Bill Evans "Peace Piece"

Virtual Museum Exhibit: Pasos Peace Museum (visit: www. pasospeacemuseum.org)-Bill Evans's "Peace Piece" is an unrehearsed modal composition that he recorded for his "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" LP in 1958. It is hailed as one of the most beautiful and evocative solo piano improvisations ever recorded.

[@bobke114]

I requested this song to be played at the close of my dads funeral service yesterday. RIP dad 92 years old a life well lived.

[@tuberjr]

condolences from the uk(london)

[@russellsolsky8694]

Jesus buddy damn near made me cry

[@kathleendigregorio1701]

Sorry for your loss ~ glad your Dad had a long life 🏵️

[@conniegracia1249]

💙🙏🩶

[@pandaloverrrrrr]

You have Soul. Thanks I didn't know anyone who felt like it. So something.,🎼

[@chumpthedog]

Music is not only the notes, but also the silence in between.

[@raquelortega8283]

Steve Garcia wow i didnt realized that until now ty

[@markusantonio4866]

@Danilo Arsoski cross handed technique. Tony Banks the keyboardist for the progressive rock band Genesis utilized this on their songs at the beginning of Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Carpet Carpet Crawlers, No Reply at All. Debussy and the French composers were great.

[@colleenengelmann7896]

The subtle pause...

[@lilianeguisset3788]

Comme vous avez raison... Tout est dans l'intervalle... Dans le silence qui, comme un pont, relie une note à une autre. Cette musique - qui ressemble un peu à celle de Satie - est une merveille.

[@aucuneideejsp8891]

@@lilianeguisset3788 parfaitement saisi !

[@gabriellaurentinocp2]

One day I went on google to know the difference between the pronounciation of "piece" and "peace", so I googled "piece peace". That day I found jazz.

[@ellenabrams2786]

What a great story!

[@tospubs960]

There are no coincidences in life ... Peace

[@spookrockcity]

@@tospubs960 life must just be whoopin some peoples ass out of spite then lmfao

[@slyspy9819]

WOW......Nice Find

[@mr.nobody2244]

No sir, Jazz found YOU!

[@abstractdragon5453]

The story behind this is Bill walked into the studio, played this on the first take, got up and left. Why mess with perfection? Ever time I hear this tears roll down my cheeks. It's just that beautiful.

[@marcibolton5718]

I concur. I can't stop them from wheeling up in my eyes and just rolling on down my cheeks. I do this every time I hear a masterpiece, which isn't very often these days. This is certainly a piece of heaven. Thank thank God for Bill Evans and Claude Debussy and the Queen, Joni Mitchell.

[@amairhapokala]

@@marcibolton5718 amen!!

[@bettewadlington6446]

So, I am not the only one. These notes do something to my brain and my soul in addition of the memories that bring back.

[@caddy286]

I totally agree. This song truly does something to my soul. It's like spiritual food.

[@laboon344]

Every*

[@drissabderrhamane7948]

I will never forget the moment when I crossed the Manhattan Bridge for the first time to the sound of music by Bill Evans. I saw the skyscrappers surrounded by large, gray, sheep-like clouds, letting orange rays of summer twilight filter through. This is how I define the music of Bill Evans. A masterpiece, yes a masterpiece.

[@alexan128]

You are a poet.

[@stevenponte6655]

Wow that was definitely a NYC moment! Do you remember what tune it was?

[@adelasussman3838]

Loved your words! Especially having lived in NYC! Bill Evans - the crème de la crème of Jazz pianists!!

[@katieparkin484]

Anyone who understands New York City understands Bill Evans

[@terrybarlow2445]

I can picture it....beautiful!!

[@McArthurFam]

You will go where you have to go. You will see what needs to be seen. And you will hear things occasionally that make you feel glad to be alive and wonder at the beauty of being a human. This is one of those moments that vibrates through all the walls of time. Share the way this makes you feel with the ones you love. May every word you use be like a note that's played as in this song.

[@feliciawilson9743]

Beautiful. And yes.

[@emmizzie]

❤

[@ejgza]

*morgan freeman voice*

[@Meridian-lk2fo]

woah

[@evanwardrop3721]

excellent choice of words

[@michaelhennessy534]

The consistency of the left hand, even through the discordant chaos of the right hand reminds me to be my self, even when outside forces try to draw me in other directions. Stay true to yourself. Be that consistent left hand.

