![]() ![]() It is coil bound so it is easy to open on a music stand and it stays open and flat when you are reading from it. The Bill Evans Omnibook is created with the same standard of excellence as the other Hal Leonard Omnibooks. Evans’ playing to spend the countless hours it must have took to transcribe all of these solos. Whoever this person is, they must be a dedicated fan of Mr. Maybe he wants to remain anonymous? Regardless of that, I just have to comment on how amazing this person’s ears must be to hear all these chords, voicings, inversions and rhythms. The person who transcribed all of these great Bill Evans’ solos does not seem to be mentioned in this Omnibook. The colors of his chord voicings, the melodic and lyrical performance, the rhythmic variances in his playing and the interplay and communication between the piano, bass and drums is exciting and rewarding to listen to. I also like playing his music when I have company over to the house as it just sets up the perfect ambiance and class to a dinner or social event. I love listening to his beautiful piano playing when I want to relax and just chill out. I have many piano recordings of Bill Evans in my CD library. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, “singing” melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today.” “William John Evans (Aug– September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. Here is a short bio of Bill Evans from Wikipedia: I can think of no better non-saxophone playing musician to check out than the incomparable Bill Evans on piano. ![]() These are all saxophone players of course, so in the interest of being more “well rounded”, I thought it would be a good idea to check out a non-saxophone Omnibook. Hal Leonard has already released many other great Omnibooks that I have already reviewed here including the Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker Volume 2, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane Omnibooks. Today, I am reviewing the Bill Evans Omnibook for piano that is published by Hal Leonard. 'Every time he touched the piano, he touched my heart and he played with a sound that was just a gorgeous sound and he always was so expressive in his playing.*I posted all the recordings I could find on Youtube that go with this transcription book at the bottom of this review………Enjoy! This record represents a time and space where he was exploring new approaches to standard repertoire rhythmically and harmonically.' Jack DeJohnette 'There was big excitement about us going to the studio. Includes a 40-page book with new historical essays by jazz journalist Marc Myers and German jazz historian Friedhelm Schulz producer Zev Feldman new interviews with Gomez and DeJohnette plus rare and previously unpublished photos from the archives of photographers David Redfern, Jan Persson, Giussepe Pino, Hans Harzheim and German Hasenfratz. Some Other Time was recorded by the legendary MPS Records founder and producer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer along with writer/producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt at the MPS studios in the Black Forest (Villingen, Germany). Available in deluxe 2-CD and limited edition 2-LP sets, and containing over 90 minutes of music, this is the only studio album in existence of the Bill Evans trio with Gomez and DeJohnette. Recorded on June 20, 1968, nearly 10 years after the legendary Kind of Blue sessions with Miles Davis and a mere five days after the trio's incredible Grammy award-winning performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, this is truly a landmark discovery for jazz listeners worldwide. ![]() Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest is a newly unearthed studio session from the iconic pianist Bill Evans featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. ![]()
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