Thanks to Jazz Video Guy on YT for finding this rare documentary footage of Bill Evans preparing for a TV taping in Denmark. There’s a lot to take away, but I’ll just zero in one aspect – this is a…
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The Set Menu
Here is an episode of a ’60s BBC TV series called Jazz 625 (yeah, our TVs had 625 scan lines at the time and the Beeboid techies came up with that really imaginative name). It’s Bill Evans with his second…
Tagged with: Bill Evans, jazz, jazz 625, Monty Python, Nardis, set lists
Posted in c) Musicianship, e) Rants & Ramblings
Posted in c) Musicianship, e) Rants & Ramblings
Meet Aimee Nolte
Gang, this is Aimee; Aimee – the gang. She’s a prolific YouTuber (channel here) and I recommend you spend a couple of hours in her company. There’s not a lot she hasn’t already covered, or doesn’t plan to cover, but I’ve…
The Universal Mind of Bill Evans
Jon Brantingham has just put a very good essay up at The Art of Composition. It’s an appraisal of an extended interview with Bill Evans, conducted by his brother Harry in 1966. The “Universal Mind” thing may sound a bit hippyish,…
Tagged with: Art of Composition, Bill Evans, jazz, Jon Brantingham, Universal Mind
Posted in e) Rants & Ramblings, i) Reviews
Posted in e) Rants & Ramblings, i) Reviews
Super Locrian Meets the Dastardly Half Diminishedo
What do you play on a minor II in, say, C minor? D half-diminished, some kind of Ab7 or some kind of D7? Do you know the difference? Or, perhaps more importantly, do you know the similarity? This week I’ll…
Tagged with: altered dominant, Bill Evans, Bob Hinz, half diminished, jazz, Sonya Belousova, super locrian
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes, b) Harmony & Comping, i) Reviews
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes, b) Harmony & Comping, i) Reviews
Rootless Voicings from Scratch
You simply can’t play modern jazz without knowing these voicings in all the keys. It’s a bit like getting the hang of the clutch when you’re learning to drive. While they’re not the only voicings used, they are the backbone of jazz…
Tagged with: Bill Evans, Ii-V-I turnaround, jazz, Red Garland, rootless voicings
Posted in b) Harmony & Comping
Posted in b) Harmony & Comping
Transcription: Bill Evans on Love for Sale
This is a transcription of the two-chorus solo that pianist Bill Evans takes with the Miles Davis Sextet on Love for Sale. It’s taken from the Columbia recording originally entitled Jazz Track, although these days you’re probably more likely to…
Tagged with: bebop, Bill Evans, Cole Porter, jazz, Love for Sale, Miles Davis, piano, transcription
Posted in h) Transcriptions
Posted in h) Transcriptions
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