Those 7 Times Bill Evans Went Next Level Genius | bernie's bootlegs

[@Bill_Woo]

Please "like" this comment to promote it upwards so everyone benefits. All I did here was paste titles from the links kindly shown in the video description above.. 0:00 Israel / Five (theme) - 19 Mar 65 (5 of 11) 1:28 Emily (Helsinki 1969) 3:35 If You Could See Me Now 5:45 My Romance (tune3) 7:48 Stella by Starlight 9:21 Someday my Prince Will Come (Jazz Piano) 11:20 Nardis - 19 Mar 65 (7 of 11)

[@russj6489]

Bill Woo i

[@Prisoner]

Thanks

[@iainrae6159]

Remember sitting close to the piano at Village Vanguard in 1969. Bill never said a word all night, just played brilliantly. No words required, just great music.

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

Awesome. Thank you so much for watching

[@philipbenhardb.velasco369]

As a 90’s baby I could only describe that as you seeing a unicorn, a myth, a legend

[@iainrae6159]

@@philipbenhardb.velasco369 What a lovely comment, thankyou. It was very special. I was 19 at the time and the same week saw Monk play in a small club,' Blue Coronet ' the Baroness Panika was also there, and during that gig Monk fell asleep at the piano during the bass solo, and had to be nudged back to life. . Without missing a beat Monk was back in the groove with a brief guilty look on his face. My unicorn moment would have been seeing Coltrane, but can't have everything. Their music is eternal. Best wishes to you.

[@davekenney1874]

Wow I also use to see him at the bottom of the Village gate, back then it changed my life as a musician. The few times I was able to briefly talk to him he was so soft spoken and intelligent. RIP Bill.

[@iainrae6159]

@@davekenney1874 Thankyou for passing on your memory of meeting Bill, awesome. The giants were often modest souls which makes them even more of an inspiration. Best wishes.

[@DannyMcCaffrey]

I can't watch this. Because it's my bedtime and if I do all be up all night high on Bill Evans. My life is better for knowing his music.

[@dph22013]

The Cardinal_ lol. I understand

[@treeman_mj]

I feel you. When I start watching Bill Evans videos I spend hours just watching more and more

[@marileesteele1804]

Me too, so intense you have to stand up.

[@alfredbellanti3755]

I once heard a piano teacher refer to Bill Evans as the "Chopin of Jazz.'

[@rohanchakraborty3927]

Alfred Bellanti You can actually hear a lot of Chopin in Bill's music

[@nicholasrubianes5368]

Yeah I was the first one to say that actually back in 83'

[@63Baggies]

Chopin was almost the equal of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans :-)

[@chenyanhao676]

Robert Dore lol noone knows how chopin improvised, but it was far more “jazzy” than his counterpart in his days. Chopins compositions definitely hold up to and surpass Evans for some of his pieces. The ballades and nocturnes hold some of the finest pieces of piano literature no doubt Evans took inspiration from

[@ShredST]

Glenn Gould called him the "Scriabin of Jazz".

[@RobiTheophilus]

You left out all the rest of his solos from 1956 through 1980. ;-)

[@aflessas]

His solo on "On Green Dolphin Street" With Miles is with out a doubt one of the most beautiful use of suspended chords ever , it still makes the hair on my arms stand up, and he just got better and better, in the end the drugs may have killed him, but they sure as hell didnt seem to slow him down

[@maggiessong]

Green Dolphin.....YES!

[@lawrence-yx1ew]

Very well put

[@adriennepender673]

That piano intro on ‘On GDS’ is just.... sublime. My dad had the Jazz Track album on vinyl, and he’d play that on Saturday mornings when he’d do some house cleaning. I remember hearing that when I was a kid, and even then being transported. There’s no one like Bill. When my Dad decided to move after Mom passed, he let us kids go through the house and take what we wanted - the only thing I wanted was his vinyl of Jazz Track. Those songs from the ‘58 sessions are where my love of jazz began.

