Bill Evans
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Bill Evans (pianiste)
Bill Evans (Pianist)
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Bill Evans (pianist)
Bill Evans (pianisto)
Білл Еванс
Bill Evans (pianista)
بيل إيفانس
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Эванс, Билл (пианист)
William John Evans
Pianódóir snagcheoil Meiriceánach (1929–1980)
американски пианист (1929–1980)
compozitor și pianist american de jazz (1929–1980)
amerikai dzsesszzongorista, zeneszerző (1929–1980)
Αμερικανός τζαζ μουσικός (1929–1980)
amerikansk jazzpianist (1929–1980)
pianista estadounidense de jazz (1929–1980)
미국의 재즈 피아노 연주자 (1929–1980)
американський джазовий піаніст (1929–1980)
Amerikaanse jazzpianis (1929–1980)
Amerikaanse pianist (1929–1980)
פסנתרן ג'אז אמריקאי
Amerikalı caz müzisyeni (1929 – 1980)
amerikansk jazzpianist och kompositör (1929–1980)
ameriški jazzovski pianist (1929–1980)
pianiste de jazz américain
yhdysvaltalainen jazzpianisti (1929–1980)
pianista e compositore statunitense (1929–1980)
American jazz pianist (1929–1980)
американски џез-пијанист (1929–1980)
amerikanischer Jazz-Pianist (1929–1980)
amerykański pianista jazzowy (1929–1980)
cyfansoddwr a aned yn 1929
アメリカ合衆国のジャズ・ピアニスト (1929-1980)
pianista estatunidenc
americký jazzový pianista (1929–1980)
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Headshot of a man with short slicked-back hair and horn-rimmed glasses smoking a cigarette
Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Evans in 1961
New York City, U.S.
Sam Jones performed with Bill Evans trio in 1958, Paul Chambers performed with Bill Evans trio in 1959, Scott LaFaro performed with Bill Evans trio in 1960–1961
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There is an intriguing juxtaposition of opposites running through the music—Bennett the expansive, heart on sleeve, vibrato man, Evans the inward looking aesthete—which makes for charged listening, if charged is an adjective which can be applied to something so relaxed. And the projects were genuinely collaborative, with the artists on an equal footing: Evans solos wonderfully throughout and Together Again actually starts with a solo piano piece, "The Bad And The Beautiful", put there at Bennett's suggestion to emphasize that this wasn't just a vocalist-with-accompanist affair. ...By the time Bennett and Evans made the second album they'd been performing live together for a year and their partnership, comfortable enough though it was on the first album, is noticeably better oiled.
We needed people that were interested in each other, so that we could spend a year or two just growing, without ambitions, just allowing the music to grow. And allowing our talents to merge in a very natural way.
I have always admired your [Magee's] teaching as that rare and amazing combination – exceptional knowledge combined with the ability to bring that same knowledge, that lies deep within the student, to life. You were certainly my biggest inspiration in college, and the seeds of the insights that you have sown, have in practice borne fruit many times over.
Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall. I had to change the way the band sounded again for Bill's style by playing different tunes, softer ones at first.
One night I got really adventurous on "Tuxedo Junction" and I put in a little "ping!" you know, that wasn't written, and this was such an experience! To make music that wasn't indicated. That really got me into starting to want to think about how to make the music.
It was one of those magic moments in your life when you expect a horror story, and the doors of heaven open up. I knew there and then he wasn't going to get away.
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Interview with Harry Evans. c. 1965.
George Russell upon hearing Bill Evans for the first time.
Miles Davis
Evans in interview with George Clabin, 1966
— Chris May on The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
Bill Evans talking about Gretchen Magee