[@tomsangster5907]

thank you for this comment

[@elliotraynsford2645]

be and love both hands

[@kairoshealing5911]

Well said. ❤

[@Retroscoop]

Chaos ? Where ? Where ?

[@michaelhennessy534]

Ooh. That's good, too!​@elliotraynsford2645

[@ChuckDennis]

My wife and I used this song as part of our wedding many years ago. This weekend, we are using it again at her mother's funeral. Beautiful music, every note.

[@patriciakreger440]

So very sorry for your loss. It is beautiful, indeed. 🥀

[@TheoHernandez-ws9ot]

Touch grass bro​@gregnormal5

[@MATATONORTIZ]

❤

[@BreanneGuilbert]

I hope someday my sons and daughter will hear this and think , " Shit could be worse, I could have lived in a world without this."

[@BarbaraSowerby]

It makes me cry it's so beautiful

[@kkiinngg.ddrree]

This is the absolute masterpiece. Those notes can heal and physically affect. It feels like you went through many difficulties through decades, maybe lost everything, got beaten and broken but finally reached peace. And you are ready for the next chapter of your life. You are the new person. It is very gentle but there is much more in those pauses. It is melancholic but positive and peaceful at the same time.

[@juanschwartz2597]

It really is.

[@calravens8707]

so well put in words

[@roylangtree2362]

I think sublime would be a good description

[@mahatmacoat6516]

...or the acceptance before leaving.

[@mariacremildasucupiramonta3760]

Tão bonito e inspirado que cura nossas feridas e restaura a nossa vontade de viver e ser melhor como pessoa

[@miramarensis]

My dad took me to see Bill who was playing with his trio back in the late 70s. I was a kid but I still clearly remember the joy I felt while listening to such transcendental music. Nothing but love for Bill Evans. Thanks Dad (lost him in 2005), thanks Bill.

[@marcelloghelfi4651]

Wow.

[@cameronray4107]

Wherever you are now. Thank you for sharing this special memory with your dad. Wishing you well.

[@mikehollingworth2262]

liar

[@miramarensis]

@@mikehollingworth2262 Are you calling me a liar?

[@johnbensinger4931]

I want this at my funeral, and my wedding, and everywhere forever

[@rubenbunyatyan1447]

John Bensinger

[@PaulGreen11]

John Bensinger

[@robyeraente]

JOHN BENSINGER

[@deanmartin7370]

John. Ben. Sing. Er.

[@Sammystolz]

John Ben - singer

[@RaeofLight12]

When my two-year-old son first heard this, he abandoned his beloved cars, sat on the couch silent for 6 minutes and 45 seconds with his mouth gaped open. This is so beautiful the first time I heard it, it felt almost disrespectful to do anything else but sit and listen. Touches the very soul of a person, absolutely stunning.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Nice comment! I think very young children has an intuitive feeling for great music, long before they can express it in words. But then when they grow older this intuition somewhat disappears, other things will take more place.

[@moniquecavard745]

@@staffanolofsson8201 i'm still a child of 71...!!!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@moniquecavard745 Love you! And I am a child of 75...

[@pugsymalone6539]

Your story made me cry...such a wonderful thing to touch a child in such a moving way.

[@1955rdp]

[@d.ubious4059]

Sometimes you're lucky enough to stumble upon a song like this.

[@mountainmanasmr7899]

I just cried, and I don't even really know what for. It was nice, haha. It's crazy that a man I've never met and have never known, from a time years before I was ever born, wrote a simple piano song that would touch me and millions like me. This was beautiful.

[@mitilam856]

The most beautiful things in life don't overwhelm you, they're not obnoxious, they don't ask for attention. This song is truly beautiful; it gently rolls with the ebb and flow of life. I feel more and more in tune with life as it plays.

[@Retroscoop]

That's very nicely put. I won't even attempt to do it better !

[@arvstephenson1107]

Thank you, thank you Bill Evans for reminding me that beauty still exists in the world.

[@johnwallach6505]

This is a testament to Bill's love of his instrument. This is by, of, and for the piano.

[@jackmckeon5854]

That beard is beauty

[@malbug]

Bill Evans produced some of the most beautiful music ever created by man...this may be the best example.