[@caroleelaschwa5294]

I have to say the way he played "Invitation" was what got me hooked on him

[@trteeerryfse-wy2ww]

Normally people like that use drugs because everything in their life is far out not just the music. Some really enjoy that rode and ride it til the end

[@pnotuner1]

It's an amazing thing when a pianist goes off on a break and does just the right amount of improv and not too much. And then back to the main theme.

[@wildsmiley]

My absolute favorite pianist ever. It all started twenty years ago when I first listened to Kind of Blue, my first jazz album. The crystalline beauty of his solo on 'Flamenco Sketches' left me in awe, overwhelmed by the tremendous sensitivity in his playing. With his own stuff, lot of people gravitate towards Waltz for Debby, and I love that album too, but my favorite is actually Moon Beams. I treasure every tune.

[@stevoglez]

Great to know

[@wildsmiley]

@stevoglez You Must Believe In Spring is beyond essential as well. A beautiful farewell from a most sensitive artist.

[@lilybond6485]

Really wish I could have seen this guy live. I’ve never heard anyone play piano like this. He’s playing with his soul --- not his fingers.

[@airnsmke]

No levels, just bill being bill

[@maureen7746]

I am in love with Bill Evans - every tune he plays is the work of a genius. He can make me cry and smile at the same time. By far my favorite tune is "Never Let Me Go" from "ALONE", which is over 14 minutes as he just kept playing beyond the usual length of the tune. His solo work is the best. He cannot be compared to other jazz pianists or other musicians as he is on a totally separate level and alone on that level. Read liner notes of what he says about music. A philosopher and artist, but he evokes a sadness in a listener that is painful and at the same time beautiful and mesmerIzing. I am listening to the last album "I Will Say Goodbye." knowing he was saying goodbye for he died soon after. Listening to Bill Evans play is like having another life and really cannot be explained except to others who understand Evans and his music.

[@dginia]

Its sure is nice that old audio is so much better than old video, rather than the opposite way.

[@timothybias462]

Bill's chord voices are some of the most genius and beautiful for and expressive way of voices

[@StripeRich]

Is English your first language?

[@digitalrazorbladez]

ive always had a theory that bill evans is where charles shultz got the idea for (schroeder?) from the peanuts..the way he plays with his head down.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Jesus he was just the apex predator of high culture in the 60s/70s. I had Peacock at Cornish the year before he landed the Jarrett gig and so I asked him to listen to some of my stuff and his critique is encapsulated here. He said what Evans taught him was "that what you play needs to be holographic. So any part of a hologram contains the entire image". Thematic motivic focus from the source should drive/inform what you play.

[@TheRealG2024]

paxwallacejazz that DEEP.

[@matthewkiepert2055]

My goodness, his talent, and his continual work at his craft, every part of him bled music

[@chriskelly2556]

Was just about to comment the same thing :D

[@davidmcbride6911]

loved it

[@LemmyCautionYou]

I'm not sure I understand this notion: "So any part of a hologram contains the entire image". Thematic motivic focus from the source should drive/inform what you play." I'm not sure if this is an original notion of Evans'. For example, it reminds me of what I've read about TS Monk. Please do correct if I'm mistaken. Monk's genius improvising style (and writing, and bandleading) was of course profoundly different from that of Evans. But: Monk's improvisational style was such that the original melody (or at least the distinctive rhythmic contours of its phrase) could always somehow be "heard" through implication during the pianist's improvised choruses.This might be contrasted with the IMMENSELY influential improvising style of, say, Charlie Parker, where the original melody has less of a centripetal pull on the improvised melodies.. Oh, and I'm shocked you excluded Evans' "My Foolish Heart" from Waltz for Debby. His apex moment as a balladeer, in my judgement. Show less REPLY

[@bekagigauri1799]

Very good choice. For me, there is nothing like Bill Evans in this world!! Thanks for posting!

