Bill Evans

Bill Evans is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1959–2017. The artist is connected with Cool Jazz and Hard Bop, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Cool Jazz and Hard Bop shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Body and Soul”, “Portrait of Ravi”, “The Explorer”, “How High the Moon”. Then move to “A Day in New York” and “The Complete Legendary Sessions” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.