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Who Was Bill Evans?
Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the chord voicing system pianists used. He recorded over fifty albums as leader and received five Grammy awards. He spawned a school of "Bill Evans style" or "Evans inspired" pianists, who include some of the best known artists of our day, including Michel Petrucciani, Andy Laverne, Richard Beirach, Enrico Pieranunzi and Warren Bernhardt. His inescapable influence on the very sound of jazz piano has touched virtually everybody of prominence in the field after him (as well as most of his contemporaries), and he remains a monumental model for jazz piano students everywhere, even inspiring a newsletter devoted solely to his music and influence.
At The BBC 1965
By Bill Evans
Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Five (Intro) > Humphrey Lyttleton Introduction; Elsa; Summertime; Come Rain Or Come Shine; My Foolish Heart; Re: Person I Knew;
Israel; Five (Outro); Five (Intro) > Humphrey Lyttleton Introduction; How My Heart Sings; Nardis; Who Can I Turn To; Some Day My
Prince Will Come; How Deep Is The Ocean; Waltz For Debby; Five (Outro).
Bill Evans: Nardis
by Sue Yang
Bill Evans turns “Nardis" into something far more tense and combustible on At The Montreux Jazz Festival (Verve Records, 1968). Anyone coming to this performance looking only for the lyrical, introspective Evans will hear a trio working closer to the edge. Jack DeJohnette keeps the music in restless motion, Eddie Gomez pushes the bass into a ...
Eliane Elias: Lively and Live
by R.J. DeLuke
Eliane Elias is a jazz musician of the highest order. Her skills as a superlative pianist became known not long after she arrived in New York City from her São Paulo, Brazil, home in 1981. She drew notice as a member of Steps Ahead, a groundbreaking fusion group of the early 1980s that included ...
Brad Mehldau at the Cleveland Museum of Art
by C. Andrew Hovan
Brad Mehldau Trio Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH May, 13 2026 It had been exactly a decade since pianist Brad Mehldau last appeared on a concert stage in Northeast Ohio when he returned on a cold spring evening for his first performance at the Cleveland Museum of Art's Gartner Auditorium. ...
Abbey Lincoln: That's Him
by C. Andrew Hovan
An intriguing byproduct of the current vinyl renaissance, Record Store Day has become a proving ground for labels looking to balance archival reverence with commercial opportunity. Craft Recordings has carved out a particularly compelling niche, frequently issuing mono editions of classic titles from its catalog. Following previous releases featuring Gerry Mulligan, Bill Evans, Max Roach, and ...
Jamile and Vinicius Gomes: Acoustic Thrills With Brazilian Twist
by R.J. DeLuke
The music of Brazil made its way into the jazz lexicon in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the bossa nova style emerged and caught on in the U.S., its chords and harmonies ripe for combining with the sensuous side of jazz. It's been a popular style ever since, with people in North ...
Miles on Miles: the first great quintet
by Larry Slater
In 1955 Miles Davis formed his first great quintet withJohn Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. By the end of the decade, the quintet became a sextet with the addition of Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans replacing Red Garland.In this hour, we'll hear Miles discuss his recordings from the 2nd half ...
Myra Melford - Satoko Fujii: Katarahi
by Mark Corroto
When four hands meet across 176 keys, is it even possible for pianists to check their egos at the stage door? Piano duets, by their very nature, often invite comparison--even confrontation. Consider the 1977 encounter between Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor, the high-profile 1978 concerts by Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, or Kris Davis and ...
How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Eight Miles High
by Kyle Simpler
In a 1969 interview, Miles Davis said, “I could put together the greatest rock 'n' roll band you ever heard." In many ways, Davis did just that, though it remains a point of contention among many of his fans, who might argue otherwise. Davis himself later made the point that his music from the late sixties and ...
