I remember being broke as hell in college and wondering how I was gonna eat, pay rent, etc... I just spent all day one day listening to Bill Evans, and thought man life is fucking beautiful and when nothing is going your way at least we have music. Thanks Bill for helping me find solace, your music has had a huge impact on us.

@themudds4425

2 жыл бұрын

sweet

@antivisions

2 жыл бұрын

music is also one of my only comforts in life

@jonbongjovi1869

2 жыл бұрын

this year, i started listening to a LOT of 1950s music....cuz that was a REAL vacation from our modern hell. (I love my classic rock and prog bands, but they're too modern and remind me of this terrible society we live in today.) Plus all that 1950s music was about SIMPLE things like kissing a girl. And recently I realized PSYCHEDELIC music is also a Great Escape, cuz it's like I'm on drugs but I didn't have to buy any drugs!

@lawrencebrady1097

2 жыл бұрын

Never heard or heard of him before. I have missed a GREAT talent! Make that FOUR great talents!

@Tatersaladguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonbongjovi1869 Now that, is a great perspective. I have pretty bad tinnitus, and alot of modern music(which I do love) I have trouble listening with the tinnitus present.. But somehow this older music kind of sits with it. And I can focus on the "pure tone" of this music and feel a sense of peace.

It's Feb.2024. I'm sitting in my car at the library where I came to use the wi-fi on a Sunday morning. The weather is warm, so I have the windows down. When I finished what I came to do, I pulled up this video. A few seconds later a hawk landed on a wire 15 feet in the air above me and has been listening to Bill. He knows what's good.

@julietableichmarholman518

3 ай бұрын

What an amazing fucking fabulous comment! Where do you live!!??

@AllisonVenable-kz3ws

2 ай бұрын

South Carolina, where the birds are discerning.

@danc1279

2 ай бұрын

as a teen, when i played 'classical jazz', the sparrows would light near my window and sing. they didn't do this for r&b, funk, rock, only jazz.

@AllisonVenable-kz3ws

2 ай бұрын

Just when you think it's not possible to like birds more...

@schrisdellopoulos9244

2 ай бұрын

Yeah man.

Listening June '24. Scott lafaro and Bill have been an unmatched duo ever since. They're playing styles were so suited for each other. I am, with out comparison, transported to a different time and place when listening to them

Man,he makes a 10 hour drive seem short,never had a artist have such a major effect in my life.When I started driving 18 wheelers,my instructor was playing this.Didn’t understand then,but I do now.May his music continue to live on

@skylark521

11 ай бұрын

Music, the greatest good that humans know - Joseph Addison

@bfinera

10 ай бұрын

Listening to Bill driving 18 .. your the coolest. Peace man

@bookoobeans

7 ай бұрын

That's so cool someone out there I share the highway with is playing Bill Evans in that big rig. I'd be doing that too if I was a professional driver.

@gwynnethhughes4203

4 ай бұрын

It will, and think of the amazement on future kid's ears when THEY hear him for the first time.

@franfransen9660

4 ай бұрын

Wonder who makes similar music today so I can see in person .

This was the trio that played Ronnie Scotts' club in the late sixties, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian, and Bill took this band to Europe afterwards. My good fortune was to be conducted to the seat/ table to the right and rear of Bills keyboard, about six feet away from him, by Ronnie, who saved the best seats for visiting musicians who he knew would sit quietly listening, instead of talking and distracting. My friend Peter Taylor Wood and myself were working musicians in Dean Street, around the corner, and after our gig, we went into Ronnie's regularly. We sat through three sets listening to these great players, not knowing that history was being made there. Happy Days, and Bill was at his peak in my opinion.

@DangerousPOSSE

6 жыл бұрын

lucky

@owenhu9465

5 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing anthony! its unbelievable how the internet connects people. i was born in 99, and here i am, reading about your beautiful experience in the 60s. it is extremely surreal and really gives me a perspective on time! god i wish i was there to witness these!

@wurlybird9

5 жыл бұрын

anthony williams do you have any music to share?

@chikkipop

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great story, and I have a similar one. One night at the Village Vanguard in NYC, they had a full house, and I was brought to a chair, facing the audience and right next to the piano! Bill didn't seem to mind at all, and although I was afraid to move a muscle, I got to see every gesture, hear every utterance and even exchange a few words with him between tunes, in addition to having my eyes & ears right next to the piano. What an experience!

