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A Tribute to Bill Evans |
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A Tribute to Bill Evans |
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"Bill
Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the
post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the
clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the
chord voicing system pianists used. His inescapable influence on the
very sound of jazz piano has touched virtually everybody of
prominence in the field after him (as well as most of his
contemporaries), and he remains a monumental model for jazz piano
students everywhere."
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From Dick Hyman's "Century of Jazz Piano"
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"Bill brought a great knowledge of classical music, people like Rachmaninoff and Ravel...Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on he piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got was like crystal water cascading down from some clear waterfall." -- Miles Davis commenting on working with Bill Evans. |
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