[@racorecorico]

Bill Evans, o grande, GRANDE, GGRRAANNDDEE gênio do Jazz. Nunca os acordes, sempre dissonantes, soaram tão bem combinados com as melodias, sempre bem ornamentadas.

[@salchaos]

Such a brilliant innovator. Evans invented a totally unique approach to the keyboard. One of the 20th centuries piano geniuses.

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

Evans played with great bassists in Scott LaFaro and Eddie Gómez; would love to see some beast modes of some bassist like that

[@johntravena119]

Bill Evans always played with great musicians who listen & he always afforded them space to express themselves in turn. The only Evans recording I dislike is with Chet Baker who apparently thought Bill was there to accompany him.

[@sandraeckelhofer]

ahahahahahah John Travena!!!!! ROTF you know, one of these days I was precisely thinking about this: how would I behave were I a singer to perform with someone like Bill? I came to the conclusion that I'd stay quiet as a church mouse listening to him. I wouldn't dare to open my fckng mouth ahaha don't be mean to dear Chet, John Travena lol

[@andrewbudiman1310]

when someone else's demons is your delight.

[@angelc.4422]

How so?

[@MrBoxingVideos]

Jazz is perceived to be the music of tortured geniuses...

[@slady7072]

Profound statement!

[@elliottcallaway140]

Evans was notorious for having a particularly nasty heroin addiction. He once nicked a nerve while tying off before a gig, which left him without the use of his left arm. As the story is told, he played the gig one-handed.

[@gamalielsetiaji7887]

Andrew Budiman mantap mas Andrew

[@dandiacal]

His version of My Romance was a milestone in solo piano conception.

[@FunkadelicPancho]

No one's playing captivates me like Bill's, not Tatum, not Peterson, not Chick. Bill is where it's at

[@ryarbrough1195]

My favorite is the first rendition of Autumn Leaves from The Birdland Sessions 1960. I can listen to that 1 track again and again. It's an enticing, sensual pleasure, the way he starts almost opposing the melody before slowly, gradually, exposing the melody as Autumn Leaves. Almost like good sex.

[@joemikehap]

He was a master. Those albums with Tony Bennett are magic.

[@fartzerelli1385]

Whenever I listen to Bill Evans, which is always, I'm never bored yet completely chilled out at the same time.

[@mayrose2637]

blue in green---played by bill evans---my favourite of all his

[@mac2phin]

May Rose me, too. I listen to it often from Kind of Blue repeating it in traffic.

[@mayrose2637]

mac2phin--how nice to know that you listen to it while in traffic! a calming effect I would think------it's an amazing piece of music,so simple in structure yet so profound when played by bill evans

[@KaiSuzukiMusic]

May Rose Same!

[@TheNostramo]

Agree. The most difficult piece for me to play in guitar. I discovered Evans in a MOOC from University of Texas in Austin, driven by Jeffrey Hellmer, who spoke about him with the title "Cristal notes".

[@pixelatedparcel]

mac2phin Same here...I had "Blue in Green" in a continuous loop during my commute (2 hours/return) for at least two weeks, this summer. Hadn't listened to "Kind of Blue" in maybe thirty years (Did the same thing with "So What"). Completely lost touch with jazz, past my twenties and only rediscovered it after picking up the guitar, earlier this year. Am into my "Art Blakey and his jazz messengers" phase now...

[@MrGambibo]

THELONIOUS AND BILL: My all time favourite jazz pianists. Love them ❤❤❤

[@gil-evens]

"7 times out of 99999999 Bill Evans Went Next Level Genius" should be the right title

[@StephenS-2024]

Drugs are.....well, they certainly ARE. Aren't they?

[@briantaylor2915]

All of the examples demonstrate his beautiful understanding of melody and his genius. To chose any of his solos denigrates all the others. He has been my guiding light. Genius.

