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16 mag 2024 · Bill Evans: Time Remembered is a new documentary by filmmaker Bruce Spiegel on the life and music of pianist and composer Bill Evans. Its narrative moves chronologically, beginning with Evans’ childhood in New Jersey and culminating with details about his tragic death from drug addiction at the age of 51.
16 mag 2024 · In 1961, they performed a live set at the Village Vanguard that included the tune “Waltz for Debby,” a composition Evans wrote in 1956 as a tribute to his niece. The set was recorded and turned into two separate albums — Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard — both of which have become gems in the pianist’s ...
2 mag 2024 · A prime example is José Alberto Medina, who considers Bill Evans one of his main influences. Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1979, Medina was one of the pillars of the young talent that exalted the Barcelona scene in the early 21st century.
17 mag 2024 · Bill Evans is the fine wine of jazz pianists: smooth yet potent, dry yet detailed, subtle yet profoundly nuanced. Classically trained and naturally gifted, Evans was known for introducing new shades of harmony into the jazz chordal palette, and his work with "cool jazz" giants of the mid- to late 1950s — from Chet Baker
5 mag 2024 · Enjoy the debut of one of Bill Evans' most iconic piano trios with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums.
8 mag 2024 · Then came Bill's Kenton Showcase, a 10-inch album released in 1954, on which Bill wrote originals and arranged them. The album is a West Coast jazz masterpiece. The music's sassy cool modernism arrived just as Los Angeles was becoming the model of suburbia—with fluid highways, strip malls, vast beaches lining the Pacific Ocean and temperate weather year-round.
2 mag 2024 · The Evans family would like to thank all those who came to Bill's funeral and kindly and generously donated to the Hospice in Bill's memory. We raised £403.63, to which the family will also add a contribution and send into the Hospice in due course. Lit by Peter Evans on 15th May 2024. See more in the candle gallery.