@giovannafarigu1666

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky you...

I saw him once. He filled the club with his rich piano playing. He filled my ears with his incredible playing. I’ll never forget it

@johnbani8532

Жыл бұрын

What an opportunity! I did not have a chance to see him but I am living my life through his music.

@TerenceSmith-hf1sq

3 ай бұрын

i heard him live once at a Vangueard matinee 3 sets 1965, with (Israels and Bunker. It STILL fills my life , that experience.@@johnbani8532

@michaelvaladez6570

3 ай бұрын

How fortunate you were to have seen him.Were did you see him in concert and who was in his band at the time just curious and what year was it that you saw him..????

Still listening in 2023....this music is meant to sound forever 😉

@edwardsah3

3 ай бұрын

Yeah. Just listen to 'All of You' from the Vanguard Sessions. That take on the tune will be forever modern.

Why Jazz never seems to age like popular music, I'm sure this is like the 1950s or 60s, but still till this day the sounds are so fresh, even my kids to my grandkids will listen to Bill and many more legendary Jazz musicians.

@yudhirgautam1645

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Beautifully said!!! His music is soul.. Connects/relates to you in any phase of life.

@dopedrums

8 ай бұрын

90s-00s used jazz in hip-hop heavily. Now it's been back for a while in the form of Lofi/study type music - mellow hip-hop without rap. It lives on in newer forms.

@hmlarrain

8 ай бұрын

Jazz music evolves everytime. One have to evolve with it.

@vitormachado8919

6 ай бұрын

Amen, I will be one of them

Bill Evans is a king of piano! Who listens in 2021?

@maryvarlamova

3 жыл бұрын

I just listened to it! Perfect!

@myside7762

3 жыл бұрын

@@maryvarlamova Yes! He played on piano like Master.

@nurmister

3 жыл бұрын

I've been visiting this video since 2017!

@ernestweeks9657

3 жыл бұрын

He's my father. In my heart of course.

@DavidKlausa

3 жыл бұрын

Who cares what year we’re listening to it? Are you gathering data?

Bill Evans is a king of piano! Who listens in 2021?. It doesn't get any better than this..

This makes me feel okay with everything I’m not okay with

@stellaalcantara9497

3 жыл бұрын

I understand you

@dkscore

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@raginbakin1430

Жыл бұрын

Yeah.

@danieldemaris2975

10 ай бұрын

The greatest

Part of Evan’s appeal to me is, he took the time to state the melody so clearly in these great ballads before going off on his explorations. A lot of other great jazz interpreters , are cryptic, or dismissive of the tune from the outset of the piece. This respect of the theme melody made for a great foundation for the number

@giovanna8187

4 жыл бұрын

88 Wood Bikes I agree. Well said.

@jaredforthmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@leoray1234

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...he was at heart a melodist who understood and expressed the composer's feelings first.

@prometheusrex1

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful insight brother. Thanks.

@vargaso

2 жыл бұрын

Nicely put.

A master. A legend. Timeless. Who's still here in 2022?!

@user-wi3yr5rn9y

2 жыл бұрын

Никто не слушает. Не надоело этот тупой вопрос копировать?

@audiolibrosenespasrm

2 жыл бұрын

Late as usual

@jackiehogan9419

2 жыл бұрын

Jon batiste

@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522

2 жыл бұрын

Always these washed-out comments like "Who's still here in 2022?" Obviously, from people who desperately want to be liked.

@NormEllison

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522 clearly a weakness you don't have eh?😂

My 89 year old housemate turned me onto Bill Evans…how blessed am I?? (I’m 60…jazz fan for most of my life, just NOW discovering him!)😉

@Ciiiroo

3 ай бұрын

that's not possible a jazz fan not knowing bill evans, fake

@nickcollier-webb3327

2 ай бұрын

anything is possible my friend@@Ciiiroo

@juliojimenez9794

2 ай бұрын

Same here. I'm making up for all those years without knowing him. I'm listening to him non-stop and he makes me choke every time.

@stevegreg8181

2 ай бұрын

Now, if he said Jelly Roll Morton; believe all would be fine.

I’m 15 years old. I never loved jazz more than I did 15 years ago; because I weren’t alive.

Most of the time, listening to Bill, I do tear up. He plays the piano like no other.

@danielagrimbau7788

8 ай бұрын

Me too.