[@billgrabbe9992]

His live albums with his final trio are pretty much unrelenting fire. He turns Nardis upside down, inside out and every which way but loose - There were times in the middle of his career when he seemed to phone it in a bit, but he ended his run with a bang.

[@ivanjovanovic9523]

Bill Evans was always on the next level, he didn't need to go 😂

[@bishopoftheeternalsun4504]

This is music that has its own soul, I can feel it, see it and even taste it. So much Flavour, not like this new generation of 'one-day famous music'. I can't help but respect the musicians that were here when I was only but a THOUGHT, I always learn from them, no matter how many times I play the same song over and over, it always opens up a bit more to me. NEXT LEVEL GENIUS INDEED!

[@dldl43b]

"Emily" is one of my faves of all time. His version is so fine.

[@Daniel..Lobo..]

Bill Evans was my dad, he was a great man, man....

[@phyllistagg-bovino1355]

He broke my heart when he used to cry on my shoulder...that he had to pawn his piano again for his drugs...So talented.!.....Everytime I listen to his music I get so sad...So many jazz players who followed him were so influenced by his genius...I miss him!

[@rohanchakraborty3927]

Phyllis tagg-bovino You knew him?

[@soapbxprod]

Dear Phyllis: I am Toby Sacher's son- he was best friends with Bill's lover Francine Tomlin- call me please?

[@phyllistagg-bovino1355]

yes...

[@phyllistagg-bovino1355]

I don't have your phone #

[@soapbxprod]

603-585-3057

[@sabrinavincis3905]

Choosing 7 solos is really reductive. I think that every note played by him is a part of beauty and truth, which is his philosophy of life in music.

[@pennywiser9607]

The man with 8 arms who never ever made a mistake while playing live Or privately

[@madbun1312]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for not putting ads in your vids. Also, amazing work!

[@MarkSeibold]

These seven examples are some of the finest moments defining his perfection. It's hard for me to choose a favorite- the latter part of number 4 is beautifully executed, as he does not miss a note or a beat with such complexity and speed. All the way through numbers 5, 6, and 7, I could just repeat over and over in a continuous loop and have them playing in my home all day. He is so dearly missed, as there was no one else like him. I'll only be 64 this year, I've been trying to teach myself to play a little like this. I wish I could have met him when he was alive and talk to him Some of the special videos in KZbin that he speaks with an interviewer in tbe early 1960's and plays to show examples as describing his style, are so entertaining to listen to him. [I read recently that he was left handed, as were Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Sergei Rachmaninov, Keith Jarret, Glen Gould, ...]

[@jwwlovesgolf9874]

Not sure if this qualifies as a solo, but the last twenty seconds of Bill Evans on this performance of Blue In Green on Camera 3 TV in 1962 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGfRfISaiJlsja8 - is, in the context of the entire song performance, one of the most complex and sophisticated uses of block chords in a jazz outro ever. I don't have the music theory background to describe what he did, but I wish he'd left his hands on the piano longer at the end. It's almost like he was uncomfortable at how profound the last chord was.

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

Jack Whitley Thank you for that.

[@acomathes]

"minority", obviously.

[@daddywhatchucookin2924]

4:26 possibly the most beautiful minor II V i have ever heard. Transcendent

[@julianmanjarres1998]

That was major... Not minor.

[@simonlawrie9215]

Lounge lizards should not be allowed to listen to this . Most of them are there for one reason and that is to be seen . This is real genius .

[@mrJohnDesiderio]

Those crystalline clusters.

[@tedl7538]

Appropriate and apt alliterative allusion.

[@billpiano]

My favorite recording is his solo intro to Waltz for Debby on The Bill Evans Album 1971.

[@maggiessong]

It's a heartbreaker....just breathtaking.

[@bradwalker4687]

The only way I can describe putting on Jazz music to listen to is that it's like lighting a fire in your living room while it's cold & wet & stormy outside while it gets busy warming the house ❤️

[@michaelwilson2340]

Four years ago I bought my first Chet Baker CD and that was it! Jazz! I love Coltrane, Baker and Pastorius, but Bill Evans is my favorite. I've been buying reissues of his albums and I do feel a sense of empathy for him. Not a good life, but at least he did something spectacular with the time he had.

