Bill Evans The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 Bill Evans (pf) Recorded at NYC, January 10, 1963 Milestone M 9170
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@pacrimco6 жыл бұрын
Bill is trapped inside this piece, trying to get out. Sadly, he never quite made it. Most of will never fully comprehend his genius. May he rest in peace and live on forever through his unique talent
@ZeranZeran2 жыл бұрын
What does this comment mean? I feel like I understand what you mean, but I might just be putting my own feelings into it.. It's beautiful words, in any case. RIP Bill Evans. His music opened my world to so much more.
@ZeranZeran Жыл бұрын
@@1998XBOX Oh damn. I don't like how much I can relate to this comment, except I have little to none of his talents lol. Thank you for explaining!
@ZeranZeran Жыл бұрын
It seems very fitting that the way I found this song, was through a beat entitled "The Final View" , by Nujabes I feel lucky to have found this music. RIP to all those good souls gone too soon, may they rest in peace. Eternal.
@1998XBOX Жыл бұрын
@@ZeranZeran agreed. eyy nujabes and Bill evans for life✌️
@andrewdoggette4494 Жыл бұрын
@@1998XBOX You know nothing about his personal life. So shut up
@tiffsaver5 жыл бұрын
I had a friend who was a classical pianist who didn't know a single thing about jazz. So I decided to acquaint him with 10 of the greatest jazz players of all time-from Art Tatum, to Dave Brubeck, to Monk. After he'd listened to them all, I asked him, "Who was your favorite?" He replied that he was in awe of Tatum's amazing technique, then he suddenly stopped, and just said, "Bill Evans. By all means, BILL EVANS. He's so far ahead of everyone else that I can't properly describe it." He didn't realize it, but he just did. P.S. When my old friend passed away, he left me the pages of "Waltz For Debbie" that he had a music transcriber write for him. I guess that Bill left an impression on him like nobody else.
@tanapatpeemanee12302 жыл бұрын
So......glad to know this... proudly as i have been listening his works .... for nearly 40 years .... love Bill
@tiffsaver2 жыл бұрын
@@tanapatpeemanee1230 40 GREAT years, my friend.
@JoannaRRios12 жыл бұрын
And as a singer, I am very blessed to have a pianist who sounds and thinks like Bill Evans--the dearest to my musical heart of musicians.
@ZeranZeran2 жыл бұрын
It's the feeling it gives off. Your friend has great taste.
@tiffsaver2 жыл бұрын
@@ZeranZeran The most interesting thing to me was seeing the entirely new emotions that listening to these great jazz players had on my friend's face. I'll never forget it. He was a diehard Evans fan for the rest of his life. Fred passed away in 2018.
@Cvarier-channel4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard in my life. Bill Evans manipulates time and space so effectively that it makes you feel you're living the experience of someone deeply in love.
@TheirIAre Жыл бұрын
❤
@PaterEcstaticus8885 ай бұрын
♥
@jeffreycabanellas8113 Жыл бұрын
When a song draws this many comments it is almost obvious that a work so deep has touched many hearts.
@llaoll11 жыл бұрын
when he recorded the solo sessions, Bill Evans was somewhat miserable. He wanted to record cause he needed the money for heroin, but he was in a bad shape during the takes. Orrin Keepnews, the producer, was less than impressed with what he saw as a flimsy approach and refused to release. It was only after the death in 1980, going through the archive of Evans, that he came over them again and discovered what emotions are captured in this perhaps most deepfelt playing by Bill Evans ever recorded
@alkmi27542 жыл бұрын
That's heartbreaking. I never knew Bill was addicted to heroine. Poor guy.
@IntrepidFox942 жыл бұрын
Re: person I knew
@neovssmith192 жыл бұрын
Man that's so heavy man
@antonettegibbons7960 Жыл бұрын
Genius no matter
@BayardAugust Жыл бұрын
Cocaine was his preferred drug of choice I have read.
@ClarkKant17 жыл бұрын
Jagged, melancholy, difficult, beautiful, exhilarating, pensive, complex, heartbreaking. Just like love itself.
@antonio89041005 жыл бұрын
Could not agree more. Meravigliosamente detto!
@hxee55455 жыл бұрын
also spartacuz the tv show caused war in syria
@rommilazzo78234 жыл бұрын
@@hxee5545 stupid comment!!!!
@bjornjanlert10134 жыл бұрын
You say .. exakt .. precis - just we say in Sweden ! .. braavo ..
@1rjbrjb3 жыл бұрын
Lapidary. Wonder about "pensive" but a bagatelle.
