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.

Title:  Riverside Profiles (2006)

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

Label:  Riverside Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Blue In Green (5:26)

 2.  Walz For Debby (7:00)

 3.  Isn't It Romantic (4:37)

 4.  My Man's Gone Now (6:25)

 5.  How My Heart Sings (4:55)

 6.  Israel (6:08)

 7.  Re Person I Knew (5:42)

 8.  Speak Low (5:07)

 9.  Interplay (8:11)

10. Peace Piece (6:38)

Personnel:

Bill Evans:  Piano

Jim Hall:  Guitar

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

Teddy Kotick:  Bass

Paul Motian:  Drums

Scott LaFaro:  Bass

Percy Heath:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Cuck Israels:  Bass

Larry Bunker:  Drums

Riverside Profiles is the compilation album by Bill Evans, released on November 7, 2006 by Riverside Records, contains the standard 1 selections from the six years with the label from 1956-1962.