https://jazzcollector.com For those who love jazz Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:44:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 175772384 https://jazzcollector.com/features/in-appreciation-of-bill-evans/ https://jazzcollector.com/features/in-appreciation-of-bill-evans/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:30:49 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=6338 I’ve been on a bit of a Bill Evans tangent recently. If you’re going to be on a tangent, you could do a lot worse. [...]

The post In Appreciation of Bill Evans first appeared on jazzcollector.com.]]> I’ve been on a bit of a Bill Evans tangent recently. If you’re going to be on a tangent, you could do a lot worse. I’ve been listening to a lot of Evans, mostly the Riverside records,  and then I also put on Kind of Blue the other night and I recall thinking to myself that, in many ways, Kind of Blue sounds in some places more like an Evans album than a Miles album. I know there’s always been a bit of controversy about who actually wrote Blue In Green, but all it takes is a cursory listen to hear that it seems more Evans than Miles. Anyway, I’m not looking to open up old wounds or start new controversies. But I want to do two things: 1. Point you all to this very interesting article on the Influence of Evans, The Bill Evans Legacy, by Doug Ramsey in The Wall Street Journal the other day. It’s nice that his genius remains recognized and appreciated and still discussed in the mainstream media. 2: I wanted to post the great recording of My Foolish Heart from Waltz for Debby, just because I love it and wanted to share it with a bunch of my friends. So, enjoy:

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