Playing the bass part was relatively easy because Bill and Larry didn’t depend on it. Theo time was so good that I could place my rhythms where they were most effective. This is a superb transcription.

@mattgleason2617

3 ай бұрын

Beautiful job @cisraels

@I_M_Nonno

3 ай бұрын

You followed beautifully. I don't think many would think it easy.

@michael-solomon

3 ай бұрын

Wow, I’m honored that you’re here watching this video; Thanks for comment; that’s really interesting.

@kylekotula7266

3 ай бұрын

This performance, particularly your interactions with Bill Evans is what got me into jazz during high school. Your interactive playing with Bill's is just ...it profoundly resonated with me and still does as I listen again. For what it's worth, I am forever thankful as I wouldn't be where I am today had I never heard this beautiful concert. I've probably heard the whole thing around 150 times if not more. Thank you Chuck Israels -Recent college graduate

@jojobeanz2981

3 ай бұрын

🥹

My teacher keeps harping about my posture at the piano and then I show him a video of Bill Evans staring at his shoes the whole time.😅

@michael-solomon

3 ай бұрын

Thats too funny 😆

@karayuschij

3 ай бұрын

Your teacher would surely loves Glen Gould :D

@karayuschij

3 ай бұрын

Your teacher would surely love Glen Gould :D

@halcyonacoustic7366

3 ай бұрын

I bet Bill Evans had really bad back pain...

@MD-qm6gy

3 ай бұрын

@@karayuschij He actually really does, a lot. But he'd probably point out that for one, I'm no Glen Gould and two, until I am I should probably shut up, straighten my back, and raise my wrists lol.

His posture had to be the inspiration for how Charles Schultz drew Shroeder.

@lopezb

2 ай бұрын

Schroeder?

@bernardwalker1874

2 ай бұрын

@lopezb YES! Got my Peanuts mixed up.

@lopezb

2 ай бұрын

@@bernardwalker1874 :)

@artbellavistaarte1936

2 ай бұрын

Sin ninguna duda bernard, pero falta Snoopy y sus hermanos.

I'm a simple man. I see Bill Evans My Foolish Heart transcription, I buy it. Thank you!

@jsoljfklf7268

2 ай бұрын

Immer wieder sehr berührend!

How does Bill even play the left hand so soothingly soft, but still audible and in sync with the melodic right hand....just amazing

@CodyHazelleMusic

3 ай бұрын

one of the big things young pianists are eventually taught to develop (ideally just a few years into their playing...) is to soften up the accompaniment--which in most cases is the left hand. but the melody should always be ringing clear as a bell, whether it's in just one finger in a dense texture, or say in left hand octaves with chords above. go listen to liebestraum no 3 and be amazed at just how clearly that melody rings out (and how it's phrased) while also being swapped between leaping hands and different fingers.

@sitarnut

2 ай бұрын

He can even morph chords out of their own foundations and you think you hearing an F chord, but it doesn't sound like it.. A beautiful Man and creator founding a new way to play Jazz with a new vocabulary of chords.

@bethenawaltz4190

12 күн бұрын

also, bill was purportedly left handed; if you watch some of his descriptions of how he developed as a pianist, his development is clear such that his right hand is his studied, technical, "left hand," while anyone who is a right handed pianist will, to really replicate that sort of development, and sort of sound: would have to focus exclusively on their right hand bill's left hand is good because, ostensibly, he as a left-handed person approaches the piano from a left-handed mindset; never fear, the point then for anyone who understands themselves to be handed, is to approach development and progress, always, always, always, then, from the weak hand watch some of this stuff too /watch?v=d4hTARWV3x8 /watch?v=5QdM0oxWOZw /watch?v=YEHWaGuurUk (this third one has bill on the piano showing) the whole documentary is immensely illuminating for any artist, not just musicians, and including technique development in any field, i.e., especially things like mixed martial arts (my own interests as well)

@michael-ph3jn

2 күн бұрын

i watched this video for his left hand Comping

@hank1519

2 күн бұрын

In sync, but amazingly syncopated using "rhythmic displacements" (his term)

When I hear Bill play, it feels like the deepest darkest blues. Sad, powerful, heavy.

@TheMisterGriswold

17 күн бұрын

Sad and beautiful. Bill Evans.

