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Welcome to billevanswebpages.com Dedicated to the life and music of pianist and composer BILL EVANS (1929-1980), one of the most important and influential musicians in all of jazz history. News, CD and DVD reviews, essays and articles, recording catalog, interviews, sidemen info, sound samples, biography, etc. . We try to update at least once every few weeks, as circumstances warrant, so come by again soon. If you're new to Bill Evans, you can start your journey HERE. We welcome you to send email with your comments or questions...or any reviews or articles you may want us to consider for inclusion onthis website. All will be read and be answered as time permits. Thank you! BILL EVANS on "PIANO JAZZ with MARIAN McPARTLAND" - NOW ONLINE! NPR's (National Public Radio) website is now featuring Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz" show with Bill Evans online. Originally recorded Nov. 6, 1978 in NYC, it is a personal interview Ms. McPartland does, with a close-up look at Bill's later style, pianistic conception and includes a remarkable segment on the rhythmic displacement concept he was continually developing. Bill plays "Waltz for Debby", "All of You", Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way", Ellington's "Reflections in D", "Touch of Your Lips" (Noble) "Days of Wine and Roses" and more. It is a remarkable hour of great music for Evans fans, and previously available only on CD. (Thanks to our friend Bruce Branigan for the info!) Our NEW "Album of the Month" review will be up in a week or two... First up: "Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival" VIDEO - "PORTRAIT OF BILL" - ORRIN KEEPNEWS Legendary producer/writer Orrin Keepnews is featured in a series of short videos about the major artists whose music he produced at Riverside Records. Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, McCoy Tyner and others have been profiled, and in this installment, he talks about working with Bill Evans, and the "Portrait in Jazz" album. Our thanks to Bret Primack, known as "JazzVideoGuy" on YouTube, where you can see other fine jazz videos. OUR REVIEW OF "THE MASTERY OF BILL EVANS" BOOK Check out Jan Stevens' new review of the great new book of Pascal Wetzel's Bill Evans excellent piano transcriptions, "THE MASTERY OF BILL EVANS". Includes analysis and some actual excerpts from the book. BILL EVANS NEWSLETTER - "LETER FROM EVANS" - NOW ONLINE! An incrdible resource: : between Autumn 1989 and the summer of 1994, a (hard copy) newsletter dedicated solely to the music and the life of Bill Evans was published by well-known Evans historian and bassist Win Hinkle. (Those who have appreciated Bill's work since that time may have seen references about Win and his published materials included in both the Peter Pettinger and Keith Shadwick books) "Letter From Evans" was available by subscription only back then, but now Win has made all twenty-six issues available online in .pdf files-- and it's all free! During it's five-year run, LFE featured Evans news, album reviews, commentary, analysis, transcriptions and many exclusive interviews done mostly by Win with some folks you just might have heard of: Keith Jarrett, Marc Johnson, Steve Allen, Earl Zindars, Joe LaBarbera, Henry Mancini, Chuck Israels, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Rowles, Denny Zeitlin and many others! Some rare interviews with Bill himself from various sources appeared in LFE too, as did a number of nifty transcrptions of Evans solos -- many that were not available elsewhere. Just a few of those who contributed articles or reviews included musicians like Jack Reilly, Hal Galper, Kenny Werner, Richie Bierach, Evans archivist Ron Nethercutt and, in fact, yours truly (Jan Stevens). For those Bill Evans fans and jazz listeners who haven't seen any issues of "Letter From Evans", you're in for quite a treat. They are all filled with loads of unique material-- and some related jazz reviews and comentaries from that time - that you just won't find anywhere else. Once again, the files of all issues are now free (though Win has mentioned at his blog that those who may wish to can contribute, just to help defray all the expense). To get started , you'll need the free Adobe PDF reader. Then just copy and paste http://www2.selu.edu/orgs/34skid/html/3.pdf where 3.pdf where "3" is the number of the issue you want to request, 1 through 26-- corresponding to each of the 26 issues. Obviously, if you're an Evans aficianado, or even a casual fan, this is big news. Since I was a subscriber myself then, of course, I have all these issues -- but honestly, I couldn't be more thrilled, just thinking about all the good stuff some of you will soon be looking at. For further information, check out Win's blog. - JS A downloadable .zip file of the entire run of LFE is here. It's over 300 mgs, so be advised. You better act quickly, it won't be up for very long! And special thanks to our pal, jazz critic Doug Ramsey! NOTES AND DISCLAIMERS: This tribute website is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It is a not-for-profit endeavor and we do not solicit nor accept any contributions, nor do we sell any products, music transcriptions, ad space, or other Bill Evans- related or jazz-related services whatsoever. This website is not affiliated with any record company or publisher, nor with the Estate of Bill Evans. Any ads or logos to featured jazz sites are purely promotional as a recommended site, and are unsolicited and done for free. Also: many musicians and fans have contacted us and asked about obtaining Bill Evans piano transcriptions. Sorry, but we do not provide these for various copyright reasons. The webmaster (a pianist) has studied many Evans solo transcriptions, and various transcriptions by both amateurs and professionals are available on the Web. Though we do not endorse or specifically recommend these, you can see a few links to transcriptions on our LINKS page and for info on where to purchase music books of various Evans collections. Many are able to be obtained from TRO Music, Inc., distributed by Hal Leonard, Inc., and other authorized companies which pay licensing fees and have permissions to reproduce original musical compositions and transcriptions. NOTE: The textual information and HTML within is proprietary content and cannot be copied digitally, electronically or otherwise for use on the Web or other media without permission. If you wish to use any content here, (Other than brief quotes or paragrapgh use under the Fair Use Doctrine) or have a BLOG, simply email us for permission before copying reviews and or other materials. Thank you. We kindly ask that you please do not email to ask "What album is "[whatever song] on?". Our discography of Bill Evans' recording history (1956 through 1980) --though in need of some updating for recent reissues -- gives as much detailed and complete information as possible. Thank you COMING SOMETIME SOON OUR NEW DVD and VIDEO PAGE - and BILL "AT THE MOVIES" MIKE HARRIS - ("Secret Sessions" CD boxset) profile article "BILL EVANS" - our DVD review of the rare Italian documentary from 1996 CD Reviews | Articles | Albums | Bio | Collaborations | Grammies® | News Archives

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