A Time For Love- Bill Evans version

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

Thank you for your positive comments. Please check out my new album titled: "The Greek Real Book, Vol. 1". It's available on all major digital platforms. Just google the title of the album or go to my playlists section of this page to find it. It's different than Bill but it's me!

[@1993Slevin]

Emmanuel, where did you disappear?

[@marioromano109]

stupendo

[@jeromedavidthys9030]

I remember doing this solo in 2004 as my exam recital, it's a song I'll never forget... this guy's articulation is spot on though well done...

[@unkunko]

最高です

[@jazz4asahel]

Wonderful.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Wow note for note ! Lots of work and respect went into this brother. As Kent Hewitt said " I can't imagine a world without Bill Evans "

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

Thank you!

[@armykaah]

it's unbelievable, sounds just like the original, congrats!!!!!!!

[@pantelispp]

Φανταστικός όπως πάντα

[@andreabertorelli357]

Touching performance

[@antoniomagella6863]

Out to in. Bill is in you. Very good!

[@MrRickywallace]

Excellent!

[@honeboy57]

Beautiful playing and great video of your performance as well.

[@1993Slevin]

Fantastik, Emmanuel!!! I enjoyed it so much

[@nygoable]

I can say just Bravo, what a masterpiece !!!

[@oohyun15]

I felt your Time for Love.

[@markaaronsite]

beautiful, you nailed it.

[@zoflowsharkey]

Wow!!

[@paulmalfara6071]

Emmanuel, thank you for doing such a wonderful version of this beautiful song. Your description of your amazement at his voicing and harmonies and the way it inspired you to learn it are beautiful. I am also impressed by your explanation of how you may sound more confident because you learned Bill's improvisation, while he was creating it in real time, "music of the moment" he always called it. You have a very refined touch, something necessary for pianists who wish to play Bill's songs compellingly. I also really like the tone of your Yamaha piano. It has extremely clear tone, perfect for this song. Thank you again.

[@rnethercutt]

Absolutely WONDERFUL !!

[@jamesorwell9234]

Excellent rendition, acknowledges the classical tradition alongside the jazz beautifully

[@paxwallacejazz]

It's a note for note transcription from a Bill Evans LP.

[@danteuccello9550]

Such a great job

[@Huxlei_mind]

wowww

[@14.1guy2]

I'm learning this arrangement right now. I'll be using your upload quite a lot over the next months, I'm sure. This pushes my technical envelope 125%. Thanks for a great performance and a great tool for me to use!

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

Your welcome!

[@bobthecranefly1847]

Absolutely magnificent!

[@insanidadeEspelhada]

I've downloaded your version sir and from now on been listening on my phone !! Congratulations for this piece !!

[@みんちあ-e4j]

I usually don’t like Bill Evans’s songs which are not played by Bill Evans, but your sound are wonderful and I like it very much! I think the atmosphere or the rhythm you make is similar to the origin. Sorry for my bad English. Thank you, from Japan.

[@Fatgeologist]

Beautiful, Manos.

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

Thanks

[@mazetov]

splendid! bravo!!

[@MichaelV_piano]

Fantastic! I really love it!!

[@sreepurammike]

Beautiful...

[@adamek82]

Fantastic version! You defintiely understand what you're doing.

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

aimsoft82 Thank you! Did you read the description?

[@adamek82]

Of course! I know Bill Evans' version and I'm sure you're nearly 100% accurate in your transcription. But it's quite amazing how you're able to reproduce the spirit of the song. I know it sounds weird but I like your interpretation even more than the original. Especially the tempo - in fast sections it seems you're a bit faster than Bill and I really like it.

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

aimsoft82 Thank you! Please allow me to share with you certain information that I discovered through this process. The majority of jazz pianists usually have a preplanned arrangement for the melody. The reasons that you might like the improv part more than Bill's is because "I might sound more confident" than him. However Bill invented the improv in real time and I only practice it endless hours so it's not and improv any more. The more I practice it I feel/hear that the distance becomes bigger instead of getting closer! The genius of Bill Evans is unreachable and no matter how well I will play it, he's the master and not me. Now as far as imitating his "spirit" this is a very painful procedure. The only thing I have gain from this study is the arranging concept of his left hand. To conclude this, I think that the only way to understand or hear what I'm saying is to go through the process of trying to imitate him 100%. I personally hear that the sound that I produce at the piano is very "weak" and harsh compared to Bill's. If you have the spare time please check out my arrangement on a tune of his "The two lonely people" or my other videos on my KZbin page. There you can see my true abilities as an arranger and improviser.

