Tony Bennett / Bill Evans: The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings
This lavish four-LP reissue celebrates the 40th anniversary of these monumental sessions by two of the great understated jazz interpreters.
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Bill Evans Trio: How My Heart Sings!
The year 1962 would be a good year for Bill Evans artistically, and his return to the art started with this album.
10 Nov 2013
"I Look at Every Concert Like a New Painting": Bill Evans' Soulgrass
Bill Evans, as both the lead artist in Soulgrass and the provider of the canvas, is ever so welcoming into this magical little art studio of a band. But you’d better have come to paint.
Chad Berndtson
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22 Oct 2013
Bill Evans Trio: How My Heart Sings!
As part of the first recordings Evans made after losing bassist Scott LaFaro to a car accident, How My Heart Sings! is bittersweet, but to dwell on that loss is to miss the gelling of a new version of one of the great jazz trios of all time.
26 Sep 2013
Bill Evans Trio: Moonbeams
The first record by the great pianist after the death of his bass player, Scott LaFaro, reissued from 1962—on its 50th birthday.
04 Oct 2012
Bill Evans: In Good Company
Americana man Bill Evans is the kind of man you want to know.
Jedd Beaudoin
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16 Sep 2012
Bill Evans: Dragonfly
Bill Evans further explores his self-invented soulgrass genre with Dragonfly.
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Music
18 Jul 2012
Bill Evans: Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate
If the success of a jazz recording comes not out of what it means but how it reaches you, how much it opens up to you and lets you feel it, then Top of the Gate succeeds.
26 Jun 2012
The Top 10 Jazz Tunes For People Who Don't Like Jazz
While jazz’s complexity cannot be denied, much of the music remains accessible to all. The trick is just finding the right tunes and artists, those who have a universal appeal beyond the scope of the typical, admittedly somewhat limited, jazz audience.
07 Dec 2011
Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?
A classic from 1961, reissued with alternate takes: sensitive piano, ripe alto sax and more.
25 Aug 2011
Bill Evans: The Definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and Fantasy
This collection may serve as a timely refresher course for the fans, but it is an ideal primer for would-be enthusiasts.
28 Jul 2011
Bill Evans: The Sesjun Radio Shows
The great jazz pianist in the Netherlands in 1973, 1975, and 1979 -- never before released.
30 Jun 2011
Counterbalance No. 39: Miles Davis’ 'Kind of Blue'
The Great List of the most acclaimed albums of all time makes its first foray into jazz, beginning with Miles Davis’ 1959 favorite. With no lyrics to quote, Counterbalance’s Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn are having difficulty writing this introduction.
24 Jun 2011
Bud Powell: Un Poco Loco
In between stays at mental institutions for schizophrenia, Powell left behind a remarkable legacy. Sadly, he hasn’t received the same widespread admiration that his close friend Thelonious Monk secured. But to true fans of the jazz genre, Powell is revered.
15 Mar 2011
Eddie Gomez & Cesarius Alvim: Forever
Such strong musical telepathy can be more fun for the performers than the listeners. At least it's quality telepathy.
23 Feb 2011
The Music of Bill Evans with Bill Charlap and Jim Hall: 14 May 2010 - New York
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater was a perfectly complimentary acoustical setting for Bill Evans' repertoire last Friday night.
19 May 2010
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