@puentesdelsur

3 ай бұрын

I just read, in Buenos Aires, Owen Martell’s Intermission. What a sadness the life of Bill Evans, his depressions, the death of Scot LaFaro and how it affected him, his overdose and finally his death. What an artist so unjustly lost in a world of pain and drugs.

There has never been anyone like Bill Evans and there never will be again. There are no words...

I am happy that i was lucky enough to listen to him playing piano on the stage.

@timchapman5567

Жыл бұрын

Lucky to hear him at the Village Vanguard in 1969 -- with Jeremy Steig on flute.

Bill had a way of showing immense love for the beautiful pure intervals, the octave and the fifth, and used more dissonant intervals as a way to introduce contrast and highlight those beautiful resonances all the more when it was their time to be heard again. It takes darkness to really appreciate the sunlight. While many jazz players focused on the dissonances, Bill was all about those beautiful resonant intervals and chords.

@skyr4tMusic

Жыл бұрын

Kind of the anti Monk 😂

@TedHt

Жыл бұрын

I have the book "The Harmony of Bill Evans" which illustrates his demand for the third and the seventh also. Without the third, I can't hear you've really defined a chord (unless it's a sus). Great book which I'm still studying after many years.

@annepinomaki8119

Жыл бұрын

@@skyr4tMusic Thank God it's a big wide world that allows for the beauty of both.

@uwanttono4012

Жыл бұрын

Can you please explain in simple English what you wrote? Thanks! (BTW, I studied music for 5 years, but that is irrelevant to a common man's understanding of what you wrote)!

@jofinsky8400

8 ай бұрын

@@uwanttono4012 I think what Turboy65 is saying is that certain chords and intervals (fourths, fifths and octaves) have a wide open airy sound as compared to other chords that contain close intervals like half-steps or whole steps, which can have a "dissonant" sound or a "closed" or "dark" feeling. Those kinds of chords would include sharp ninth chords or a 13th chords, which are typically identified as "jazzy" sounding. Of course, there are many other such chords. And of course, Evans' playing was much more than chord selection, but that was part of it.

Sweden '64 My Foolish Heart 0:00 Israel 4:40 France '65 Detour Ahead 9:09 My Melancholy Baby 14:16 Denmark '70 Emily 23:20 Alfie 27:50 Someday My Prince Will Come 33:05 Sweden '70 If You Could See Me Now 38:33 'Round Midnight 42:30 Someday My Prince Will Come 48:36 Sleepin' Bee 54:21 You're Gonna Hear From Me 58:59 Re: Person I Knew 1:01:56 Denmark '75 Sareen Jurer 1:07:38 Blue Serge 1:13:50 Up With The Lark 1:18:29 But Beautiful 1:25:06 Twelve Tone Tune Two 1:30:19

@vitamariagrazialucido9076

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Great help to find the right track

@gregoryalleynehaynes

2 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@eduardopedraza7820

Жыл бұрын

Crack!

@user-ty9dr2ph9u

Жыл бұрын

Один из самых интеллигентных и утончённых музыкантов в мире джаза!!! Билл Эванс умел играть очень красиво, мудро и философски и,в то же время,виртуозно и романтично!!! У его игры совершенно особая,немного грустная но умная,светлая и добрая аура!!!

@richardweiss6801

Жыл бұрын

Paul Motian on drums on Foolish Heart?

For 50 years I've visited Bill Evans's music, gotten saturated in a good way before heading in another direction for a few months, and then I come back and hear things I didn't hear or appreciate, marvel at his art, and repeat the process, and it never, ever gets old.

...When cinematographers matched with the masters musicians perfectly

@moonharp

3 жыл бұрын

🏆

Jazz is not music, it is a sound philosophy. And maestro Bill Evans is one of the most significant philosophers of this beautiful and delightful sound magic called JAZZ.

Before we had head bangers, we had head hangers. Beautiful memories from the Golden Era of Jazz.

¡Grande el Genio de Bill Evans! ¡Muchas gracias por rescatarlo en esta época tan decadente. 7-7-2023

If I could immerse myself as deeply as Bill Evans did into his music, I'd say "goodbye" today and you'd never see me again.

Can't you feel how he becomes part of the piano like he is an extension of the instrument. He lives in his music.