@michaelcorenzwit6860 Жыл бұрын
Very few musicians have ever been able to capture something in my soul. Bill Evans, Miles Davis, John Coltrane et al. This is one of my favorite performances.
@StripeRich4 жыл бұрын
If every chord is the perfect color, and every riff, the perfect narrative, it has to be Bill Evans.
@michaelcorenzwit6860 Жыл бұрын
This is a true classic performance. Bill Evans was a creative genius.
@ginomorales89893 жыл бұрын
It sounds like if Bill is reasoning with his heart, not trying to impress anyone with his knowledge or experience, but to understand the ineffable rythms from his soul, with no audience, perfectly alone.
@ZeranZeran2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said. This is playing straight from the soul, to release, to feel. Not for anyone, not to perform. This is raw emotion captured in the playing of an instrument. I wish I could say I played anywhere near this good, but when I am at my best, it reminds me of the way Bill Evans plays, and sometimes I even impress myself unexpectedly. Thank god for Piano.
@renecezarinichavarria1444 Жыл бұрын
Rest In Power, Bill Evans .
@brucekuehn40314 жыл бұрын
Spartacus - a motion picture that deserves it’s reputation. And now the great Kirk Douglas has passed on at the amazing age of 103. One of the last of a great age in Hollywood
@kristine83384 жыл бұрын
Bruce Kuehn, ⭐️🤴🏼❣️✨👸🏻⭐️
@phyllispetras21814 жыл бұрын
I am watching the film now. Stunning.
@arnekorpen31433 жыл бұрын
I always knew that Bill Evans is a master of melancholy, but this composition is depression at its finest.
@Bogancharisma3 жыл бұрын
> < try: central park west, or naima-John Coltrane (I don't need to explain)
@arnekorpen31433 жыл бұрын
@@Bogancharisma heard those, they're fine
@BayardAugust2 жыл бұрын
That minor key tonality just tugs so hard on my heart strings...
@guidovndr5 жыл бұрын
Nothing seems to go as you wish. Then you put on this tune and you feel like someone is understanding you, thank you Mr. Bill Evans
@theneutralplatform48344 жыл бұрын
I share your emotion.
@johnkelly49264 жыл бұрын
Exactly, put on Bill and all is right with the world.....................in spite of everything. I am a new convert, been missing him all my life
@BernieHollandMusic3 жыл бұрын
What a great comment ! You are a genius my friend !
@MrRickywallace2 жыл бұрын
Bill Evans, The Chopin Of Jazz Piano!
@ZeranZeran2 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@uneedtherapy424 жыл бұрын
it always amazes me that with a few chords Bill Evans can explain to you your entire emotional life... that could never really be put into words but with music he can get you there
@musiconlyplease984 жыл бұрын
even though it sounds like a cascade from the heavens it is just Bill and his piano
@hkalsa72004 жыл бұрын
I’ve never ‘liked’ so many comments for one video before. Beautiful piece, wonderful comments. Thank you.
@tyroneholt68354 жыл бұрын
This rendition has to be the most absolute best ever recorded. indescribable beauty.
@TheirIAre8 ай бұрын
simply the greatest music I've ever listened to.
@user-gp5bi4zc5j7 жыл бұрын
It's more beautiful than silence
@LilliamCastillo6 жыл бұрын
国道キアン 🙏💙
@oleggusser31725 жыл бұрын
@Sterling Pound The greatnees of all music has been hidden in the pauses (IMHO?)
@tiptopthai5 жыл бұрын
Nothing is more beautiful than silence...
@oleggusser31725 жыл бұрын
@@tiptopthai Or: best sounds are hidden in those pauses :)
@billshmenson39645 жыл бұрын
shut the fuck up
@badlt.80293 жыл бұрын
Bill Evans was a genius when creating beautiful melodies from the ether. He’ll be remembered as one of the greatest.
@benboyd13625 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful and haunting melody I've ever heard.
@manuelebaron7 жыл бұрын
this song moves me no matter whose rendition holds it up to my ears. Haunting to the heart, passionate to its pulses. When music like this is penned one cannot help but see the truth in the phrase that 'Music is the One Gift from God that Man can take back to Heaven".