[@timdawson15]

Bill Evans went 'next level' on almost every performance!

[@astralmarmoset]

His playing makes me feel like I’m drugs... 😎

[@Kirke182]

I'd heard of Bill Evans for some time but it wasn't until my double bass teacher started pushing Bill Evans cds on me that I really began to appreciate his genius. Bill and Scott LaFaro together was where it was at!

[@Pedraga]

Amazing moments. But few things gets higher then Bills solo performance on 'I loves you porgy' at Montreux..

[@Whatzzzz999]

Agreed! The solo break on I Loves You Porgy is heart-rending, SO beautiful - my favourite moment in all of jazz. And that's saying something...

[@rafaelbanos4949]

Ich hörte Bill Evans "My foolish heart" (Album MIlestones) damals als ich Student war (vor über 50 jahren) , dann war es mit mir geschehen. Nichts mehr hat es seitdem gegeben, was annähernd vergleichbar wäre. Kein Pianist hat mich so beeinflußt wie Evans. Sie können sich alle auf dem Kopf stellen. Bill Evans ist und bleibt für immer mit großem Abstand die Nummer Eins. Ich weiss was ich sage. Spiele selber Klavier und höre Musik mein ganzes Leben lang. Bill Evans ist Gott.

[@hartmutzeller]

na ja, Gott vielleicht nicht gerade (LOL).....aber komplett richtig ist, dass einen Evens nicht mehr loslässt! Als ich "you must believe in spring" entdeckt habe, ist die Scheibe etwa ein Jahr in meinem Appartment in Boston quasi ohne Unterlass gelaufen. Bis heute eine der besten Klavieraufnahmen (wer meckert: versucht das mal nachzuspielen!!!!)

[@gerhardia]

Bei mir war es 1966 die Single "Lucky To Be Me" und "Tenderly".Jetzt besitze ich fast alles von ihm.Tipp:"Bill Evans" (Hanns E.Petrik)in Oreos-Verlag)

[@xbergerin]

Ja. Bei mir auch My Foolish Heart.

[@sandraeckelhofer]

are you kidding, Bernie? "7 Times .... Went Next Level Genius" does not apply to Bill Evans. Bill is next level genius all the time. says a woman forever in love with Keith Jarrett 😊

[@sandraeckelhofer]

Hey Now! Keith is not only genius, Keith was born a god. I am listening to him right now and, man! I could die for him. I mean it. I am absolutely crazy about Keith!

[@sandraeckelhofer]

open.spotify.com/track/34uEnYW8Wyx9vYpac3z3tI?si=wHxNPAsmQ7iVXt4yUG33pw

[@ModularLanding]

Very true.

[@JMLRecording]

this man is the technicians piano man. He just punctuates how different "the best" can be and can vary from musician to musician. So starkly different from his peers and of course, so incredibly learned and skilled.

[@rubenseam]

I was expecting one of his renditions of Nardis (mostly the one with joe labarbara)

[@carollucey7353]

My favorite Bill Evans: “Some Other Time”

[@panzade]

Carol Lucey Mine too Carol.

[@stevemarsh7]

Profound THANKS For putting this together Bernie! Especially enjoyed numbers two, five and six but All were brilliant!!

[@nathangray9434]

There may not be video of it, but the solo in Gloria's Step off the Sunday at the Village Vanguard gives me chills every time.

[@Toxoplasmosis679]

I accidentally clicked on this... but honestly this is 🔥

[@simonvandeven4868]

sugar plum, from the album 'on a monday evening' is my personal favorite :)

[@kristofszobacsi6911]

At 7:46 was a mic dropping moment, and flipping us off at the same time :D Bill is just King!!

