Bill Evans

 

 Artist:  Bill Evans  

Birth Name:  William John Evans
Born:  August 16, 1929.  Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Died:  September 15, 1980 (Aged 51).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Piano

Bill Evans was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer who mostly worked in a Trio setting.  He worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell.  In 1958, he joined Miles Davis's sextet, and recorded Kind Of Blue, the best-selling Jazz Album of All Time.  In 1959, he left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.  In 1961, recording the highly acclaimed Sunday At The Village Vanguard and Waltz For Debby.  In 1963, he recorded Conversations With Myself, an innovative solo album.  He has become standards and has been played and recorded by many artists.  He was honored with 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall Of Fame.

Artist:  Bill Evans Trio 

Title:  Trio '65 (Verve Acoustic Soumnds Seroes) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Israel (4:45)

 2.  Elsa (4:17)

 3.  'Round Midnight (6:36)

 4.  Our Love Is Here To Stay (3:59)

Side B:

 1.  How My Heart Sings (2:47)

 2.  Who Ca I Turn Trio? (4:50)

 3.  Come Rain Or Come Shine (5:23)

 4.  If You Could See Me Now (4:46)

Personnel:

Bill Evans:  Piano

Chuck Israels:  Bass

Larry Bunker:  Drums

Trio '65 is a studio album by Bill Evans Trio, originally released on June 1965 by Verve Records, remastered and reissued on June 27, 2022 by Verve Records.  Acoustic Sounds Series, 180 Gram Vinyl.