The Artistry of Bill Evans
by Bill Evans
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Author: Bill EvansBrand: Alfred
Recorder: Bill Evans
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-07
ISBN: 089898551X
Number of pages: 92
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
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Book Review: Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
These transcriptions of Bill Evans are superbly done, both accurate and of course very difficult. Evans was the most important modern Jazz Pianist whose influence can still be heard in large numbers of contemporary players.
To play these pieces you will need to have good sight reading skills and technique or a lot of patience. Its one thing to play them off the page (if you are a brilliant reader) but to get that Jazz feel is another matter. The book contains the following transcriptions:
Emily
Alfie
I Will Say Goodbye
Dolphin Dance
Never Let Me Go
But Beautiful
Seascape
You must believe in Spring
The Summer Knows
A Time for Love
Sadly the book does not tell you where the transcriptions are sourced from; other than that most of them are from the 1970's. If you are an Evans fan you might well have some of these transcriptions on CD. The trouble is Evans recorded some of these tunes many times.
Since most of the transcriptions are from Trio performances after the theme statement most of the solos are of the comping left hand with right hand improvisation. This can sound a little empty without a bass player, but if you can get the solos up to a reasonable speed they will sound OK, but you will have to work hard to make them sound good. It would certainly help to have a like-minded bass player handy!
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