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BILL EVANS – A PERSON I KNEW by Brian Hennessey (Part two, Jazz Journal International, Oct 1985) Part two of Brian Hennessey’s appraisal of the influential pianist covers the last 10 years of his life — 1970 to 1980. In June 1970, the trio returned again to Montreux, this time with Marty Morrell on drums.… Continue reading Bill Evans – A person I knew (part 2)

Orrin Keepnews (1923) is an American writer and jazz record producer. In 1952 Keepnews and his partner Bill Grauer produced their first records. The following year they founded Riverside Records. Grauer handled the administrative side of Riverside and Keepnews the artistic side. They published together A pictural History Of Jazz (Spring Books, London, 1958). With Keepnews as… Continue reading Riverside

Publications and books on Bill Evans and jazz piano Books •  ‘Listen To Evans’ by Yasuki Nakayama (Goma Books, 2007)•  ‘Bill Evans Live’ by Bruno Krebs (Gallimard 2006)•  ‘Bill Evans’ by Enrico Pieranunzi (Continuum Books 2004)•  ‘Friends Along The Way’ Chapter: Helen and Bill (268-285) by Gene Lees   (Yale University Press, 2003)•  ‘Everything Happens to… Continue reading Publications

Dutch newspaper article (1985) from Frank van Dixhoorn with the title “Breathing in a Vacuum” about the beautiful collector’s item 18 LP-Box set of “The Complete Riverside Recordings” containing over 13 hours of music covering 151 performances from 1956-1963 with lots of previously unreleased recordings. Also includes a fully illustrated booklet. Evans’ work is what… Continue reading NRC

Jazzletter by Gene Lees (February 8, 1928 – April 22, 2010) Asking Gene Lees why he didn’t wrote the definitive work on Bill Evans? “It is difficult for me to write about Bill. His life, Helen’s, and my own were too closely involved for too long a time. For the last two years I have… Continue reading News

Part one of an interview with Nenette Evans by Bonnie Biggs in 1989 for the Jazz Link magazine. She is the wife of Gunnar Biggs, jazz bassist in the San Diego area and connected with the Library at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Nenette Evans, who met the pianist at Howard Rumsey’s defunct Redondo Beach… Continue reading Nenette

Blue Note JazzPhotography of Francis Wolff, Michael Cuscuna, Charlie Lourie & Oscar Schnider The Blue Note YearsThe Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff, Michael Cuscuna, Charlie Lourie & Oscar Schnider Jazz SeenWilliam Claxton Jazz LifeWilliam Claxton and Joachim Ernest Berendt Claxography: The Art of Jazz PhotographyWilliam Claxton and James Gavin Jazz LivesJaap van de Klomp JazzEd van… Continue reading Jazz Photography

JAZZ MUSIC All About Jazz ***De Nederlandse Jazz ServerJazzpressJazzmastersDraai Om Je OrenNederlands Jazz ArchiefJazz WebJazz.nlJazz ImpulsJazz In BelgiumThe Bebop ShopYahoo JazzJazzpiano onlineWikipedia-JazzJazz DiscographyTom Lord DiscographyInterJazzJazz OnlineJazz Citizen OnlineRed Hot Cool JazzWorld Wide Jazz WebPassion for JazzThe Bill Evans ResourceJazz Pianists ComBill Evans.orgJazzinstitut DarmstadtJazz Institute Of ChicagoJazz Piano OnlineJazzFMTimeless / Limetree RecordsJerry JazzmusicianJazz ItaliaJazz Pages GermanyEurope Jazz… Continue reading Jazz Links

BILL EVANS – A PERSON I KNEW by Brian Hennessey (Part one, Jazz Journal International, March 1985) Bill Evans confounded many of the myths about the origins and motivations of major jazz innovators: Born in 1929, he spent his early years in a comfortable middle class home in Plainfield, New Jersey and considered that any… Continue reading Bill Evans – A person I knew

Bill Evans followed his musical studies at the Southeastern Louisiana University from 1946 till 1950 and received his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. From 1980 till 1999 the trombonist, arranger, conductor, music researcher, educator, and broadcast manager Prof. Ron Nethercutt developed at the faculty the Bill Evans archive. After the death of Bill Evans in… Continue reading Nethercutt Grave