Featured In
ALBUMKnow What I Mean? (Original Jazz Classics Series / Remastered 2024)Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans
Albums by Bill Evans
ALBUMTreasures: Solo, Trio and Orchestra Recordings from Denmark 1965-1969Bill Evans
ALBUMYou Must Believe In Spring (Remastered 2022)Bill Evans
ALBUMEvans in EnglandBill Evans
ALBUMBeauty & the BeastBill Evans & Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
ALBUMSome Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black ForestBill Evans
ALBUMFrom the 70'sBill Evans
ALBUMTenderly - An Informal SessionBill Evans & Don Elliott
ALBUMPractice Tape No. 1Bill Evans
ALBUMThe Solo Sessions - Vol. 1 (Volume 1)Bill Evans
ALBUMThe Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 (Remastered)Bill Evans
Artist Playlists
Bill Evans Essentials
A piano player with soul and a modernist, challenging edge.
Bill Evans: The Session Musicians
The legendary pianist brings his unique sense of swing to these classic jazz cuts.
Inspired by Bill Evans
Pristine pianism and subtle adventurism by stylistic descendants.
Bill Evans: Deep Cuts
Solo essays, fusion experiments, and orchestral interludes.
Bill Evans: Chill
Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
Artist Biography
Bill Evans started on the piano at age six, eventually parlaying his skills into gigs at dances and weddings before he graduated from high school.
∙ He attended Southeastern Louisiana University on a flute scholarship and earned bachelor’s degrees in piano and music education in 1950.
∙ Just after college graduation, Evans joined a band led by Herbie Fields that backed Billie Holiday on tour.
∙ In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis’ sextet, which also featured John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley.
∙ In 1959, he performed on and wrote music for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and played piano on most of Chet Baker's Chet.
∙ He collaborated with Tony Bennett on two albums: 1975’s The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album and 1977’s Together Again.
∙ He posthumously won Grammy Awards for two different albums: 1979’s We Will Meet Again and 1980’s I Will Say Goodbye.
Hometown
Plainfield, NJ, United States
Genre
Jazz