Bill Evans
Born: 16th August 1929, Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: 15th September 1980, New York City, New York
Nationality: American
Artist's website: https://www.billevanswebpages.com/
William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, 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, United States, 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 ever.
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.
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Bill Evans
6th Oct 2026
Bill Evans stands as a pioneer of jazz through his work as both a Bandleader and a sideman. This guide helps chart the career of one of Jazz's finest keyboard players, an innovator in both the way he played and the music he wrote. From Kind of Blue to Sunday at the Village Vanguard Evans is heard throughout some of the most important albums of the genre and his work is as important today as it was then.
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Bill Evans, 'You Must Believe In Spring'
17th Jun 2022
A reissue of the much-loved posthumous Bill Evans album on Craft Recordings gives us the perfect excuse to revisit his late-career classic, You Must Believe In Spring.
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis (trumpet), Julian Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass), Bill Evans (piano), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Wynton Kelly (piano)
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Sunday at the Village Vanguard | Keepnews Collection
Bill Evans Trio
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The Bill Evans Album
Bill Evans
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Jazz Performance by a Group
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Jazz Performance by a Group
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
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Special offer. Undercurrent
Bill Evans (piano), Jim Hall (guitar)
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New. Portraits At the Penthouse: Live in Seattle
Bill Evans (piano)
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New. New Jazz Conceptions
Bill Evans (piano)
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New. The Soft Land of Make Believe
Frank Minion (vocalist), Roland Alexander (flute, tenorsaxophone), Tommy Flanagan (piano), George Tucker (bass), Danny Richmond (drumkit), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drumkit), Joe Benjamin (bass), Ed Thigpen (drumkit), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Jimmy Jones (piano)
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