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Bill Evans
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The pianist Bill Evans, from New Jersey, studied classical music and played both Bud Powell and the French composers Debussy and Ravel. In 1958 he spent eight months with Miles Davis; his calm, open chords shaped the sound of Kind of Blue. He co-wrote Blue in Green. With the bassist Scott LaFaro and the drummer Paul Motian he formed a trio in 1959 in which the three players converse as equals. In June 1961 the trio recorded Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby at the Village Vanguard; eleven days later LaFaro was killed in a car accident. Evans's way of playing chords, without the root note, became standard in jazz piano.
Listening
Peace Piece · Bill Evans, 1958
Waltz for Debby · Bill Evans, 1961
Blue in Green · Miles Davis, 1959
Discography
Studio albums
- 1957New Jazz Conceptions
- 1959The Ivory Hunters
- 1961Know What I Mean?
- 1962Empathy
- 1962Interplay
- 1962Undercurrent
- 1963Conversations With Myself
- 1963The Gary McFarland Orchestra
- 1964Trio 64
- 1964Waltz for Debby
- 1965Bill Evans Trio With Symphony Orchestra
- 1966A Simple Matter of Conviction
- 1966Intermodulation
- 1967Further Conversations With Myself
- 1969Alone
- 1970From Left To Right
- 1971The Bill Evans Album
- 1973Stan Getz & Bill Evans
- 1974Verve - Return Engagement
- 1975Alone
- 1975Intuition
- 1975Peace Piece and Other Pieces
- 1975The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album
- 1977On Green Dolphin Street
- 1977Quintessence
- 1977Together Again
- 1978Affinity
- 1978New Conversations
- 1979Autumn Leaves = 枯葉
- 1981You Must Believe in Spring
- 1982Eloquence
- 1983Unknown Session
- 1984More From The Vanguard
- 1989In His Own Way
- 1992Loose Blues
- 1992Midnight Mood
- 1993We Will Meet Again
- 1994Symbiosis
- 1997Blue Rondo
- 1998From Left To Right
- 2001Tenderly: An Informal Session
- 2002Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
- 2003A Day in New York
- 2003Nardis
- 2003What's New
- 2005Complete Quartet Recordings
- 2005Play the Arrangements of Jimmy Giuffre
- 2008Theme From The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs
- 2014In a Sentimental Mood
- 2015Momentum Vol. 1
- 2015Momentum Vol. 2
- 2023Coffee and Cigarettes
- 2024Evans on Evans
- ?A rare original
Other work
- 1958Everybody Digs Bill Evans
- 1959Kind of Blue · with Miles Davis
- 1961Sunday at the Village Vanguard
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- The new piano trio Genre
Around 1960, the trio of Bill Evans with the bassist Scott LaFaro and the drummer Paul Motian showed that the three players can play together as equals, instead of bass and drums merely accompanying.