[@TomConn48]

yes

[@TomConn48]

The music is the sound between the notes. I don't recall who said that, but this piece proves it.

[@juanquiroga8933]

Tom Connell I think that was Debussy

[@yudhirgautam1645]

Yuusssss :)

[@Cookerab]

This and the last bars of his Bernstein cover Lucky to be me....

[@kacipalomino1037]

When I met the love of my life, this song was playing in the distance. It's beautiful in this recording, but it will never sound more beautiful than it did those years ago... Still can't hear it without giving a tearful word of thanks to God above... thanks to have been given what so many search for throughout their entire lives. Thank you, Bill Evans.

[@mikehollingworth2262]

liar

[@skyflyr1015]

That's a beautiful love story.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Minimalism in jazz is underrated! Bill Evans is the perfect example of that style, here in a piece where the notes dont get too close to one another.

[@SimonSimon-yy2gq]

The opening photograph was taken by my uncle Freddy Warren it was taken in Ronnie Scotts in London's west end Freddy was one of the in house photographers at Ronnie's for many years

[@mirazusta2002]

Awesome, he inmortalized the artist.

[@squareplaygames8657]

Great shot

[@aes53]

It's a wonderful photograph, are there others from the roll?

[@gee3883]

Nice story, fantastic shot.

[@stefanosoggetti6321]

great pic!

[@minisynthcollective7822]

Just pure beauty. Heard this for the first time the other day and had to pull over in the car.

[@debrainmke]

+Alan Cohen, I've had those moments.

[@bzaban]

Ooooh, yes. Bill Evans made me pull over the car many, many times.

[@sinokomp]

you might like Chopin's Berceuse as well...

[@carguy3460]

Same thing happened to me when I heard SRV's Lenny on the radio for the first time. Love those moments.

[@391083]

I completely identify with this statement.

[@mr.mo_mission]

oh dear...I heard this beauty for the first time today. I stopped working in the office and turned up the radio. It´s so beautyful..even the other people in the office stopped working and without saying anything we just listened. What a gift mankind got there. Thank you.

[@ilovelemonade12345]

Garrett Watts sent me here :) thank you for this music takes you to a place where you never want to escape, and that's serenity.

[@ShanairahAlize]

Same here. I was hoping to find this comment😭. Such raw and peaceful energy in this melody

[@kermit5822]

Same :)

[@itsthtgirljess1826]

Same

[@kasimndfck5320]

same 🖤

[@princessperfect8578]

Same💕

[@robertgoins991]

My ex wife said to me this was the most depressing piece! That's why she is my ex. This piece is living and breathing. Sounds like love!

[@JohnJohn-cu7nk]

🤣👍😁😊🤍

[@yannoudu26]

Idiot

[@ssballs]

🤣 isn't that the way it seems?

[@DSAK55]

smart move

[@Retroscoop]

It's not depressing, it's deliciously melancholic. That's quite a difference.

[@BrinaMarySeattle]

Years ago, I played this piece at the funeral of the son of friends. I am also a bereaved parent. Currently writing my dissertation on the marriages/relationships of bereaved parent couples, I find myself turning to this piece again and again for company. Thank you for having posted it on youtube for all to share. So deep.

[@hahaharchitect]

It's a beautiful piece and I listen to it every time I need Peace. May peace be with you... Thank you for sharing

[@Swaggs303]

peace

[@DuPreeinLosAngeles]

I know of a woman who has had her parental rights terminated for her US born son. Residing permanently out of the country, she wanted him to come to the USA to attend school and the state nabbed him. She hasn't seen or hugged him in nearly two years, his birthday just a couple of weeks away. Perhaps it's something related somehow to your bereavement, and may come up in your dissertation. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It helps me deal with this. Playing piano definitely aids with my coping, as well as eating well, exercise. The pain from these emotional upheavals unravels any hope for a normal day of enjoying life. How can one do this when the ones that they love aren't "allowed" to? How I wish I'd had kids. I missed a great experience in this life. But geesh, this world and what's coming....

[@ak342593]

sending peace and love your way

[@ajj4483]

I hope you find the peace joy and love within your heart..it is there, smile to your heart and follow those sweet gentle feelings..best wishes :)

[@jonneville5295]

It was Bill's sense of space that attracted Miles- the perfect pianist for Kind Of Blue. They have many similarities, especially when you listen to them solo.

