“... Over to Switzerland this week for a concert by the legendary Bill Evans, with his trio consisting of Eddie Gomez on bass and Eliot Zigmund on drums. Considered by many to be one of the most influential Jazz Pianists of the post-World War 2 era, Evans was an innovative pianist, taking an impressionistic approach to traditional Jazz pieces which became his trademark over the years. He was also a gifted composer, with his signature tune Waltz For Debby a standard in most Jazz musicians repertoire.Despite a tumultuous and tragic personal life, Evans was one of the most popular Jazz musicians of the 50s, 60s and 70s. His early death in 1980 from a decades-long abuse of drugs and alcohol robbed the music world of one of its most eloquent and visionary voices. ...”
YouTube: Live in Switzerland 1:18:00
2019 June: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 - Bill Evan (2005), 2019 November: Some Other Time (2016), 2020 November: Another Time: The Hilversum Concert (1968), 2021 February: Bill Evans Live in Munch Museum, Oslo (1966)
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