@tospubs960

4 жыл бұрын

I love the way he 'enveloped' a ballad, so moving, like I was playing the music with him. So sad, he left us too soon. A real gift to music. DJ 🎹

@prako2710

4 жыл бұрын

He's part of the heroin

@danielsuarez1431

3 жыл бұрын

@@prako2710 You didn't have to say it. I remind you that drugs were part of the musician life in that time, even now. Bill Evans was no the exception. He left a unique piano style and he is part of the jazz heroes forever. 🎹🎼

@JohnnyCatFitz

3 жыл бұрын

@@prako2710 it unreal that's all you can respond. Judge what you must. This is not merely some heroin high. This is unbelievable skill, intuition, deep attunement and years of learning, experiment. All in all: talent at its best. That he could and did function while also using addictive substances is the sword of damocles in a way. His personal life left a lot to cope with over the course of living, loving, gifting the music world with incredible sound and feeling, travel, making a living, recording. More than many.

@robertbyrumjr8828

3 жыл бұрын

I can feel that back pain

This is Bill Evans at his greatest. At once precise and lush, painterly and mathematical, emotional and intellectual, a truly amazing performance, with high quality video and sound, a treasure

@wendigo2442

2 жыл бұрын

Painterly

@billrisbeck9856

Жыл бұрын

I really like the way you characterized the wonderful artistry of Bill Evans.

@rxw5520

Жыл бұрын

At once? Cmon man

I'm a piano player- have been for 23 years. But Bill Evans- he's a piano demigod. I wouldn't even call what he did piano playing. I call it "Harmonic Transcendence". His chords are not chords. They're mathematical beauty.

@AkundaStudio

3 жыл бұрын

... are beauty math-chords

@kevinohare3011

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@kevinohare3011

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@truesearch69

2 жыл бұрын

The answer is simple, forget the theory and concentrate on playing with your heart and soul, no teacher or class will teach you to play with soul, life itself teaches you that.

@Greensburgg

2 жыл бұрын

@@truesearch69 You do need to know the theory by heart to do that, sadly. If your subconscious can process the theory for you, only then can the conscious self play their heart out. And that takes decades of dedication and mastery.

To the person who is reading this, may God take care of you, enlighten you, and may God bless you and your family for all your life and eternity.

@user-lg5vy1jd6k

2 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I don't know how to critique this because I have no musical talent, but his music goes to straight to my soul.

@johnfarmer4099

4 жыл бұрын

There's a teacher at Berklee that says If it's good jazz, no explanation is necessary. If it's bad, no explanation is possible. Enjoy!

@marksoria6487

4 жыл бұрын

You just did a fine critique.

@GarethPorter50

4 жыл бұрын

I swear that I have used those exact words -- not to others but to myself.

@zeigezunt6223

2 жыл бұрын

You just had done brilliantly what you thought you couldn’t have!

@WWare16

Жыл бұрын

Evans said he valued the feedback from the lay listener, as opposed to musicians who were too caught up in the technical aspects of improvising.

His finger technique and control of tone, as well as thinking in long structures / melodic lines make him come very close to a classical concert pianist. Of course his taste and harmonic genius on top of that make him the unique Jazz musician he was. The guy is fascinating!

@v0Xx60

7 жыл бұрын

That would be because he was a classically trained pianist and composer. It's literally what he studied in school in his youth.

@billtoo5659

7 жыл бұрын

That's not his point there's many classically trained pianists who just play fast garbage

@v0Xx60

7 жыл бұрын

And my point is that saying he "comes very close to a classical concert pianist" misses that that's actually what he went to school for and is trained in, making the comparison pointless.

@billtoo5659

7 жыл бұрын

okay and he made jazz music not classical music so hes not a classical concert pianist hist music just has a classical sense

@v0Xx60

7 жыл бұрын

Yup, thanks to being a classically trained pianist.

First time I heard Bill it was in 1967 in the house of my girlfriend. In that day I suddenly heard sounds from Trio 64 album . What a magic sounds coming from de LP Since then, listening Bill Evans music is a part of my life.

J'ai posté il y a quelques mois... qui écoute encore Bill Evans aujourd'hui en 2022... Et bien à ma grande surprise... Nous sommes toujours des milliers ! L'humanité n'est pas si laide que cela...

@lugibi1

2 жыл бұрын

J'aime le jazz... j'ai découvert Bill Evans il n'y a pas longtemps... précurseur de Keith Jarrett et Brad Mehldau.....vivez la musique qui remplit notre âme

Gosh what a mood... I was only thirteen At my Aunt and Uncles cocktail Parties...and this was playing On the turntable....in the corner Watching people...... Glamorous.

