Bill Evans Trio - The Best of Bill Evans (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today.

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1929, he was classically trained at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music, in New York City, where he majored in composition and received the Artist Diploma. In 1955, he moved to New York City, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis's sextet, which in 1959, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time. During that time, Evans was also playing with Chet Baker for the album Chet.

In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader, with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio. In 1961, ten days after finishing an engagement at the New York Village Vanguard jazz club, LaFaro died in a car accident. After months of seclusion, Evans reemerged with a new trio, featuring bassist Chuck Israels.

In 1963, Evans recorded Conversations with Myself, a solo album using the unconventional technique of overdubbing himself. In 1966, he met bassist Eddie Gómez, with whom he worked for 11 years.

Many of Evans's compositions, such as "Waltz for Debby", have become standards, played and recorded by many artists. Evans received 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

TRACKLIST

1. Bill Evans Trio - Minority
2. Bill Evans Trio - Young and Foolish
3. Bill Evans Trio - Lucky to Be Me
4. Bill Evans Trio - Night and Day
5. Bill Evans Trio - Epilogue, Pt. 1
6. Bill Evans Trio - Tenderly
7. Bill Evans Trio - Peace Piece
8. Bill Evans Trio - What Is There to Stay?
9. Bill Evans Trio - Oleo
10. Bill Evans Trio - Epilogue, Pt. 2
11. Bill Evans Trio - Come Rain, or Come Shine
12. Bill Evans Trio - Autumn Leaves
13. Bill Evans Trio - Witchcraft
14. Bill Evans Trio - When I Fall in Love
15. Bill Evans Trio - Peri's Scope
16. Bill Evans Trio - What Is This Thing Called Love?
17. Bill Evans Trio - Spring Is Here
18. Bill Evans Trio - Some Day My Prince Will Come
19. Bill Evans Trio - Blue in Green



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