joachim-Ernst Brendt in Germany's Black Forest This is no ordinary recording This enthralling Bill Evans session was recorded five days after a famous performance at the 1968 Montreux jazz...
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Of pianist Bill Evans' many live albums, At Town Hall Vol 1 has always been among his most delicate and elegant, writes Marc Myers for JazzWax Evans' playing is taut and graceful, with lovely long improvisational lines and a snappy, fluid attack on the keyboard The mix of standards and two originals — one was a suite in...
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200-gram vinyl reissue Mastered from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman Pressed at Quality Record Pressings Old-style tip-on Stoughton Printing jacket Winner of the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group! As others have noted, this album occupies a unique place in the Bill Evans...
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There's scarcely a more towering figure in modern jazz — save Miles and Coltrane — than Bill Evans His relaxed and emotional style at the piano would prove influential to not only his peers but to generations of pianists who would follow him It also doesn't hurt that he appeared on (and had great influence over the direction...
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Recorded in 1977 and released in 1981, just months after Evans’ death, the album marks the artist’s final studio recording with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund and includes stunning performances of “We Will Meet Again (for Harry)” and “B Minor Waltz (for Ellaine)” You Must Believe in Spring features...
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The first gatefold edition ever made of these live recordings at the Montreux Jazz Festival with new specially prepared liner notes by renowned Penguin Guide to Jazz and BBC writer BRIAN MORTON 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album One of Bill Evans’ best live albums, on At the Montreux Jazz Festival the legendary...
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Bill Evans catapulted to the top of the jazz world in June 1961 after reeling off three straight masterpiece sessions at New York's Village Vanguard with his trio Yet the emotional highs came to a screeching halt shortly thereafter when bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car accident Devastated, Evans refrained from playing for nearly...
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Symbiosis sees the Bill Evans trio of Eddie Gómez (bass) and Marty Morell (drums) joined by conductor/composer Claus Ogerman’s orchestra Symbiosis was the third collaborative album between Evans and Ogerman The album touches on a range of sounds, from its eerie first song, to the robust sounds of the eclectic accompaniment of...
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This is the first of two superb albums recorded by Bill Evans, and guitarist Jim Hall, and it was recorded over two sessions in April and May 1962 Arrangements simply for piano and guitar are rare in Jazz, and it is even more seldom that the results are truly inspiring and as musically worthwhile as in this case It is usual for...
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The global corporation Columbia recorded and released only two LPs with pianist Bill Evans A meagre result when one considers the numerous concerts that the new trio undertook between 1969 and 1974 Together with Eddie Gomez, a phenomenon on the bass, and drummer Marty Mortell, the three established a firm – and ever better –...
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Trio ‘64, Bill Evans' first trio album for Verve, marked a reunion with drummer Paul Motian and Evans' only recorded work with bassist Gary Peacock The album matches up with Evans' finest trio sessions, with his shimmering piano lines dancing between Peacock's sharp bass lines and Motian's usual sublime work on the drums Peacock...
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