Latest Release
- 1 MAR 2024
- 8 Songs
- Undercurrent · 1962
- Undercurrent · 1962
- Keepnews Collection: Portrait In Jazz · 1959
- Together Again (Remastered 2003) · 1976
- The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album · 1975
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Keepnews Collection) · 1959
- Keepnews Collection: Portrait In Jazz · 1959
- Keepnews Collection: Portrait In Jazz · 1959
- Keepnews Collection: Portrait In Jazz · 1959
- Keepnews Collection: Portrait In Jazz · 1959
Essential Albums
- 2019
- 2016
- 2013
Artist Playlists
- A piano player with soul and a modernist and challenging edge.
- The legendary pianist brings his unique sense of swing to these classic jazz cuts.
- Pristine pianism and subtle adventurism by stylistic descendants.
- Solo essays, fusion experiments and orchestral interludes.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
Singles & EPs
Appears On
- Cannonball Adderley
- George Russell and His Orchestra
- Gunther Schuller & George Russell and His Orchestra
- The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet
About Bill Evans
Bill Evans started on the piano at age six, eventually parlaying his skills into gigs at dances and weddings before he graduated from high school. ∙ He attended Southeastern Louisiana University on a flute scholarship and earned bachelor’s degrees in piano and music education in 1950. ∙ Just after college graduation, Evans joined a band led by Herbie Fields that backed Billie Holiday on tour. ∙ In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis’ sextet, which also featured John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. ∙ In 1959, he performed on and wrote music for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and played piano on most of Chet Baker's Chet. ∙ He collaborated with Tony Bennett on two albums: 1975’s The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album and 1977’s Together Again. ∙ He posthumously won Grammy Awards for two different albums: 1979’s We Will Meet Again and 1980’s I Will Say Goodbye.
- HOMETOWN
- Plainfield, NJ, United States
- BORN
- 16 de agosto de 1929
- GENRE
- Jazz