William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today. 曲...
(as a waltz commonly does), the drummer comes in playing 4/4 time. Suddenly what used to be a measure in 3/4 turns into 2 beats in 4/4 by means of quarter note triplets. Also during the head of this tune comes a part where Evans harmonizes the chords by means of fast arpeggios...
Bill Evans was a diligent student of American popular song, but he also had a deep interest in classical composers, includingChopinandDebussy. He brought his wide-ranging influences to bear on his own compositions. Evans wrote originals steadily throughout his career, and a handful of his tunes...
The sense of resignation and longing in Bennett and Evans' performance of the Betty Comden-Adolph Green-Leonard Bernstein standard "Some Other Time" is so moving that I almost don't notice the slight dropout in Evans' opening chords. "Where has the time all gone to," Bennett sings, elongat...
Evans's use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today. Unlike many other jazz musicians of his time, Evans never embraced new movements like ...
In 1958 he joinedMiles Davisin what proved to be a historic eight-month collaboration. Evans was akeyfigure on Davis’sKind of Blue(1959), a milepost of jazz history and perhaps the finest recorded example of modal jazz, a style thateschewscomplex chords in favour of free melody. Evans’...