[@zkalima]

Kind of Bill

[@jonhallberg8334]

Yeah, now I want to go to the record store for some Miles.

[@BigShoals]

I am about to perform this in Chicago, at my first recital in 57 years. I have worked on this piece and will never consider it truly mastered. I will continue to work on it long after this performance. It is inside me.

[@Billys-Joint]

Good luck Betsy! You are Betsy not Bill.

[@2karencraig]

Wishing you love

[@daniel.gobert9880]

Ive been learning it on acoustic guitar

[@BigShoals]

@@daniel.gobert9880 Wow!

[@anthonymason4999]

How did it turn out?

[@waysilentbob6976]

3.5 million views! That gives me faith in humanity! We’re going to be just fine. It’ll just take a little while.

[@Dprest-nd4yc]

This gives me a little piece of peace

[@naneeleo823]

agree very ! "human circus" was in DIRE NEED to be slowed down .. Peace

[@TimeTraveller010]

the future is bright, remain positive and adaptable to change. Good things are ahead for many this year, many that deserve it, people like me, you and your friends. best wishes to David T and Chris G in Victoria Australia and their family-friends..

[@rajatbhushan4535]

Haha

[@Retroscoop]

Well, actually it are only 3500 people who came to listen 1000 times to the same peace piece... So, sorry for that faith in humanity....

[@LastOfSixMusic]

It is quite astounding how such a simplistic piece can be so unbelievably intoxicating and utterly peaceful...

[@MrLittlefeat]

One of the prettiest piano pieces one could ever hear. Snowing, wood stove going and the beauty of Bill Evans piano !

[@finarollerz]

A piece so beautiful it can disassemble you and put you all back together at the same time.

[@robkuiters]

Beauty still excists, this piece by Mr. Evans is the best example, he was a genius xxl 💚

[@tonyhedditch4402]

I've commented on this before but, this is just THE most stunning, wonderful piece of piano playing you will EVER let your ears listen to. Sheer perfection.

[@kqdioqkijfaoij]

Satie smiles

[@brendantimmons5415]

i love these two words together

[@rochefort82]

Not Satie, but Chopin (Berceuse Op.57)...

[@jacksprat3009]

Hearing the first two or three bars, Eric Satie comes to mind. Certainly Satie must have been a strong influence on Bill evens who takes Satie further to where we can almost disappear into the music.

[@user-ej7ss8ei2g]

Debussy

[@rochefort82]

Spanish Moustache: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGKmiYxrg62po9U

[@brunochiarini_guitar]

I'm here after finding out John Mayer listens to Bill Evans all the time, and man am I glad I'm here.

[@vanessaowens7792]

I've heard this song before but the other day i was in the kitchen cooking and this song came on... And i stopped in my tracks... The utter beauty of the song is remarkable but the feelings that came over me where mind blowing. Sheer joy and great saddness overcame my senses all at the same time!!! Through those 6 minutes i relived all the highest highs and lowest lows of my life and was completely grateful to the Universe for all the experiences that is my life!!! I guess you can say i made Peace with ALL the Pieces... Thank you Mr. Bill Evans for capturing all of that in just this one song!!!

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I feel the same way when I listen to this piece. I just stop whatever I am doing and just experience it. A masterpiece indeed.

[@anilkapahi8788]

If there is a more beautiful piece of music I don't know what it is and I have been listening to music for over 60 years

[@jtmremixes1043]

I’ve listened to plenty of pieces but I’d have to say this has to be one of the most beautiful songs in existence. Bill is speaking to us through his piano which I feel portrays sadness paired with the feeling that everything will be alright. My mind has been extremely busy lately, and very few pieces can quiet my mind like this does. Absolutely brilliant. May Will rest in piece knowing that this song has blessed millions of people.

[@CrowGirl66]

It does indeed echo peace.