Bass interplay is fundamental part of the success of this performance.

@itsprobablymorkoh5913

3 ай бұрын

thank you

@louispearson8306

3 ай бұрын

I play this piano solo and it kills tbh

@barristanselmy2758

2 ай бұрын

It's the foundation behind it.

The finest improvising melodist to have lived , in my view.

@erickborling1302

3 ай бұрын

Melody sure but the chords WHOA.

I made this comment for his Peace Piece, but I think it's worth repeating. My father was a Navy musician when Bill Evans was in the Army: Bill was playing at a concert with a jazz orchestra. My father said he played an 8-bar solo and got a standing ovation.

@michael-solomon

2 ай бұрын

Wow great story; thanks for sharing!

@Playwright62

2 ай бұрын

@@michael-solomon thank you for sharing these unbelievable 🙏 musical treasures ... truly a treasure trove....

@ing_MB

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@bernardwalker1874

2 ай бұрын

I love music, but don't understand a lot of the terminology. What does an 8-bar mean?

@Playwright62

2 ай бұрын

@bernardwalker1874 I'm not a musician or player either but I believe it means eight measures.

Genious! His playing was perfection. I actually got a chance to see him play in a small club. It was like being in another world. God Bless him!

@user-jh7wg9rj3v

19 күн бұрын

I`m so jealous!

The performance that made me switch from classic to jazz. This video was the nexus of my jazz origins, thank you for this.

@fentishxt4492

3 ай бұрын

Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky were major influences on evans so that might explain why :)

@danmarjenka6361

2 ай бұрын

Classical music sounds like someone has their left hand on the volume knob and their right hand on a tempo knob, and they just keep turning each knob randomly in different directions throughout the entire song.

@skrjabe_

2 ай бұрын

@@danmarjenka6361 ☠️☠️☠️

@Classicalmusicscores1984

Ай бұрын

​@@danmarjenka6361This makes no sense whatsoever.

@justascaredpussycat1869

Ай бұрын

@@danmarjenka6361Just………………… . .. …….

Every performance was famous for him. Genius is an understatement.

Can’t get enough of Bill Evans

@rhmayer1

2 ай бұрын

I forgot which album, but I'll never forget Toots Thielemans introducing a Bill Evans song to the live audience. He said something like, "I'm sure all of you, like me, are living under the enchantment of Bill Evans..." (and the crowd erupts in applause). Bill Evans only gets better the more you listen to him, and it's been that way for some 50 years now for me and shows no sign of stopping. When Miles called him a genius at first I didn't quite understand, though I liked him very much. But it soon became apparent, and then undeniable.

how on EARTH does Bill Evans play a full range of unique and rich textures every turnaround but still somehow stay within the changes, evoke melody and movement at the same time? I'm actually frustrated - I've listened to this man for nigh 1.5 decades and he still shocks me with one of the first tunes I ever heard from him (in order from 2009, Nardis, Israel, My Foolish Heart, Peace Piece, My Romance, Waltz for Debby).

@user-vf5bv6vo4b

3 ай бұрын

Hey have you ever heard: “We will meet again?”

@josiah566

3 ай бұрын

@@user-vf5bv6vo4b YES. Beautifully haunting tune from a tragic place from a tortured pianist. I love revisiting it but can't revisit it too much!

@michaelknibbs

2 ай бұрын

Yes. not just melody but emotion.

@jswjanjan

2 ай бұрын

❤Waltz for Debby❤

Bill Evans, like many artists, struggled through life. Thank the Lord he's forever available to the masses, and may God rest his soul.

@jyvben1520

Ай бұрын

"lord" nope, just an imaginary friend that never helps, million+ dead from covid-19, children shot/killed/decapitated (by bullets) at school, religion is poison, bible still promotes slavery

The inventor of the pianoforte never imagined his instrument could be played this way. I always wondered what Bach, Mozart, Chopin et al would say if they could have witnessed and heard this.

@ezekielbrockmann114

2 ай бұрын

I don't think Chopin would be too impressed.

