Born and raised in New Jersey, Evans was recruited for Southeastern Louisiana University on a flute scholarship, where he received a thorough background in theory, played in the marching band, and also led his football team to a league championship as a quarterback. Graduating as a piano major in 1950, he started to tour with the Herbie Fields band, but the draft soon beckoned, and Evans was placed in the Fifth Army Band near Chicago. After three years in the service, he arrived in New York in 1954, playing in Tony Scott's quartet and undertaking postgraduate studies at Mannes College, where he encountered composer George Russell and his modal jazz theories. By 1956, he had already recorded his first album as a leader for Riverside, New Jazz Conceptions, still enthralled by the bop style of Bud Powell but also unveiling what was to become his best-known composition, "Waltz for Debby," which he wrote while still in the Army.
In spring 1958, Evans began an eight-month gig with the Miles Davis Sextet, where he exerted a powerful influence upon the willful yet ever-searching leader. Though Evans left the band that autumn, exhausted by pressured expectations and anxious to form his own group, he was deeply involved in the planning and execution of Davis' epochal Kind of Blue album in 1959, contributing ideas about mood, structure, and modal improvisation, and collaborating on several of the compositions. Although the original release gave composition credit of "Blue in Green" to Davis, Evans claimed he wrote it entirely, based on two chords suggested by Davis (nowadays, they receive co-credit).
Evans returned to the scene as a leader in December 1958 with the album Everybody Digs Bill Evans, which included the famous "Peace Piece," a haunting vamp for solo piano that sounds like a long-lost Satie Gymnopédie. Evans' first working trio turned out to be his most celebrated, combining forces with the astounding young bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian in three-way telepathic trialogues. With this group, Evans became a star -- and there was even talk about a recording with Davis involving the entire trio. Sadly, only ten days after a landmark live session at the Village Vanguard in June 1961, LaFaro was killed in an auto accident -- and the shattered Evans went into seclusion for almost a year. He re-emerged the following spring with Chuck Israels as his bassist, and he would go on to record duets with guitarist Jim Hall and a swinging quintet session, Interplay, with Hall and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
Upon signing with Verve in 1962, Evans was encouraged by producer Creed Taylor to continue to record in more varied formats: with Gary McFarland's big band, the full-orchestra arrangements of Claus Ogerman, co-star Stan Getz, and a reunion with Hall. The most remarkable of these experiments was Conversations with Myself, a session where Evans overdubbed second and third piano parts onto the first; this eventually led to two sequels in that fashion.
By 1966, Evans had paired with Puerto Rican bassist Eddie Gomez and formed a trio with drummer Jack DeJohnette. Though short-lived, the group garnered attention, picking up a Grammy Award for the 1968 concert album Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival. That same year, DeJohnette left to be replaced by Marty Morell. This version of Evans' trio continued to work for a decade, releasing albums like 1969's What's New and 1971's Grammy-winning The Bill Evans Album. Evans also picked up a Grammy in 1970 for his solo piano date Alone.
In his only concession to the emerging jazz-rock scene, Evans dabbled with the Rhodes electric piano in the 1970s but eventually tired of it, even though inventor Harold Rhodes had tailored the instrument to Evans' specifications. He recorded further trio sessions with Gomez and drummer Eliot Zigmund before launching a final trio in the late '70s with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe La Barbera. Often considered one of the pianist's best configurations since the LaFaro-Motian team, their brief time together was documented on 1979's Grammy-winning We Will Meet Again, also featuring trumpeter Tom Harrell and saxophonist Larry Schneider.
By the late '70s, Evans' health was rapidly deteriorating, aggravated by long periods of heroin and cocaine addiction. He died on September 15, 1980, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was 51 years old. Along with a 1994 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a flood of unreleased recordings from commercial and private sources helped to further elevate interest in Evans' work. Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings arrived in 1996, followed by 2000's The Last Waltz, recorded at Keystone Korner in 1980. Resonance Records also released three archival albums featuring Evans' late-'60s trio: 2016's Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest, 2018's Another Time: The Hilversum Concert, and 2020's Live at Ronnie Scott's.
Biography by Richard S. Ginell
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2.) Bill Evans (born 9th February 1958 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, USA) is an American jazz saxophonist. His father was a classical piano prodigy and until junior high school Evans studied classical clarinet. Early in his studies he was able to hear such artists as Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz live at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago. He attended Hinsdale Central High School and studied with jazz tenor saxophonist Vince Micko.
He plays primarily tenor and soprano saxophones. Evans attended North Texas State University and William Paterson University, where he studied with Dave Liebman, who had played with Miles Davis. Moving to New York City in 1979 he spent countless hours in lofts playing jazz standards and perfecting his improvisational style. At the age of twenty-two he joined Miles Davis. In the early to mid-1980s, Evans played with Davis and was instrumental in his musical comeback. Notable albums recorded with Miles include The Man with the Horn, We Want Miles, and Decoy.