@Crayton102 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said
@Milayinyang2 жыл бұрын
This is beyond beautiful. Just mesmerizing divine. Thank you for sharing. But please notice, the songwriter is not only Miles Davis, it' a medley and the song "Spartacus love Theme" is composed by Alex North
@cheri238 Жыл бұрын
BILL EVANS WAS THE SILENCE IN BETWEEN THE NOTES FLOATING EFFORTLESSLY 🎼🎹🎵🎶🥁🎵🎶❤💋August 12, 2022
@CITYTER11562 жыл бұрын
THIS PIECE, IS SO PROFOUND, HIS BEST, THE PIANO EXISTS LIKE A GUITAR, ITS A VERVE, BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED, BILL EVANS TRANSCENDED, WHAT WE WOULD CALL DARK DAYS, THIS PIECE IS A LIVING MANS DREAM, I SIMPLY MISS BILL EVANS
@stevieedwards77696 жыл бұрын
I was on a flight from Charlotte NC to Atlanta GA in 1992 and who sat right beside me on his way home from Tokyo [connecting flight]? Bill Evans Jr...... we talked about his dad, who died when he was young... he was surprised that I knew of him... I said, "are you kidding"?? "I'm a jazz FREAK"... all the greats. he gave me his card and I still have it. Treasured moment in time... in 2006 I saw a tribute to Bill at Churchill Grounds in Atlanta by a Japanese woman who played him to a T w/ a bass player and drummer.
@bradmontchar86456 жыл бұрын
Stevie Edwards Evan Evans, Bills son.
@markbridwell89725 жыл бұрын
what an absolutely great story. wish I had the info. from that card. God bless !
@antonio89041005 жыл бұрын
Lo adoro!
@Afrobluee5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. A touching moment in your life (and his I might add - given his humility), that is now a part of mine - because you shared it with us - just like Bill shared his music. Personal. By the way, I live in Charlotte, NC
@Cookerab5 жыл бұрын
Amazing. You are so lucky.
@torch11082 жыл бұрын
Bill Evans does more with this arrangement....I'm blown away. GENIUS PERSONIFIED!!!!
@SuperBajafresh Жыл бұрын
WOW! This song took me places., That was so amazing.
@scottrayford8714 ай бұрын
I would watch my dad play with that passion. And just wondering what he was thinking while playing. His chords and rythem patterns were awesome. He and Bill are alike. Miss you so much. We donated his piano so others could cherish what we had our whole lives.
@ShermanKyle2 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite Bill Evans pieces, overjoyed to stumble upon this beautiful rendition that combined them. E: wow, Bill was such a master, sublime phrasing and peerless emotion. I’ve heard Nardis a thousand times but the poignancy he evokes never diminishes.
@antonettegibbons7960 Жыл бұрын
Yes he was some human who heard percussion in a familiar way for all. So sorry that his addiction sent him to the end
@michaelvaladez657011 ай бұрын
As stated before a true genius.
@s.90652 жыл бұрын
Listening to Bill again and again....always spellbound. Always. I close my eyes and my heart follows Bill wherever he wants to take me. I love you Bill Evans. Thank you for all you gave us before you flew away to another sphere. By God we are forever changed and more complete thanks to you. Wherever you are Bill, I hope you know that.
@Jiggelmeister8 жыл бұрын
This is the loneliest song I have ever heard
@kimparish19827 жыл бұрын
Jiggelmeister. music for a lonely gladiator.
@ArisGerontakis6 жыл бұрын
Change the “n” to “v” and I agree!
@antonio89041005 жыл бұрын
Il dolore e bellezza!
@musiconlyplease985 жыл бұрын
And yet joy
@DaStoneboat5 жыл бұрын
Try Chet Baker, If I Should Lose You.
@bulletsmichael Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤ Just wow. Moved to tears
@PaterEcstaticus8885 ай бұрын
So beautiful. 1:46
@tyroneholt68354 жыл бұрын
Such an expression of Love and Passion!
@sofiasabogalolarte87033 жыл бұрын
Esta canción la siento en cada parte de mi ser.
@janeough454 жыл бұрын
Evans above this is utter joy .....Spartacus deserves the best love theme xx
@bralingii163510 ай бұрын
Lovely.
@peterashford78556 жыл бұрын
surely one of the piano's greatest players who had so much creativity. RIP Bill
@chyenfemyzikangela37035 жыл бұрын
This guy knows how to break the silence with science. Thumbs up.
@johnhoward85676 ай бұрын
Touch,tone and such feeling must be hard to stop playing when it’s this great
@RonMoyers466 жыл бұрын
I was raised on the Yusef Lateef rendition but both of them are quite sublime and possibly one of the most haunting melodies of all time.
@f.innegan92655 жыл бұрын
I liked his version but it was always a bit startling when he came in sharp on his oboe...and stayed there.
@susankennedy57394 жыл бұрын
Me too! My modern dance teacher used the Lateef recording in our classes in 1972, it was fabulous to move to, very different that Evans'. The contrast is wonderful.
