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Sir Richard John Evans FRSL FRHistS FBA FLSW (born September 29, 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008).
The Soulful Strings' repertoire consisted mainly of cover versions, [4] often given a musical interpretation that combined soul, jazz, funk and psychedelia. [1] Speaking to an interviewer from Berklee College of Music, where he later worked as a professor teaching jazz arrangements, [6] Evans attributed the ensemble's distinctive sound to his use of violas (rather than any violins) as lead ...
On Bookmarks Magazine Jul/Aug 2009 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, The Third Reich at War received a (4.5 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Evans receives a hero’s welcome in the press as he lays his final World War II tome, a towering, somber achievement of scholarship and narrative ...
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs is a list of the top 100 songs in American cinema of the 20th century. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 22, 2004, in a CBS television special hosted by John Travolta, who appeared in two films honored by the list, Saturday Night Fever and Grease. The list was created by a panel of jurors ...
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: Lyrics by Carol Hall for the performance of the song by Tony Bennett: Very Early: 1949 (appr.) 1962: Moon Beams: Evans's first-known tune composed when he was an ...
Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison; March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a composing-songwriting duo with Ray Evans, with whom he specialized in composing film scores and original soundtrack songs. Livingston composed the music while Evans wrote the lyrics.
Evans was previously a member of the band Asleep in the Sea alongside Tom Filardo and Eli Kuner. The band debuted in 2004 and opened for The Spinto Band in 2005, but disbanded three years later in 2007. [2] [3] Evans returned to the music scene in 2010, creating Roar and releasing the project's debut extended play, I Can't Handle Change. [2]
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.