Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall. Arguably the greatest ...

Bill Evans ranks as one of jazz music’s pivotal performers. A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana College (now University) in Hammond, Evans was a prolific pianist, composer and recording artist. “In ...

Having been a source of quality reissues back when vinyl was still king, it is fitting that the Original Jazz Classics series has returned now that the vinyl renaissance continues to carry on ...

Bill Evans was one of my earliest musical influences. What I found most inspiring about his playing was his sound, his approach to harmony, and the interactive way of playing within the trio of piano, ...

In 1968, jazz pianist Bill Evans led a trio with Jack DeJohnette and Eddie Gomez. They spent five weeks in Europe; a newly unearthed concert recording catches them live in a Dutch radio studio. This ...

Since the nineteen-sixties, there have not been jazz musicians as artistically significant and generally popular as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, or Bill Evans. Today, jazz music is a miscellaneous ...

Regardless of style, era or instrument, the greatest jazz artists share an essential attribute: recognizability. Individualists like Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis ...

The versatile musician was also known for his collaborations with Charles Lloyd, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett.