Search results for "Bill Evans"

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: Waltz for Bill Evans (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 12, 09

My Goal's Beyond marked the first album by guitarist John McLaughlin in which he used the Mahavishnu name given to hi...

Bill Evans: Let the Juice Loose (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 12, 08

Poor Bill Evans. His whole musical life, he has had to be identified as "Bill Evans (sax)" to distinguish him from th...

Bill Evans: Peace Piece (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 19, 08

This is a unique entry in the Bill Evans discography: a pastoral improvisation built on a gentle two-chord vamp. "P...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Bill Evans: Solo - In Memory of His Father (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 12, 08

Two weeks before Bill Evans was scheduled to make a live recording at Town Hall, his father, Harry L. Evans, died sud...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Bill Evans: Young and Foolish (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

At largo pace, with minimal flourish and maximal feeling, Bill Evans transforms a 1955 Broadway show tune into a deep...

Bill Evans & Stan Getz: The Peacocks (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

The first time I met Stan Getz, at his California home in 1983, he made a tape of a Bill Evans recording for me as a ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Tony Bennett & Bill Evans: Young and Foolish (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 20, 08

With the passing of time, this recording has taken on the luster of a classic. But when the collaboration between Be...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BILL EVANS

Bill Evans’s career as a jazz pianist started with little fanfare. His first leader date, New Jazz Conceptions fro...

Bill Evans: I Should Care (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 08, 08

Here Bill Evans revisits his musical ties to bop piano pioneer Bud Powell, who also liked to play (and sometimes sing...

Bill Evans (sax): Hobo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 02, 09

"Hobo" is a carefree blues-folk-jazz ditty. The rhythm, structure and attitude in this performance are similar to som...

Bill Evans (sax): My Favorite Little Sailboat (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 13, 09

Bill Evans (sax) is an avid fisherman. So it's no surprise that many of his song titles refer to the outdoors or ...

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans: Make Someone Happy (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 15, 09

An often-overlooked part of Bill Evans’ genius was his ability to listen closely to what his fellow musicians are doi...

Bill Evans (sax): Sea of Fertility (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 12, 08

Let's get something out of the way right from the start. This is a Bill Evans (sax) album. He is a great composer and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TUNES THAT TAKE YOU PLACES

Artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's Note: Walter Kolosky recently contributed memorable Dozens columns o...

Bill Evans: I'll Never Smile Again (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Like Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard did not make Harmon a habit, but when he used the mute his affinity was apparent. On...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Funkallero (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

In this rare studio encounter between two of the era's most lyrical and romantic improvisers, we find an uncharacteri...

Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Night and Day (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

The inclusion of Elvin Jones on this recording may seem odd, and though it has some stimulating moments, it is certai...

Gary McFarland: Reflections in the Park (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

There are three Gary McFarland albums that I regard as his masterworks, and this is the first. (The others are The Oc...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND

Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...

Hilde Hefte: Peri's Scope (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 31, 08

With her trademark grace and elegance, Hilde Hefte has crafted a loving tribute to Bill Evans. The album overall is a...

Jessica Williams: I Remember Bill (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

No other jazz pianist of the mid-20th century more profoundly influenced his instrument than Bill Evans. Although he ...

Mitchel Forman: Very Early (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 24, 08

It's no secret that I consider Mitchel Forman one of the most underrated jazz pianists of the last 25 years. He ...

Eliane Elias: Waltz for Debby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 29, 08

This song is inevitably included on every Bill Evans tribute recording – as familiar as "Round Midnight" when the aco...

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