Latest Release
- 1 MAR 2024
- 8 Songs
- Peace Piece · 1959
- Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans · 1959
- Evans in England · 2019
- Sides of Blue, Vol. 2 · 1959
- On Riverside: Bill Evans · 1959
- We Will Meet Again · 1979
- Trio 64 · 1964
- You Must Believe In Spring (Remastered 2022) · 1981
- Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans · 1959
- Sweet and Lovely (Live) - Single · 2023
Essential Albums
- 1962
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.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
Singles & EPs
- Cannonball Adderley
- Cannonball Adderley
- Gunther Schuller & George Russell and His Orchestra
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 August 1929
- GENRE
- Jazz