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Piano Player is a compilation of recordings featuring jazz pianist Bill Evans released in 1998 on the Columbia label.. The album contains a previously unreleased alternate take of the third movement of George Russell's piece "All About Rosie" and a version of "My Funny Valentine" with Miles Davis from Jazz at the Plaza Vol.
Evans's piano style has also influenced some contemporary classical composers. The noted Hungarian composer György Ligeti admired Evans and acknowledged his influence in an interview, adding, "As far as touch is concerned, Bill Evans is a sort of Michelangeli of jazz" (in reference to the great classical pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ...
The Complete Bill Evans on Verve: 18-CD set Verve: 1998 Ultimate Bill Evans: Selected by Herbie Hancock, recorded 1956–71 Verve: 1998 Piano Player: From various sessions with various musicians, recorded 1957–71 Includes 6 duos with Eddie Gomez (b) Columbia: 2001 Bill Evans' Finest Hour: Verve: 2004 Bill Evans for Lovers: Various sessions ...
Bill Evans at Town Hall: First appeared in "In Memory of His Father Harry L.," an extended solo featuring other pieces; lyrics by Gene Lees: T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) 1971: The Bill Evans Album: Based on a tone row: T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two) 1973: The Tokyo Concert: Based on a tone row: The Two Lonely People: 1971: The Bill Evans Album
The Bill Evans Album is a recording by the jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971 on the Columbia label. It was his first album to feature all compositions written (or co-written), arranged, and performed by him. On the record, Evans plays both an acoustic and a Fender Rhodes electric piano.
Evans biographer Peter Pettinger notes, "There is a hazard attached to combining piano and guitar, both essentially chordal instruments. Although jazz musicians use alternative chords with ease, the simultaneous choice of two valid but different chords may well not work. Evans and Hall had the intelligence and mutual awareness to escape this snare.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a trio and solo album by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was released in early 1959 on the Riverside Records label. The cover of the album features tribute quotations from some of Evans's most esteemed contemporaries: I've sure learned a lot from Bill Evans. He plays the piano the way it should be played.—Miles Davis
Affinity is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans released in 1979, featuring Belgian harmonica player Toots Thielemans. Bill Evans plays a Rhodes piano on many of the tracks. It is the recording debut for bassist Marc Johnson .