Thursday, March 22, 2012

Giants of Jazz - Bill Evans - Bill Evans

Giants of Jazz - Bill Evans - Bill Evans

Biography

Born: August 16, 1929 in Plainfield, NJ

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s

With the thoroughfare of time, Bill Evans has befit an entire school unto himself on the side of pianists and a singular mood unto himself during listeners. There is no more powerful jazz-oriented pianist — only McCoy Tyner exerts closely as much pull among younger players and journeymen — and Evans has left his symbol on such noted players as Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau. Borrowing heavily from the impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, Evans brought a recent, introverted, relaxed,...

Track list

Re:Person I Knew
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
Goodbye
Time Remembered
Up With the Lark
34 Skidoo
Quiet Now
Waltz For Debby
Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Reissue)
The Best of Bill Evans (Remastered)
Trio 64
The Bill Evans Album
Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas
The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album (Expanded Reissue)
California, Here I Come (Remastered)
Bill Evans: The Best of Verve
Bill Evans with respect to Lovers
Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Reissue)

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