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.
Genre: Jazz, Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Label: Elemental Music
Rating: *****
Format: LP
Tracks:
Side One:
1. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Left? (4:04)
2. I'm All Smiles (5:42)
3. Why Did I Choose You (5:03)
4. Soiree (3:25)
Side Two:
1. The Dolphin-Before (3:05)
2. The Dolphin-After (3:06)
3. LullabyFo Helene (2:50)
4. Like Someone In Love (5:35)
5. Children's Play Song (4:08)
Personnel:
Bill Evans: Steinway Grand Piano, Fender-Rhodes Electric Piano
Eddie Gomez: Bass
Marty Morell: Drums
Sam Brown: Guitar
From Left To Right is an album by Bill Evans, originally released on January 1971, by MG M, remastered & reissued on September 15, 2023 by Elemental Music. Limited Edition 140 Gram Vinyl.
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