In addition to playing with Miles Davis he has played, toured and recorded with artists such as Herbie Hancock, John Mclaughlin (and his Mahavishnu Orchestra), Michael Franks, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Les McCann, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb, Ian Anderson, and Randy Brecker, among others. He is featured on the Petite Blonde album with Victor Bailey, Dennis Chambers, Mitch Forman, and Chuck Loeb.
Two of his most recent albums Soul Insider and Soulgrass were nominated for Grammy awards. Soulgrass was a groundbreaking bluegrass-jazz fusion concept involving such musicians as Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby, and Vinnie Colaiuta. Although his latest projects are musically eclectic, his stylistic roots remain in the history of jazz saxophone, influenced by such players as Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Sonny Stitt, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Stan Getz, and Steve Grossman.
3.) San Francisco Bay Area musician and Virginia native Bill Evans has been involved with bluegrass music and the banjo for over twenty-five years as a player, teacher, writer, and historian. He occupies a unique niche in the banjo world: celebrated worldwide for his traditional and progressive bluegrass banjo styles as well as his innovative original compositions, he also enjoys a reputation as an outstanding instructor as well as being an expert player of nineteenth-century minstrel and classic/parlour banjo styles.
Someday My Prince Will Come
Bill Evans Lyrics
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There is someone I'm longing to see
Someone I simply can't help but adore
Someone who'll thrill me forever
Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love
And how thrilling that moment will be
When the prince of my dreams comes to me
And steal a kiss or two
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true
Some day I'll find my love
Someone to call my own
And I'll know her the moment we meet
For my heart will start skipping a beat
Some day we'll say and do
Things we've been longing to
Though she's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true
The lyrics to Bill Evans's song "Someday My Prince Will Come" describe a longing for love and an ideal partnership that the singer is hopeful will happen in the future. The "prince" in the song represents the ideal partner for the singer, someone who they adore and who will thrill them forever. The lyrics suggest that the singer is currently searching for this love, and that despite the distance between them and their ideal partner, they will eventually find each other and share a special moment where their dreams come true.
The lyrics evoke a sense of hope and optimism, with phrases like "some day" and "when my dreams come true" emphasizing the idea that the singer believes their ideal partnership is possible. The imagery of the prince whispering "I love you" and stealing a kiss or two adds a romantic and intimate element to the song, while the idea that the singer's heart will skip a beat when they meet their future partner highlights the emotional impact of finding true love.
Overall, the lyrics to "Someday My Prince Will Come" convey a sense of hopefulness and optimism regarding the possibility of finding true love, and represent a common theme in many love songs.
Line by Line Meaning
Somewhere waiting for me
There's a special person out there who's waiting for me to find them.
There is someone I'm longing to see
I have an intense desire to finally meet that someone who's been waiting for me.
Someone I simply can't help but adore
That special someone is someone I just can't help but love and admire.
Someone who'll thrill me forever
That person will bring me excitement and happiness that will last forever.
Some day my prince will come
One day, the perfect person I've been waiting for will finally appear in my life.
Some day I'll find my love
I'll eventually find my true love and be able to cherish them forever.
And how thrilling that moment will be
It'll be an incredibly exciting moment to finally meet the person I've been longing for.
When the prince of my dreams comes to me
The person who appears in my life will be everything I've dreamed of and imagined.
He'll whisper, I love you
When we finally meet, he'll tell me how much he loves me.
And steal a kiss or two
He'll also show his affection by stealing a few kisses from me.
Though he's far away
Even though he's not physically close to me right now.
I'll find my love some day
I'll still be able to find that special person eventually.
Some day when my dreams come true
When everything falls into place and my dreams finally come true.
Some day I'll find my love
In the end, I know that I'll eventually find my true love and live happily ever after.
Someone to call my own
I'll finally have someone to call my own, someone to share everything with.
And I'll know her the moment we meet
When we finally meet, there will be an unexplainable feeling that she's the one.
For my heart will start skipping a beat
Just the mere thought of her will make my heart skip a beat and feel overwhelmed with emotions.
Some day we'll say and do
In the future, we'll be able to do and say everything we've been wishing for.
Things we've been longing to
All those things we've been wishing for and hoping to experience with someone special.
Though she's far away
Even if she's not physically nearby right now.
I'll find my love some day
I'll still be able to find that special person eventually.
Some day when my dreams come true
When everything falls into place and my dreams finally come true.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Bourne Co.
Written by: Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
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@2mikelim
the use of the classic tube telefunken microphones (and tube recorder) on piano and drums put riverside recordings above all others in realism and enjoyablity.
@iamupinacloud
Died too young! Thank you Mr. Evans!
@EduardoRomaguera
Precioso
@salotatiana
Классно! Здорово!
@josephalfred6952
Oh man! 3:12 TO 4:14! The whole is brilliant but Scott just slays here!
@benjamindannug4837
0:48
@user-bu4rv6ex8c
kids on the slope
@ksyin2461
i just finished it such a good jazz anime
@thefausty5195
@@ksyin2461 yeah, it's a really good anime.
@PJEllison
yes!!