Chuck Israels on bass, one of the most beautiful bass tones of all time, and his timing is always superb.

@milescockfield

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Gomez on bass

@renandias7926

3 жыл бұрын

@@milescockfield No, it really is professor Chuck Israels on the first video, second one comes in a very young Niels Pedersen NHOP on bass, third video on it's Eddie Gomez

@robertjacksonnuages

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely.....underated ..IMHO....

@randallcross6130

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertjacksonnuages Agreed!

It doesn't get any better than this.

In this video (in order of appearance) B&W video first trio: Bill Evans, Chuck Israels (bass), Larry Bunker (drums) second trio: Bill Evans, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass), Alan Dawson (drums), + Lee Konitz (alto sax) third trio: Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez (bass), Marty Morell (drums) Color video fourth trio and fifth trio: same as third- Evans, Gomez, and Morell This youtube video has 5 different appearances by 3 different iterations of Bill Evans' trio. Neither Paul Motian nor Scott LaFaro appear in this video.

@JacobAcousticz

3 жыл бұрын

First Trio (Sweden '64) is the opening clip Second Trio (France '65) 9:09 Third Trio (Denmark '70) 23:20 Fourth Trio (Sweden '70) 38:33 Fifth Trio (Denmark '75) 1:07:38 Thought I may round out the top comments with this quick note. Thank you for preserving their names, a special gesture for our humble music history's most unique genre. You all make me feel like this ---> 1:12:07

@jeanlucchapelon

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@anava84

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The people in the audience were so lucky to witness such genius.

@lakatosrobert1066

3 жыл бұрын

Velice dobrý jazz!

First up, is Bill with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker. This is the trio that booked into the Rubiot in Tulsa OK for two one week engagements in '63 or '64. As I was the drummer in the house band, I got to sit next to the stage every night, an unforgettable experience. In my opinion, this was Bill's best, most compatible trio.

@riffdigger2133

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, there was no lineup information in the description. I was wondering the name of the bassist. And also the drummer, etc. Important information.

Lettuce not forget utube for this broadcast that has filled our ears and minds😎

I was born in 1961 - when Bill cut the Live at the Village Vanguard performances with his original trio. Now that I'm 60, I appreciate his music more than ever. I was a latecomer to jazz, introduced to it in college in 1981. I missed 20 years of this, as it was happening! Since college I've traveled the world and find a jazz club in every city - Ronnie Scott's in London, Nardis in Istanbul, now defunct places in New York, LA and SF were some of my favorites. Watching this lifts my spirits, but fills me with such a sense of loss.

@rberliner6680

2 жыл бұрын

You’re cool.

@edwardsah3

3 ай бұрын

I hear you about the defunct bit. Bradley's in NY was probably the greatest piano room. Also Seventh Ave. South, Sweet Basil. Knickerbocker is still there. Unfortunately, the audience has dwindled.

Possibly the greatest jazz pianist ever.

@nebula1919191

Жыл бұрын

Bill's fave was Bud Powell.

This never gets old, a sweet fresh wine every listen, every hour, every night.

@mariaantonietapantojamansi2873

3 жыл бұрын

Así es, es como el 🍷 vino!!! 😍🇨🇱

@KentoSky

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariaantonietapantojamansi2873 creo que eso también

Every chord, the perfect color. Every run and riff, the perfect narrative.

@AfrikanGod1

11 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@lauracrane5892

9 ай бұрын

Very beautifully described. Are you a musical artist?

Bill had magic in his heart....RIP

Bill is quite an artisan and craftsman, who hones each note and key with the precise harmony and quality to soothe that weary spirit back to life. My deepest respect for such a dedicated artist as no other.

This man had it all, his angel like touch, the nuance of his voicings, his sense of swing... to name like three of his hundreds of musical attributes. Thank goodness we have his recordings.

@tomn9094

4 жыл бұрын

yeah swing

@TheLtownrocker133

4 жыл бұрын

Can't forget about the heroin

@giovanna8187

4 жыл бұрын

Playfulness, humour, love of melody..:)

@josephbardestani4294

2 жыл бұрын

angel-like*

Something about the Bill Evans Trio makes me so melancholic yet joyful at the same time

@kookokoe

Жыл бұрын

Yeah That's how his music makes me feel too!