[@g.c.wheeler.805]

This was the first song I ever heard of Bill Evans. The definition of class. He leaves just enough space between the music to allow the listeners thoughts and memories to be their own... Allowing them to feel personally and organically connected to the music... While bringing it back so perfectly to keep the listener engaged mentally without getting lost in their own emotions or overbearing avant-garde nonsense

[@jasonnstegall]

According to at least one account I have read, this was supposed to be a take/version of the Leonard Bernstein classic "Some Other Time", which also ended up on the Everybody Likes Bill Evans album. However, as Bill was playing the intro to what became this timeless improvisation, he realized quickly where it was "going" and waved off his bassist and drummer so he could focus on what quickly developed into one of the most beautiful and unique piano solos not only of Bill's career but in the history of recordings (and I do stress unique, because Bill never again attempted anything like this either in the studio or live). And yes, this probably was the template for Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue jazz piece "Flaminco Sketches".

[@artfountain2095]

Interesting and illuminating!

[@shmuliknemanov4009]

same song not template

[@juventinovero29]

I'm crying.

[@JohnnyCatFitz]

Peace is an ever-present constant, no matter what else is happening. It is steadily there and it seems Bill is exploring and demonstrating no matter if you stretch things this way or that the peace is constantly present is we just notice it.

[@Hogsbelly]

That's a wonderful way of putting it. Thank you.

[@vidlukanarea6280]

I once asked everyone I know:” If you could be in front of the whole humanity, all 7 billion, and language and focus wouldn’t been an issue, what would you say to the whole of humanity to reassure that the next day we would achieve peace? Some said they would cry, some would tell a joke, one of my favourite responses was to sing a beatles song, but now I am absolutely sure...this song, this wonderful expression of peace, this is the answer to my question.

[@leilaarfa]

This piece of music actually defines the word 'transcendental' for me. Mellow. Nostalgic. Lyrical. Emotive. Melancholy. Optimistic. It really is something quite special. As others have said, it's about the space between the phrasing, those harmonics. To know Bill Evans' music is a privilege, and a joy.

[@mikehollingworth2262]

yawn!

[@johnhoward6393]

His notes, phrases move like a gentle gust of wind, a soft breeze that lingers. The silence between.

[@xx_fortniteprolegendslayer1219]

I’m glad I randomly went here and heard this. It’s nice

[@Retroscoop]

Even frivolity can lead to beauty every now and then !

[@labeep2517]

This song always makes me smile and brings a tear to my eye, all at the same time. No matter what I am doing, I have to stop and pay attention to the music. It does something to me, something good. I love jazz and I love Bill Evans but this, this is something else I cannot define. I don't want this song played during my funeral, I would like to listen to it when the moment of my exit of this world comes. Pure beauty.

[@matheusmelo2431]

4:07 - 4:14 is so beautiful, the way he resolves the dissonant notes with that gorgeous chord is really just immaculate

[@wormsnake1]

Whoever gave a thumbs down to this has no soul.♥️🙏. This is breathtaking...exquisite playing and a timeless composition. An intellectual man who gave his heart through a wonderful talent. This music will never die. I know he had his troubles but man he gave everything he had. Thank you Bill Evans. R.I.P Bill Evans.x

[@martha_m6933]

What a masterpiece! Music can´t get any better! ❤ Very sad to see though, that we ignorant people on this planet do not manage to make it any better place. 2023 and peace is only available in pieces. You can hear the shards in this song, too. Sublime.

[@docbrparker]

hypnotic peace..in one piece

[@martha_m6933]

Yes, very hypnotic.

[@Nickescaped]

This beautiful piece never gets old. So simple… yet so complicated. What a genius!

[@RidzMac1959]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. Stunning in it's ability to evoke feelings and memories in my life despite hearing this "piece" for the first time. I've been playing it on a loop for the past 1/2 hour. The hook is in.

[@DIZZY1057]

SO TRUE.....

[@karlconnolly3994]

Check out Erick Satie...you’re in for a treat.

[@okaymckay]

MY GOD. It's been so long since a song gave me the chills. Brings me back to my childhood.

[@feliciawilson9743]

Gives me chills every time. I hear his soul speaking in this song -- the longing, the beauty, the poignancy of his life.

[@jwblue575]

Such a beautiful piece. It is no mystery why he was MIles Davis' (a genius of space in his own right) favorite Pianist.

[@carlhardy364]

So smooth, like smoking in the late night, when no one's is around.

[@airider2]

Never heard anything like this in jazz. Bill Evans had his deep introspective spirit tied to his fingers when this was recorded. Beautiful.

[@richardsquince6487]

try john taylor, keith jarrett Koln concert, abdullah ibrahim'dollar brand for starters

[@Ron239]

Other pianists merely touched the keyboard. Bill Evans touched God.

