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Miles Davis' white pianist Bill Evans (1929) had started in a low-key bebop vein with
New Jazz Conceptions (september 1956), that contained his Waltz for Debby,
and with Everybody Digs (december 1958), that contained his Peace Piece;
but, after recording Kind Of Blue (april 1959) with Davis, he formed a trio
with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian that introduced a new
democratic dynamics and veered towards an impressionistic sound influenced
by European classical music. Unfortunately, LaFaro died after their
two albums, Portrait in Jazz (december 1959) and especially Explorations (february 1961).
The last performance by the trio of Evans, LaFaro and Motian (just before LaFaro died) is documentd on
Sunday at the Village Vanguard (june 1961)
and Waltz for Debby (june 1961).
The very minor Moon Beams (june 1962), recorded in a new trio with Motian and bassist Chuck Israels, is mainly notable for the cover of the album, that featured future singer-songwriter Nico.
Evans overdubbed himself at the piano for
Conversations With Myself (february 1963).
Bill Evans (piano), Gary Peacock (bass) and Paul Motian (drums) recorded Trio 64 (december 1963).
A combo with Percy Heath (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Jim Hall (guitar) and Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) recorded
Interplay (july 1962).
The double-disc Some Other Time (june 1968) collects unreleased recordings with Eddie Gomez (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Evans died in 1980.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da
Andrea Grandi
Il pianista
bianco di Miles Davis Bill Evans (1929) iniziō in una tenue venatura bebop con
il suo album desordio New Jazz Conceptions (settembre 1956), il quale
contiene Waltz for Debbie, e con Everybody Digs (dicembre 1958), che
contiene Peace Piece; ma, dopo aver registrato Kind of Blue(aprile 1959)con
Miles Davis, formō il suo trio con il bassista Scott LaFaro e il batterista
Paul Motian il quale introdusse una nuova dinamica pių democratica e virō verso
un suono pių impressionistico influenzato dalla musica classica Europea.
Sfortunatamente LaFaro morė dopo aver registrato i primi due album, Portrait
in Jazz (dicembre 1959) e soprattutto Explorations (febbraio 1961).
Lultima esibizione del Bill Evans Trio č stata documentata nellalbum Sunday
At The Village Vanguard (giugno 1961) e su Waltz for Debbie (giugno
1961). Evans si registrō da solo per lalbum Conversation With Myself
(febbraio 1963).
Il doppio disco
Some Other Time (giugno 1968) raccoglie alcune registrazioni mai rilasciate con
Eddie Gomez (basso) e Jack Dejohnette (batteria).
Bill Evans morė
nel 1980.
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