@djscott9207

Жыл бұрын

Heroin

@arlenemassey3346

Жыл бұрын

He's surgically, beautifully, dissecting your heart. 💔He had lots of practice with his own 🥲💖 I'm in love with him🥰

Oh my God. Just really amazing.

It's 2023 and I'm listening hard 😆 lol. Love the 1950's east coast hard bop & west coast cool. I'm a little biased cuz I'm from California. West Coast cool !!! Bill Evans. Chet Baker art pepper dave brubeck & Charles mingus. Cool cat's all

@Coach49217

6 ай бұрын

I think Bill played on a Chet album.

@cheri238

6 ай бұрын

🙏❤️🌏🕊🌿🎵🎶

@robc4727

5 ай бұрын

Around 1950 I tryed to play like Bill E. Specialy on Peace Piece , I always failed. He is more than my master! RobC

no matter what my current musical tastes or obsessions are, i always come back to Bill. i truly love this man's music.

@jazzx2709

2 жыл бұрын

Yes... such respect

@timchapman5567

Жыл бұрын

My experience, too -- for more than sixty years.

My foolish heart is one of the most beautiful pieces ever created

Still, for me, it is always Bill Evans who I want to listen to.The best.

FABULOUS, even to this mild day in 2023!! Thank you, Mr. Evans!

@305vibe8

11 ай бұрын

2023 🍾

@YnseSchaap

8 ай бұрын

Late September with rain and clouds just as fine 😁

Timeless classic music. Bill was the Debussy of jazz. He died way to young.

@xjonnx2

6 жыл бұрын

hm, Debussy is more or less boring and Bill Evans is really exciting. If to compare than with Eric Satie from whom Debussy stole his best ideas and melodies. But why to compare, Bill Evans was outstanding, a very rare genius, a master pianist and his harmonic visions were revolutionary. .

6 жыл бұрын

jon Debussy boring lmao

Bill Evans was by far my greatest influence. You cannot understand how much his music and play meant to me.

@casual.bassist

4 ай бұрын

Yes I can. You’re not alone.

What an incredible pianist. So creative and inventive. We’re talking about 1965. He was like the J S BAUCH OR MOZART OR CHOPIN OF MODERN DAY JAZZ PIANO PLAYING

指の先まで優しく、 哲学まで感じるエヴァンスのピアノは、間違い無く心を癒して下さいます！

@SamZekri

9 ай бұрын

私も思います 心と魂

Bill Evans is the coolest looking accountant I've ever seen!

@robertanderson1788

3 жыл бұрын

Id trust him with numbers.

Not to state the obvious but Bill Evans' sense of harmony is transcendent. It knows no bounds.

I'll be listening to this in my car all day tomorrow for sure.

인류사에 이렇게 소중하고 아름다운 공연이 영상으로 남아 있다는 사실이 너무나 다행스럽고 감격스러울 따름입니다.

i almost cried listening to this for the first time

I came here because V posted his name on weverse and It's really good🥰

There are no words apt to describe what one can feel, listening to Bill's music. In particular about the live situations. There are no words because "words are the children of reason" (Bill Evans)

In the early 70’s I was a music major at MPC in Monterey. Bill Evans did a couple clinics for us, with his trio. Wow it was incredible to see him so close and be able to ask musical questions.

@dougsteeleguitar

9 ай бұрын

you ask him anything?

How could anyone who has a pair of ears not like this, it is just divine.

@ig7061

3 жыл бұрын

:))))

@DSAK55

2 жыл бұрын

Millennials

@TheSilence1

2 жыл бұрын

@@DSAK55 Did you know that "millenial" refers to someone who was born in the 80's or 90's? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials#Date_and_age_range_definitions Those people grew up with plenty of exposure to jazz, from Mister Roger's Neighborbood to East Coast Rap.

@robinfrenzy

2 жыл бұрын

@@DSAK55 lol any generation can like this, they just need to be aquainted to jazz

@sweetdaddyjangles7194

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSilence1 Yeah, we're not the youngest generation anymore. People can start dumping on the new generation now : ) It's true, the Boomers grew up with some of the best records and artists ever, but they also voted for Benedict Donald : )

Bill Evans was a master of his craft. Every time he touched a piano, it just sang beautifully; effortless. I am now studying Jazz piano and Bill Evans is my guide.

Bill Evans is one of my favourite pianists. This period of jazz is one of my favourite kinds of music.