[@sevchyk]

@@Ron239 Wikipedia says that at some venues he received less or no applause than other soloists in the band that he played.

[@matthewmoore1543]

if you think that check out his film “The Universal Mind of Bill Evans”

[@seek1028]

LOVE is a emotion that can make you to break you an to make better of you again, for this is why we LIVE to LOVE.

[@futuropasado]

One of the most beautiful things ever made. You know you have no soul when you don't get touched by this...

[@katamarigirl93]

That's reassuring for me, since I break down in tears every time I hear it. It's beautiful and painful all in one.

[@somestalkerwithamoustache8789]

there is nothing in the world like this piece: the notes, the silence itself echoing on, the feeling it brings out. what a piece

[@tansekkuan]

I used to listen to this a lot, trying to get deeper with the music, sometimes i meditate before listen so that the music can hit me harder, it never fail. To me this music is so sad and yet so beautiful, it makes me want to be alone, slow down my breathing and just feel things all around me. But i stop listening to this because as the experience went deeper I was feeling very depressed as I realized could never find something similar to this experience in a real life unless i change myself which i don't have the courage to do so. It is true that beauty only reveals itself to the brave. If this music has inspired you, may you have the courage to become what it inspire you to be.

[@Goblin-ee4og]

You can do it

[@rodrigomoraflamenco]

If u feel it , Its in u :)

[@JonGodsun]

Words escape me...this has to be one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

[@СергейРешетников-з9ц]

Этот великий музыкант, видно имел связь с космосом, творил поэтому, такую невероятную музыку.

[@2953h]

His mother was Russian.

[@tantrman]

Heard this on Scala radio yesterday. I hadn't heard of Bill Evans before but now I have. I love all kinds of music but this knocked my soul sideways when I heard it. It is what makes music so very special. You may be long dead but bless you Bill.

[@Siriuss96]

This songs takes me to places in my imagination that I never want to leave, what a powerful yet beautiful song. Forever one of my favourites

[@estellagraz]

My go-to song when I need to calm my brain. Thank you, Bill Evans. Excuse my platitude, but what a gift music can be. Pure aural Valium.

[@Kristan863]

Same here....first time I heard this, I knew I was listening to something special and rare. I have invested time searching through all his work, duets, etc...that was 20 yrs. ago and this song still captivates me~K

[@mattias785]

This song can literally bring me to tears... Absolutely love this song. A masterpiece.. R.i.p. Bill I love you man

[@paolamcaburlotto1716]

Peace is the beginning and the end. Pure meaning. Pure silence. Let’s leave the storm behind. Few drops are still falling, here, there. Slowly. Thank you.

[@gwynnielsen5081]

Listening to this tune is the essence of peace. It is well titled.

[@isamdavis]

I heard this for the first time while listening to BBC 6 radio in the bath. Never has a song excreted so many tears from my eyes in an instant. Peace be with the world

[@benjay3443]

my favourite track of all time

[@juliealbright8697]

This is simply a masterpiece.

[@user-sg5dv6nu2n]

Beauty lies within the mind. It has a magnificence all of its own. So lofty, like the peaks of the mountain in their Majestic magnificence. Man's mind can be carried to the highest of places. It is there that our purpose can be realized for our mind is not distracted but focused on the fragrance of the beautiful flower. There, one's Consciousness is totally free and man reaches his quintessence. The Sublimity of subliminess.

[@bigdog8679]

I am an old rocker from the 80’s. I know nothing about Jazz and for some reason saw this and decided to listen. This is awesome, pure genius. It’s time for me to dig deeper into his catalog.

[@rr7firefly]

I was riding a city bus in San Antonio one afternoon. Sitting in the front, where the seats face each other. Three people across from me were talking about how at a certain time of the day, in certain seasons, the east-west streets in Manhattan light up gloriously as the sun (directly west) drops down in the sky. I thought this a celestial moment: three poetic souls talking about beauty, not about how Texas is the greatest place in the whole world.

[@DD-ol1pq]

This is the kind of song that every time you listen to it, you know exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you heard it. 💕💕💕

[@grittykitty50]

WTF just happened? Think I had an out of body experience and went to a place where words are impossible.

[@billylovesjazz]

Hear ya. Finite has a difficult time with Infinite. Words don't help.