[@nikolaszerone7291]

Μπράβο Μάνο! Εξαιρετική ερμηνεία, στο πνεύμα του συνθέτη. Θα ευχόμουν να ακούγεται σε προγραμμα ρεσιτάλ, που μπορεί να περιλαμβάνει από Chopin μέχρι Shostakovich. Πρεπει ωστόσο να το κοινωνήσεις στα παιξίματα σου ετσι και αλλιώς. Η μουσική του Bill Evans, όσο περνάει ο καιρός περνά στη λήθη καθώς σύγχρονοι πιανίστες (βλ. Mehldau) αγνοούν την αξία του επιδεικτικά.

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

Nikolas Zerone Ευχαριστώ! Εδώ ανοίγεται ένα μεγάλο κεφάλαιο για συζήτηση. Στον προηγούμενο αιώνα στην τζαζ μουσική ένας άγραφος κανόνας έλεγε: "μάθε νότα προς νότα τι παίζουν οι άλλοι και μετά παρουσίασε το δικό σου... (με γραμμένο και αυτοσχεδιασμό)". Έτσι κάνουνε οι συνθέτες. Τώρα στον 21ο αιώνα υπάρχει κοινό που δεν είδε ζωντανά ποτέ τους "θρύλους" της τζαζ και αναζητάει την αναβίωση αυτής της εμπειρίας σε ζωντανές εμφανίσεις όπως γίνεται με του σολίστες της "κλασσικής" μουσικής (με την ευρεία έννοια δηλ. όλες τις περιόδους). Αυτό είναι το μόνο βίντεο που έχω ανεβάσει που παίζω νότα προς νότα κάτι κάποιου "άλλου". Την Δευτέρα 4/3/2019 θα κάνω ένα σεμινάριο-συναυλία αφιέρωμα στον Bill Evans στο ωδείο Φ. Νάκας Ιπποκράτους 41 στις 19:30 είσοδος ελεύθερη.

[@ernestmathewson828]

excellent performance! how can I obtain the transcription? THANKS!

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

If you do a research on Google you will find many books about Bill Evans! Good luck!

[@fulvio90roma]

nice job

[@MegaHitchhiker]

This is absolutely Fantastic, I love Bill Evans and especially this peace. You've done it perfectly God bless you mate!!! Congratulationsssssss :)

[@kwixotic]

Very well played, I have the version in both that key and in Bb but prefer the latter since I'm not a great sight reader and found the one you're playing beyond my ability to read well enough.

[@ericparisot6412]

Good and in the spirit ! But play with more relax !

[@billchambers2080]

I worked on this for about 4 months and then tore a tendon in my finger on my right hand. Just starting to work on it again. I am starting to realize it will probably take me a year to get anywhere close to your beautiful recording, but I refuse to give up. Any suggestions on how to practice it? Bill Evans was such a musical genius?

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

Hi sorry to hear that, hope you get well soon. I started practicing it at a very slow tempo splitting it into 4 bar sections and then slowly connecting them. It took me 18 months to achieve this result that you hear and see in this video. Now, ten years later, I feel more confident!

[@hh0648]

i am blessed

[@anonymousaccount100]

Would you happen to have sheet music?

[@wadecottingham]

+Yohan “Zeke” Shinma this transcription is published.

[@GeneWeingarten1]

all the notes are there and in the correct order....

[@Nmetajazz]

5*

[@aGlennQuagmire]

Two dislikes? For what?

[@Fatgeologist]

Just what I was wondering. Not enough cowbell?

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

You will see dislikes even on Bill Evans videos...

[@nygoable]

How long did you learn that?? :-)

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

David Nykodým The more a practice it the more a realize that the "distance" is bigger than I thought... It took me 2 months to learn it and then another 6 months before the current recording.

[@brandoncarter360]

@@emmanuelsaridakispiano awesome dedication

[@ouriel]

fantastic job. just one comment. could the camera move “less” . i was feeling dizzy

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

What you are asking is impossible to do. Only if a make a new version and upload it which I will not. Take it or leave it that's deal.

[@emmanuelsaridakispiano]

That's the deal..

[@ouriel]

@@emmanuelsaridakispiano I will.leave your channel. Your agressive answer is surprising and not worth the music of bill evans. Wow. Really? Take it or leave it