@nintendianajones64

2 ай бұрын

​@@ezekielbrockmann114exactly. Chopin was already doing these things in his mazurkas lol kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJqCtaeYk9q8k6Q.html

@nika_251

2 ай бұрын

i think they wouldve thought its shit. the impressionists would like it though

@Trooman20

2 ай бұрын

Beethoven would probably be impressed considered how he found works of Schubert which were profoundly musical to be divine and he always was trying to break the boundaries of music anyways. I think Bach would like it because of how different the use of harmonies arr from his time and how radical it sounds in comparison. Chopin definitely wouldn't be a fan of this and neither would Liszt be. Now the impressionists would love this stuff though. Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, etc would all vibe with this

@zzzzoijzzzzz

2 ай бұрын

Why the replies saying Chopin wouldn't be impressed? To me it this song sounds more like Chopin than Bach, Mozart or Beethoven. A very melodic right hand, chord progressions in the left, played with romantic freedom, some stretto and ritardo at the end... all reminiscent of F Chop

Dear Michael, Quite aside from - and, for me, possibly equalling - Bill Evans's mastery, is your own amazing work, not only in transcribing, but also synchronising your score to the audio / video. No fewer than three comments, therefore, from me: thank you, thank you and … er … (what was the last one?) - oh yes! Thank you.

@ChrisHodges87

2 ай бұрын

Well said.

@pamelaledgerwood2004

16 сағат бұрын

wonderful to see the transcription of Bill's performance and to follow his playing with the same.....well done!

One of my favorite jazz pianists.. Just realized he had NBA hands on the piano. No wonder he made it look so easy...

My favorite jazz pianist. I love the close and complex chord structuring. The opposite of splashy. He is like Bach in that way.

Thank you Michael for your beautiful transcription of a beautiful song played by a brilliant pianist......One of my favorite songs, by Victor Young....Thank God, these exquisite songs will always be with us and the brilliance of jazz pianists like Bill to play them ....Thank you for this lovely rendition.....

Incredible. It’s funny how Bill Evans wakes up at the end hearing the audience applaud

Classics and timeless

The supreme Jazz pno master,🎶🎵👌👌🙏🙏❤️❤️

I love his playing so much--never too much; just enough. My favorite is "A Child Is Born".

When they say they don't make music like they used to... this.

By ear! Superb!

Is that really you here? I am totally in awe...words have officially failed me.

Complex, beautiful, smooth! Bill, wherever you are now, may God bless you! 🙏

No flash necessary here. Just pure feel. Gorgeous!

Barley possible to thank you enough for this wonderment of a lifetime in Bill's music. The transcription is marvelous.

By far and away, Bill Evans was such an amazing talent. I have learned so much from this man and his style.

Masterful performance from my favorite jazz pianist. Thank you for displaying the transcription...an outstanding way to show Bill's genius! Thank you very much!!!!

His version of My Foolish Heart is both inspiring and the definitive version for the ages.

A master on several fronts: Sheer genius at making lyrical, melodic lines across complex chord progressions, and of course his tasteful voicings.

This is just so lovely!

That was SO moving!

Excellent work!

Thank you so much Michael, with the transcription I understand Bill’s music even better.

Incredible work.

fantastic!

Great transcription!

I am glad this recording exists. Thank you for posting.

Truly beautiful! So glad to see this!

Awesome!!

What a nice piece.

Beautiful 😢

Since I discovered Bill Evans music, I just love it as it is my favorite.

Thanks for the score!

Immediately bought the transcription! Thank you!

Soothing and loverly

Excellent ! 🌷

Absolutely sublime. Thank you for posting.

Michael, thank you so much for sharing! 🙏❤🌹 Bill & Larry 🌹❤🙏

a master at work

Amazing ❤

Superb ❤

stunning

Thank You 🙏 ❤️

Una locura, gracias por la transcripción, el vídeo es oro puro.

This guy has just made it onto my list of favorite musician performers❤

Beautifully done. He was a genius.

Magnificent Mesmerising❤

My foolish heart and I am in heaven with him, for just a moment. A genious.

So cool with the notes running underneath. Amazing to me that you can do that. Enlightens the music, really. THanks :-)

I find this too beautiful, leaves me feeling melancholy yet deeply in touch with myself.

one of the most shockingly beautiful performances i’ve ever heard

How beautiful My Foolish Heart

Great transcript!

Wow, thanks really great production with the sheet music following underneath amazing multimedia artist, musician and transcriber you are and I just bought it. Keep it up. 🎹

Exquisite.

