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  • The Duke Meets Darius Milhaud

    Two of the compositions introduced on _'Brubeck plays Brubeck'_ are now recognized as jazz standard

  • The subject is...Jazz!

    I am heavy on George Russell these days, so I'd like to share this with you. It's funny listening to

  • Classical music on cruise control

    * Travel for the Arts and the English Chamber Orchestra are delighted to announce a 7 day Music Cru

  • Music exists within silence

    The five seconds of silence that precede the music on any ECM album may be the most important state

  • Bill Evans, California Here I Come - (2004)

    No sé si es producto de la sencillez, o si antes las grabaciones representaban más auténticamente

    • Biography Bill Evans

    Bill Evans
    William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of 20th-century. His use of impressionist harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his syncopated and polyrhythmic melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, as well as as guitarists Lenny Breau and Pat Metheny. The music of Bill Evans continues to inspire younger pianists like Fred Hersch, Esbjörn Svensson, Bill Charlap, Brad Mehldau, Geoffrey Keezer, and Lyle Mays. Early life Bill Evans was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, to a mother of Rusyn ancestry and a father of Welsh descent. His father was an alcoholic. Young Bill Evans received his first musical training in his mother's church. His mother was an amateur pianist with an interest in modern classical compos

    Discography

    One for Helen
    One for Helen


    Crossing the Line
    Crossing the Line


    Chanticleer - Out of This World
    Chanticleer - Out of This World


    A Day in New York
    A Day in New York


    The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album
    The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album


    Videos