@michaelsinger26932 жыл бұрын
Incidentally, Yusef Lateef's childhood name was Bill Evans.
@meninagreen5704 Жыл бұрын
Yes on the Yusef Lateef rendering. Both are lovely.
@fernandoberoiz50834 жыл бұрын
Musical notes floating in the space in a cascade of emotions...
@vientoritmico47754 жыл бұрын
Mr Bill and Nujabes chilling in heaven just listening to this with the Allmighty
@gabriele180159 Жыл бұрын
Meraviglioso Bill
@mimusisica2 жыл бұрын
Where does perfection start and end? It starts with the first note in this tune and end when the music stops. This is so touching that once you start listening, you've simply got to stop and listen.
@annacottage45367 жыл бұрын
Having only recently discovered this Gentleman much to my shame, what a pure genius I just cannot listen enough to his work, just pure genius. Thank you, Anna.
@fullmoon71926 жыл бұрын
It's never too late dear Anna... No need to be ashamed... Just enjoy it... 🐳 ♫♫ ❀(~‿~)❀ ♫♫ 🐳
@hank15195 жыл бұрын
I too feel bad when I discover a great artist only after he or she has gone, but we probably shouldn't feel that way.
@MrRickywallace4 жыл бұрын
Anna Cottage Listen to all of Bill, from the 1950s until he passed in 1980. I have since 1970, when I discovered his “Town Hall” concert in a cutout LP bin at my university bookstore in Columbia,SC!
@krule2743 жыл бұрын
@Richard Wallace Town Hall is an underrated masterpiece. That solo as a proto Turn Out the Stars is so sweet. The whole session carries that raw but tender brilliance that accompanies all of Bill's playing, but with such coherence as a live performance. Every tune feels just right between the others its next to. And Chuck Israels is slept on, too; he was great there.
@a_perfect_human_being Жыл бұрын
Coming back to this all the time. Many times it sounds like a soliloquy. Like a realized cry for help. Or a deep-seated something coming forth. Carefully, thoughtfully choosing each word, but sometimes streaming out. Reigning back in. I’ve had many of these conversations in my life. You have, too. This is the spirit of deep, poignant words sounded off, it seems, maybe aimlessly into open air. To no one, but with hope, someone.
@franciscosolian1784 жыл бұрын
Midnight in my town . I am listening this song . Wonderfull music.
@vincentv9984 ай бұрын
Wonderful, really tenderly wonderful. Thank you so much for making your transcription freely available.
@Mr223P6 жыл бұрын
Bill Evans music is a perfect but sometimes dangerous mix of beauty and pain. Can make or break your heart...
@paulh92774 жыл бұрын
As exquisite as it gets. Ah Bill...you were the best.
@carolrandazzo47133 жыл бұрын
A weaver of dreams he is, in and out of two beautiful melodies with Bill's finesse. He was a remarkable soulful musician.
@DoctorWu234 жыл бұрын
This was the song I always attributed to my last relationship, even when it was going good. When we were together it sounded wistful to me, like a sort of sleepy daze. Now its taken on a different meaning, and I'm sure as the hurt fades it will take on a different meaning still.
@Diego_Plays_Piano3 жыл бұрын
Cleaning up the house with this masterpiece
@ZeranZeran2 жыл бұрын
It's like seeing someone's thought patterns on a scan.. except you hear them in real time, through his playing. You can feel what he felt. Does that sound crazy? I have never felt more connected to a musician than when I close my eyes to Bill Evans playing. His music speaks for itself, and it says something different, yet similar, to everyone who hears it.
@drummerable19968 жыл бұрын
Just absolutely remarkable... I can feel my sadness pouring out...
@phyllispetras21814 жыл бұрын
Will watch Spartacus today. Medley: Spartacus Love Theme/Nardis by Bill Evans was written by Miles Davis and Alex North and was first recorded and released by Julian Adderley Quintet ...
@fr3975 жыл бұрын
i hear the first piano phrase, and a sublime relaxing spell falls upon me; and I am learning to suspect it is Bill Evans
@phyllispetras21814 жыл бұрын
This is beyond splendid.
@marcostefanoboietti77572 жыл бұрын
Sogni indicibili erano l'orgoglio la solitudine che circondava l'agnello ansioso di svanire in quello che non era conosciuto 🌿
@03011947V4 жыл бұрын
MARAVILHOSO...A SENSIBILIDADE DO TOQUE DO PIANO NUMA MUSICA TÃO LINDA...FEZ COM QUE ATINJAMOS NÍVEIS DE VIBRAÇÕES DIVINAS....