Great!

Nice. Thanks

This might be my favorite Bill. All heart. Transcription seems really good.

Anything that Bill Evans plays is a phenomenon. Why you would say that this is his "most famous performance" is baffling. He's a musician's musician.

@MarkRaymondLuce

2 ай бұрын

Agreed; I personally feel that there is no such Bill Evans performance that can be labelled by anyone to be his most famous performance!

@mrakl3

2 ай бұрын

@@MarkRaymondLuce Righto

Beautiful

Sweet vibe

Bill Evan’s Trio for Life. 🧎🏻

SOME AMERICAN MUSICIANS SHOULD HAVE, LIVED FOREVER!!! CORE AMERICA DOES SO MISS, BILL.

A major. Really nice.

He plays right out of his head with immense concentration - wow

Que gran manejo de la polirritmia entre ambas manos.

ive always loved how at the end of this video larry bunker just watches bill evans when he increases the tempo and closes out the song. how could you not just watch in awe. had to be hard to not get imposters syndrome playing with someone like bill.

Superbe la rythmique éxecutée parfaitement 🎶🎵🎶🎵♥️

se rinde ante el piano, majestic

Good job, Bill

Bell Evans forever !

look that direction from the camera!! im dreaming now!

Unimaginably Sad when Bill was Gone. Have some of his CD's which I play often. hasn't been another ERvans HOWEVER,, DIANA KRALL has filled a lot of that missing Bill Evans Space.

A genius ...

The drummer’s so good

The king of elegance. Bill Evans.

Played the treble clef notes, those that aren't chords, obviously, on my tenor sax. Beautiful.🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶🎷👍

YES.....!

Entirely sublime! For me the added score was a distraction, but no matter. Thank-you!

The second trio in London doing a BBC session in front of a live audience (1965 I think). The session was edited into two episodes of a TV programme called Jazz 625. Both are available on DVD. The series as a whole is well worth checking out - they also featured Peterson, Monk, Dizzy, the MJQ, Blakey and the Messengers, Wayne Shorter and many others, including some Brits. Back in the day, the acts generally scheduled these studio sessions with residencies at Ronnie Scott's. Evans popularised this tune in A with his trios but later did it with Tony Bennett in Bb and that might be why it got Real Booked into the repertoire in that key. Interesting how many Real Book tunes are in "Sinatra keys" presumably for a similar reason. Or perhaps just to be friendlier to sax players...

What is it really all about why we're here? It's Bill, I guess. Let's make music, not war shall we?

that timing/feeling is amazing. yet again, seeing this and reading the transcription, really brings me to the conclusion that we learn music all wrong... usually you still learn music the classic, the old fashion ways, where you simply play from the sheet and with those fixed note positions and very strict rules. when really we should learn more intuitively, in intervals and from feeling. because since we don't really play in big orchestras anymore, that almost military approach is no longer necessary and honestly: its taken me until now to overcome that, when it comes to playing jazz. its blocking me more then its helping, when actually composing or improvising on the spot.

@michael-solomon

3 ай бұрын

You’re right; but the transcription is helpful to see what he’s playing. Then you can make it your own; especially if there are parts you really like, then you can learn that and incorporate it in your own playing; but memorizing the entire solo verbatim is probably not the best way to learn improv.

@thetomster7625

3 ай бұрын

@@michael-solomon oh, don't get me wrong, the transcript is great. its only that I hear solos like that in my head. but can't play them, because I don't have the ability yet to transport what I already hear and feel onto the instrument. I however can play the transcript... point being: the missing for my own expression, is what I was talking about :)

@halcyonacoustic7366

3 ай бұрын

I think Bill was a classical player first..

@thetomster7625

3 ай бұрын

@@halcyonacoustic7366 possibly... I'm not saying you couldn't get there the usual way and through hard work... I'm saying that hard work could be slightly simplified by approaching it differently from the start^^

Watching this now wearing my T-shirt with a Bill Evans Portrait in Jazz album cover print

Bill Evans with Chuck Israels, bass; Larry Bunker, drums.

@TheMangyCalf

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for that.

If Bill were alive today would the reality be for him that he would have to work a day job to survive? Thanks for this great video and so great to see the sheet music as he plays!