Bill Evans

Bill Evans © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Born: Aug 16, 1929 in Plainfield, NJ
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Died: Sep 15, 1980 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Post-Bop, Modal Music
Biography: With the passage of time, Bill Evans has become an entire school unto himself for pianists and a singular mood unto himself for listeners. There is no more influential jazz-oriented pianist -- only McCoy Tyner exerts nearly as much pull among younger players and journeymen -- and Evans has left his mark ...Read full biography
Waltz For Debby
Released: 2003
Label: Verve Records
Critics' Rating:
This 1964 date that places Swedish jazz vocalist alongside the Bill Evans Trio (with Chuck Israels on bass and Larry Bunker on drums) is one of those oddities in Evans' catalog. The match is seemingly ...Read full review
Waltz for Debby [Limited Edition]
Released: 2000
Label: Concord Records, Inc.
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Recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, shortly before Scott LaFaro's death, Waltz for Debby is the second album issued from that historic session, and the final one from that legendary trio that also ...Read full review
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