@renepythoud15657 ай бұрын
ein mühsames spiel von Bill Evans, es stockt dauernd unangenehm
@hansvangrol28297 ай бұрын
Wie in seinem Leben.
@giovannagrassicolonna29145 жыл бұрын
I simply love the music of Bill Evans, his melancholy and impressionist tune
@annasullivan21364 жыл бұрын
Yes he had a deep soul.
@savariaxa5 жыл бұрын
Best version of the love theme incredible Bill Evans nails it here 😉
@furtherstudies5 жыл бұрын
3:20 Brilliant. Really shows how a song can change when played with a different emotion at a different time.
@Cvarier-channel4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant how he uses modes to convey these different emotions. He uses the phyrgian mode in a thematic way throughout this piece (in tandem with all those beautiful chord substitutions) to bring out the atmosphere of the Mediterranean setting.
@tildenbenette39623 жыл бұрын
A very lovely Spartacus with a fitting Nardis encore. This is how I learned both tunes. A fine introduction to real jazz.
@tomm_katz2 жыл бұрын
It's also Emily in there. Truly a lovely medley
@asterion95836 ай бұрын
A discovery, impressive, human, beauty, tears....
@frankatcheson50194 жыл бұрын
I bow in humility, such great tonal touches! The beginning leaves you hanging for the next beat/note!
@nilu83f5 жыл бұрын
Breathtaking.
@elsafreitas59815 жыл бұрын
Music that speakes to your soul....
@johnhoward85676 ай бұрын
Sadness,and joy this is sublime stop what you are doing and feel every note
@vannigio2711 жыл бұрын
Arriva direttamente al cuore. E anche alla testa. È questo il fascino di Bill Evans. Grazie ancora Bill, mi sento meno solo.
@yellowshirting4 жыл бұрын
it hits my heart so hard. i really love bill and his playing.
@yellowshirting5 ай бұрын
I just heard/understood what he's doing with each separate hand. amazing.
@petekdemircioglu2 жыл бұрын
Best feeling ever. Reminds me of someone.
@bystander13452 жыл бұрын
I have the same feeling. Something deep inside you. You have an intuitive feeling, but you're not able to describe that
@jillkjv3816 Жыл бұрын
Jean Simmons. 😊
@andreamar60444 жыл бұрын
Remarkable- resonating.....
@afonsosousa26844 жыл бұрын
Reluctant segue into Nardis. Interesting recording. Bill always treated the Spartacus theme brilliantly.
@brucealston35327 жыл бұрын
The cat can flat out play.
@NicolasEjzenberg7 жыл бұрын
I love Bill Evans. Marvellous pianist.
@robj32564 жыл бұрын
Yowie my first exposure to his renditions. A style of his own which reminds me of Johnny Pearson's breakthru in the 60s with 'Cast your fate to the wind'
@vb96775 жыл бұрын
There's a song by the late, great, Japanese DJ Nujabes where he samples this song.... I can't remember the name of the song, but it's awesome. So cool to hear the song in its original context.
@Noul_5 жыл бұрын
nujabes - The Final View
@ColonelSaito11 жыл бұрын
There are many ways to play this song... But this is definitely one of the best
@micheledeleon16807 жыл бұрын
I love Bill Evans.
@toddsaedify4 жыл бұрын
to Kirk Douglas, gets a little weepy hearing this, do not realize how much was added to your life until they are gone often, tears of gratitude
@brianbradley7695 жыл бұрын
Bill just goes insane on this song, my goodness!
@rubenantaglez86414 жыл бұрын
como un buen cuadro, como un buen vino, se saborea cada vez que se consume, y se le abren la imaginazion al viento.
@keithrjackson6 жыл бұрын
Bill never ceases to amaze me.
@ricardodehollanda49159 жыл бұрын
Rara sensibilidade. Profunda e sofisticada. Bill Evans é único!!! Ricardo de Hollanda
@GregoryGuay4 жыл бұрын
accidentally listening to this...love it!
@DanTranultimatedetailer2 жыл бұрын
Distant, hopeful, but the past swings in with thought, you remember a glance of your younger self, but life goes on, your happy but your sad.. time passes, where has everyone gone ..
@brianbradley7695 жыл бұрын
I think this may be favorite by him.
@michaelsheridan27487 жыл бұрын
You're listening to Genius here folks!
@jcrossi564 жыл бұрын
Can completely zone out on this- yeah
@lunchmind6 жыл бұрын
I don't want to get preachy on everybody, but how can anyone who loves music not like this?