I'm still coming back to this footage and, damn, Bill Evans' playing is so mellow. It's like a honey. And Konitz is one of my fave alto players. Best wishes to all of you.

@alansenzaki4148

2 жыл бұрын

Love Konitz too!

@user-fi7jg8rk8s

Жыл бұрын

あたたかい　エバンスを 大切に　大事にしたいのです

hard to imagine music this good but there it is.

The Master of Masters...truly music that is heaven sent... a genius without comparison whose tinkling ivory will live forever

I'm listening in 2022. Been listening since the 60s.🙂

I return again and again to listen this wonderful music, always like a caress for the soul!

Thank God that someone had the foresight to record this wonderful pianist and his two back up masters so the young generation in time will be able to learn what real musical talent is

@cycloneranger5354

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine we have kids listening to something called rap ........ Makes me really wish I had already lived

@illitrait

3 жыл бұрын

...I wonder how hot on "jazz" your antecedents were when it started out with 'uncouth black folks', @@cycloneranger5354? See what I did there? Oh, never mind.🙄

@terminalfilms8074

3 жыл бұрын

@@cycloneranger5354 I mean hip hop instrumentally pulls largely from jazz, you rejecting new genres of music is the same as the youth rejecting old genres of music. I’m 16 and I listen to Jazz, Classical Music, Classic Rock, 90/80’s Hip Hop and more. And I’m not alone tons of my friends listen to similar music, not every teenager listens to rap.

@cycloneranger5354

3 жыл бұрын

@@terminalfilms8074 Ok, I was a bit tough. I listen to hip hop as well.I should have wrote trap and not rap. Trap music is literal garbage

@cycloneranger5354

3 жыл бұрын

@@illitrait Something to be said for the level of musical talent and skill back then. Now we have young rappers yelling nothing but profanity and slurs. Something to be said for the musician here.

This is Bill at the top of his game, not saying anything new here that the band's sensitive and intuitive interplay, Bill's innovative harmonic and compositional genius and his ability to "live inside the music" is magical and extraordinary. One of the best things I have ever seen or heard.

The mental and emotional focus is astonishing. Observing Bill Evans play should become fundamental basic academic rigor for young people everywhere. Look, feel, and listen at what can come from a highly disciplined and focused mind and heart. This friends, is what art can be.

Bill Evans, the most fluent jazz pianist ever. anything coming from his genius mind was manifested on the keyboard. timeless.

Bill Evan's playing is so sublime...almost hypnotic. What notes he doesn't play are at least as important as the ones he does.

@joepowell1004

6 жыл бұрын

Well said - as is true in Jazz as a whole.

@DavidKlausa

3 жыл бұрын

I learned that from Bleeding Gums Murphy,

@philippa5004

2 жыл бұрын

Love it 💚

@susanbaker-schloth1152

2 жыл бұрын

BUONAZZO...

@nubSawace

2 жыл бұрын

Especially true, since it appears he only breathes while not playing notes

Pure genius....Thank you Mr. Evans for influencing me to try to reach for the unreachable pure sounds. I know you are in Gods peaceful hands. Long will Bop live on!

still good in 2024

Premier mai 2024 , merci Bill de me faire me sentir libre ❤

Been listening/watching Bill for over 10 years, still amazed . It’s like he labours from his spirit to the physical world....

@darrinwest6806

4 жыл бұрын

true, he plays in the spirit

@castinmeadows6956

4 жыл бұрын

@@darrinwest6806 true, and the spirit plays in him.

@castinmeadows6956

4 жыл бұрын

"he labours from his spirit to the physical world..." Beautifully said. And true indeed.

@TempleOfFilm

4 жыл бұрын

being on narcotics can be that way

Bill Evansさんの曲は心を和ませる不思議なエネルギーに満たされています。嫌な事があって憤りを感じていても副交感神経を優位にしてくれます。

@jorgevegamendoza7616

2 жыл бұрын

Es lindo prestar atención a los detalles , verdad?

@connieholland3394

2 жыл бұрын

By

@goldahhh8458

2 жыл бұрын

Ce cuvinte frumoase

@drug.3797

2 жыл бұрын

I recently noticed, whilst in my 40's, certain piano melodies can change my mood from anger to tears of chill.