[@michaelhoward7009]

1. My Foolish Heart with Bunker and Israel 2. Nardis .kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZOxZmh6htJ5kKs I would not put any of those listed. But music is personal

[@maggiessong]

Jeff Meshel writes a superlative music blog and showcases the Nardis "intros" which BE played at the end of his days....mighty, harrowing, heartbreaking music. www.jmeshel.com

[@chioma916]

israel baker?

[@kevinsykes7395]

I’ve just watched a documentary of how Willie “the lion” Smith was often broke, because he was of an era where sheet music sales were key, and his style was too difficult for most to play. I also love Bill Evans for his open voicing and I think he is a great improviser. I wonder what Willie would have made of this style.

[@pistolchamp5000]

"If you don't sit up straight you'll never amount to anything!", Bill Evans' adolescent piano teacher.

[@SDAnderson44]

Thanks for posting. Mostly just for the chance to hear the music, plus it's always great to find so many people in one place (online or otherwise) that appreciate Evans' music as much as I do. It goes without saying that this 'list' is not trying to be definitive (impossible of course) but simply an opportunity to express one's love for this music. The thing is, it's difficult not to agree with everyone. That being said... my offering is 'Never Let Me Go' from Evans' Alone LP (an entire side)... or actually any other track from that record: 'Midnight Mood', 'Here's That Rainy Day', 'On A Clear Day', they are all exceptional; a truly special record for me.

[@maureen7746]

I totally agree with you about "Never Let Me Go" as I have posted. For me those 14 plus minutes are the greatest recorded music ever. I have to set aside time to listen for once is not enough. I get lost in his music and just cannot really explain, but I know others who listen know the feeling and emotion of Bill Evans and his playing.

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

You're welcome!

[@reggaefan2700]

Just 7 times? Maybe a millions times or every time he touched the piano.

[@buckshotandthepepperbox3042]

Its cool that you did this video but it would be very hard to find seven times he wasn't thinking on the next level. Great video though.

[@joaquinbertero]

The best pianist ever.

[@skineyemin4276]

Really? I can think of several who were / are just good or better.

[@dkj4183]

What really, really, really is genious? What makes us truly free? My primary keyboarding makes me feel free to entertain family and friends and I kinda feel free thereof.

[@georgesprudente3942]

I thank you.

[@saityavuz76]

Nice profile picture

[@sean.butterworth]

No piano, no jazz. Know piano, know jazz

[@rdjazzboy1944]

Peace Piece, from Everybody Digs Bill Evans was his first masterpiece, no doubt. His recording of The Peacocks with Toots, another one for sure... it's a long list though, ain't it.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

Bill Evans is a great pianist. He did some killer work on Miles Davis Kind of Blue.

[@andydixon6759]

jaw dropping stuff. thanks for sharing

[@WeR2VEVO]

"7 times"... only? You mean every time Bill Evans laid his hands on those damn keys?

[@stephenrothman6058]

Yeah, there were those. I guess Turn Out the Stars from the Town Hall concert ought to be there. Probably a version of One for Helen. And whoever called for Nardis - it's hard to quibble. Most of the live performances where I saw Bill opened or closed with Nardis. And his solo on the Miles Davis Kind of Blue is unique and exquisite. Maybe the Two Lonely People. B Minor Waltz? This KZbin post is a good selection though. I might lose the Some Day My Prince will come. Not that it's not good. I just would not have picked it as where Bill reached one of his highest peaks. When I listen to Bill Evans I'm partly inspired to rededicate myself to piano, and partly feel I might as well give up. I could never play like that, much less take it further. RIP Bill Evans and thank you.

[@nongkhiew]

If I would have learned english as I did now and then watched this video 15 years ago I would have saved litteraly years of wrong conceptions and procastination on trying to play jazz. I guess I should not regret it but be thankful that it finally happened today. This video has so much valuable information. Thanks to YT, Bernie's Bootlegs, and to Bill Evans wherever he is now.