[@cmans79tr7]

Good point. Evans created a portal to go there. And the best part is that we can come back any time we want.

[@bettewadlington6446]

Pure beauty. Absolute perfection.

[@djwsam575]

it s exactly that in a ned you live what cartesien mind can t explain and this part of my life is so underrated as a cartesien man the words ....tu n es plus jamais comme avant tu es transformé tu sens ton ame tu es lumineux ....comme les illuminés

[@marianom125]

That's why Evans feel so strongly attracted to Zen. Music gave him the chance to express the inexpressable...

[@tyroneholt6835]

you can't rehearse feelings...you live them! (Thank you Bill for expressing yourself)

[@2karencraig]

I wish someone would have brought me this beauty of music in my life

[@marianom125]

Bill gave us all to enjoy. Hope you did! Cheers. 😊

[@quantumslime7265]

One day I was just sitting on my bed. I was brainstorming ideas for a story I wanted to write and decided to put on some music to work to. I asked the Alexa in the room to turn on some jazz music considering it's among my favorite genres. This was the first song that came on. I couldn't even work properly when I first heard it. I just sat there. Listening to this song. Music really is something special.

[@geopro0780]

I heard this and thought to myself, I think this is the only song I ever want to hear again .....

[@dtbffe8306]

this hit so different at the end of that episode of euphoria

[@SuperCarcher]

Could you imagine being a jazz musician in his time and going in to s club and see him play this for the first time? You can’t top this. You turn in your keys. The man just defined jazz piano. Fuq!

[@nathanieledwards7150]

He only played it once during this recording, and I heard another time in the 70s

[@eldreataylor1923]

With Tears in my Eyes..I listen to the beauty of his Heart..extremely Beautiful and Pretty..

[@claudiocerioli729]

I don't know why the critics and many people countinue to say that BLUE IN GREEN on MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE was composed by Miles. This wonderful piece was recorded and published one year before on the album Everybody Digs Bill Evans.

[@drecool6976]

So true , Miles recorded a few tunes from Wayne Shorter s book.

[@daviddoyle4516]

to me this is Bill Evans signature piece,,,,,never duplicated,,,,,

[@Tommyfazz]

David, hi, everything is repeated and, at the same time unique.

[@daviddoyle4516]

Tommyfazz Yeah thats true,,, But Tommy,,u tell me what stands up to this performance in this day and age,,,,DD

[@bburago9]

David Doyle This was based on a piece of Debussy, whom he admired

[@tommyschmitz]

Quick comment... At 5:38 there is the simplest yet most profound redemption of a brilliantly building harmonic dissonance... Words can't describe the feeling I get when hearing it... Even after 30 years of listening to this piece, that 5:38 resolution dissolves me, body and soul... I just don't know what to say...

[@rudyasercion7458]

My all time piano composition. I love listening to this music late at night just before I fall asleep. Thank you Mr. Evans.

[@2karencraig]

Never new the piano could be sooo soft beautiful loving......gentle

[@anthonycrowe7488]

The scattered beauty glimpsed between the spaces of fragmented Being , in the silences, pauses, and stilling of sound, in the breaks of the overflowing chiaroscuro of movement is the always present Eternal.

[@Jodzy504]

He's so gentle with the piano

[@hamcheeselettucemayosandwich]

This melancholy helps me understand. I can hear hope. Rest In Peace to the 50 souls lost in my home county of New Zealand. Your loss will bring us closer, towards peace. This is the hope I hear not just here, but in the pain that is shared by an entire county, an entire world. It is this pain that will make us strive for peace.

[@fernandolouv]

C"est tellement magnifique.. merci euphoria

[@carlbowles1808]

This is the perfect escape from the Corona virus induced fear and uncertainty of this era. Bill is gone 😢 his beautiful contribution to humanity in music remains.🌅🎉🌞💐😇😎💖.

[@lindaclairesartori]

Good old "Peace Piece"! It was so nice to me so many years ago. Now I play it on the piano, but it is a lovely treat this afternoon to relax, be peaceful, and let Bill Evans enchant!🎼🎹✌🏻

[@samLIPS66]

This sounds so good with the sound of rain outside.

[@lectorproctor1541]

This piece always helps me to find a peace in a fight with inner self. Bill Evans truly is genius.