Bellísimo!!!! es toda una exquisitez al oído, quien más se deleita en en 2024 con esta maravillosa música, a la que parece no parle los años✨😌

@filipesales2635

2 ай бұрын

si

It's the first time I see him moving in color!The origin of my jazz audio life forever.

Miles and this man were best of friends.Ill go out on a limb and say Bill was the most creative pianist in history.And Miles was the same..Legends and genius.

@jimbaker6442

5 жыл бұрын

I read a quote from Miles Davis saying that he thought Bill Evans plays piano the way it should be played.

Bill Evans is of course like no other (with Scott LeFaro and Eddie Gomez). Odd that very few of the comments mention Lee Konitz with his unique tone on alto and wonderful, intricate ideas. He adds something special to the trio.

@kvboven

11 ай бұрын

i was scrolling all the comments for someone to state that, happily you did! thnx, kees van boven, former promotor in Groningen the Netherlands. (I worked with Lee in the '90-s too, lovely person and such a special and gifted player)

This is just so beautiful and the world we all used to live in.

Always a delight to listen to.

Notice how relaxed the pianist is. He even sleeps while playing. That's wonderful.

@thomasc.reeves7246

4 жыл бұрын

He's on heroin. And far from sleep.

@timboslice5351

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasc.reeves7246 for real?

@TempleOfFilm

4 жыл бұрын

@@timboslice5351 It was terribly real for Bill, and everyone that knew him. There's a fairly recent documentary about him too, it's probably on a viewing platform somewhere. some info - www.npr.org/2017/02/25/517085720/a-new-documentary-explores-the-troubled-brilliant-life-of-pianist-bill-evans

@prako2710

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that he was on heroin. Now we have such a great recording.

@dellsix

4 жыл бұрын

R u being facetious

Bill Evans, a man whose piano effulges with genuine strokes of emotions. Aways watch his left hand. One of our greatest jazz pianists. The effect on me is his touch watching his hands play. With deepest respect and admiration, I honor all who were fortunate enough to have played with him. ❤️

Lets give some appreciation to the drummer dude in the first part. He is literally holding the canvas for Bill while he draws his incredible harmonies and chords.

@NATA5II

2 жыл бұрын

That "drummer dude" is Paul Motian.

The bassist at 20 min holy cow extremely quick and accurate fingering/pitch/time :) edit bassist at 29 using pinkie to double articulations... I am fascinated to see video of bassists-- I didn't realize how much I missed just watching them play!

@FishDrinkLightGreen

2 жыл бұрын

As a double bassist myself, I can say I am certifiably impressed by his playing!

@samarnajia9570

2 жыл бұрын

By now you know likely that you are referring to two different bassists, NHOP and Eddie Gomez.

@domenicgenova8645

2 жыл бұрын

by chance does anybody know who this bass player is? I'm referring to the 20minute point in the video.

@WilliamRyland

2 жыл бұрын

18:45 ! It's on another level. What blows my mind is the absence of frets and not having to even look where his fingers land and on which string. The fingers in his mind are playing the "real" bass inside of his head. All the notes are there, the strings, the fingers ... and out here, with this body's digits, the wood, and strings are just the physical byproduct of form and space, representing the genius that lies between his ears and coming from his soul.

Never heard anyone play with such a soft expressive touch. He actually makes the piano sound like something other- worldly and sublime. Truly amazing. Perfection.

Mi pianista de jazz favorito. Habíamos comprado los tickets para verlo en vivo en un concierto en el Montmatre Hus de Copenhagen (1980). Hicimos una larga cola. Esperamos impacientemente su presentación a las 10 pm. A las 10.45 pm aparece el dueño del local, Danmarks Kaj, y da excusas por la cancelación del evento. "Mr. Evans está arriba en el hotel y pide disculpas por no poder aparecer esta noche, no se siente bien". Bill Evans murió a la semana siguiente. Pero, para mí sigue siempre vivo en mi corazón, cada vez que lo escucho. Una catarata armónica que sale desde su alma hacia sus dedos y vuelve a sus oídos y a los nuestros.

@Daniel87.

Жыл бұрын

Increible anecdota!

How they could ever play a song twice amazes me.

@markpeters5291

7 ай бұрын

If you are speaking of Some Day My Prince Will Come, they were obviously performed at two different places and times.

Bill Evans masterful use of silence and space is so refreshing.

New Jersey native, grew up around the corner from my father.

@miriambrosh-oliveira8266

3 жыл бұрын

Plainfield, NJ