[@particlejones]

I love listening to this mans brain

[@andrespandehra4902]

One of my best Jazz-Records is "Waltz for Debby" from the Bill Evans Trio. The Perfect Sound to smoke a cigarrette on rainy day.

[@Goatchild90]

One of my favourite musicians ever

[@jeanmedar]

Best fucking channel.

[@shizzyhomewood]

Dustin Pegram jazz memes = best memes

[@Bill_Woo]

Except for the Bernie Sanders idiocy.

[@Bill_Woo]

Oh yeah, sure, lqtm237. And some people think "Communism is good" (cough! Bernie! cough!) I know this: musicians are some of the hardest working, most underpaid members of society. I like to think that they're about hard work, perseverance, excellence - *not* living to enjoy free rides off of others :)

[@Bill_Woo]

Benjamin, since you don't care how much "things" cost, how about donating all YOUR assets to starving Ethiopian children, and moving there, for the purpose of basic humanitarian care? You know, basic medical care? Take your time. Think it over. I thought so. There you are. The liberal/socialist/Communist mantra of hypocrisy. Charity is a *voluntary* action, not one forced by government, where an incompetent faceless bureaucrat - or Benjamin Wilson - chooses winners and losers ... and with someone ELSE's money. Abject, shameful hypocrisy.

[@bandicoot5412]

Excellent, complex subtle.

[@dew2912]

Bandicoot Ditto...

[@nikgerie]

God bless your soul mr Evans

[@caponsacchi9979]

Bill''s music is so concentrated, complex and dense, its beauty unequaled -- he, along with Coltrane, was the most influential musician in changing the language of jazz after 1960.

[@subschool5]

thank you so much for the music bill! :))) i'm sorry life was so hard for you

[@reggiebellamy7112]

Always amazing!

[@gustavofortunato4779]

Genius! Gos bless you for ever!!! The best!!!!

[@warnerbeachful]

Bill Evans is a genius. As my uncle Walter says he's fingers never leave his hands, not even for one second.

[@jennifer86010]

Unfortunately, these are 7 examples of poor audio recordings of one of the greatest legends in the world of Jazz. I blame Bill's producer/manager Helen Keane and record labels with whom Bill Evans was signed. The technology existed in the 1950's and 1960's to make good quality, out-of-studio field recordings, but producers and labels were too cheap to even tune the pianos, let alone set up a multi-track recording arrangement. Oscar Peterson's field recordings from that era also suffered the same poor quality. Compare the sound quality of this You-Tube video to any Keith Jarrett trio video made in the 1980's or later, and you will hear the huge difference that decent funding and good recording makes.

[@danwaldis4553]

There are moments in these interpretations and improvisations that are so sublime as to transport the listener to another world. Thanks, Bernie, for posting this! Wonderful!

[@BerniesBootlegs1]

You're welcome!

[@morgengabe1]

1 sounds like autumn leaves? Is it a combination of those songs?

[@leonardlevy8811]

"You left out all the rest of his solos from 1956 through 1980. ;-)" - Not much more to say. I keep hoping I'll hear someone else come close but for my ears its always Bill. Every note is filled with emotion.

[@garymcaleer6112]

The jazz trio is uniquely American, whether of white or black: Bill or Oscar. They are as indelible to American culture as Bach, Beethoven or Brahms.

[@jokeisalife3455]

2:45 is a heartbreaking moment

[@robdarimartin]

Bill EVANS ALWAYS GENIUS

[@JHENDRIXROCS]

One of my favorite jazz pianist! Musical genius!

[@zzausel]

take peace piece next

[@horowizard]

Bill Evans was on the level of genius as all times.

[@三桝範康]

彼の顔つきはパソコンのエンジニアの様だが,,,;///\\\\：,,、非常に繊細な気持ち,,、薄い氷の様な壊れそうなピアノタッチが気持ちを同着させる、、、goodエヴァンス

[@dph22013]

Effortless. Thanks for sharing.