BILL EVANS ARTICLES AND ESSAYS IN THIS
SITE:
DVD REVIEW :
by
Win Hinkle:
"Bill
Evans Trio: Rome Concert 1979"
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 BIRTHDAY
TRIBUTE FOR BILL EVANS
August (2006)
In this piece, pianist
and webmaster Jan Stevens reflects on what is still a trancendent
musical experience all these years later --and also some thoughts
on what might have been.
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A RARE BILL EVANS INTERVIEW
Transcribed
by Jan Stevens directly from the video, this interview (one
of the pianist's last) was done after the trio performed a concert
in Molde, Norway in August 1980, a few weeks before the end...
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 BILL
EVANS ON THELONIOUS MONK
The pianist wrote the liner notes for the album "MONK"
(Sony-Columbia) records in 1964. No stranger to Monk's music
-- for example, Bill recorded three of his tunes for
the 1963 album "Conversations With Myself", example
-- this essay remians intriguing all these years later.
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See
a copy of the
ACTUAL PROGRAM
for
Bill Evans' senor recital in 1950 at Southeatern Louisiana University
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MARTY MORELL INTERVIEW
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PART 1 and 2
Our two-part interview with the drummer who stayed with THE
BILL EVANS TRIO the longest, talks about those years with Bill,
the albums, the tours, his new CD, etc.
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Read
Bill Evans own liner notes for MILES DAVIS' classic "Kind of Blue" ;
the best-selling jazz album of all!
(Also contains several
worthwhile and unique links to other resources for "Kind
of Blue" |
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JACK REILLY
INTERVIEW
Internationally-acclaimed
jazz pianist, author and composer (who first met Bill in the
Army in 1954) talks about Bill's music and legacy, and his own
related work. |
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RHODES LESS TRAVELLED
Bill
Evans and his use of the Fender Rhodes electric piano in recordings
and 'live'.
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"JAZZ'S PERFECT AFTERNOON"
The
New Yorker
magazine article, used by special permission from its author,
Evans aficianado Adam Gopnick. Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian and
Bill Evans --- NYC, June 1961 and the live recordings at the
Village Vanguard that made jazz history. ONE FOR THE BOOKS
-- A CLASSIC PIECE!
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RESPONSES
TO OUR KEN BURNS ARTICLE
Our
readers emailed us with their interesting views on the above!
. Worth your time to read how fellow Evans fans from all over
the world reacted to Ken Burns and company's myopic views
on jazz in the acclaimed TV documentary!
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INTERVIEW WITH PIANIST HAL GALPER
The
famed jazz pianist, recording artist and educator Hal Galper
on Evans' playing, evolving piano styles and methods, and
Hal's own projects, his approach to jazz, etc.
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"OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD"
A
unique piece from a musician/ writer in England, about the
contemplative side of Bill Evans' music. One
of our most popular articles!
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FROM FRANCE:
JAZZ AND BILL EVANS
A
uniquely European perspective, rich in its continental "flavor".
Explore what Bill Evans' music means to Europeans and the
longstanding jazz-loving tradition in Paris.
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and decisively respond accordingly through our attorney.
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