Bill Evans most famous performance

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Bill Evans: piano, Larry bunker: drum, Chuck Israels: bass.
This is a live recording of the Bill Evans Trio playing “My Foolish Heart”. I transcribed Bill Evans’ piano solo by ear. This performance was on March 19, 1965 at the BBC studios in London as part of the program Jazz 625.
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@cisraels Ай бұрын

Playing the bass part was relatively easy because Bill and Larry didn’t depend on it. Theo time was so good that I could place my rhythms where they were most effective. This is a superb transcription.

@mattgleason2617 Ай бұрын

Beautiful job @cisraels

@I_M_Nonno Ай бұрын

You followed beautifully. I don't think many would think it easy.

@michael-solomon Ай бұрын

Wow, I’m honored that you’re here watching this video; Thanks for comment; that’s really interesting.

@kylekotula7266 Ай бұрын

This performance, particularly your interactions with Bill Evans is what got me into jazz during high school. Your interactive playing with Bill's is just ...it profoundly resonated with me and still does as I listen again. For what it's worth, I am forever thankful as I wouldn't be where I am today had I never heard this beautiful concert. I've probably heard the whole thing around 150 times if not more. Thank you Chuck Israels -Recent college graduate

@jojobeanz2981 Ай бұрын

🥹

@MD-qm6gy Ай бұрын

My teacher keeps harping about my posture at the piano and then I show him a video of Bill Evans staring at his shoes the whole time.😅

@michael-solomon Ай бұрын

Thats too funny 😆

@karayuschij Ай бұрын

Your teacher would surely loves Glen Gould :D

@karayuschij Ай бұрын

Your teacher would surely love Glen Gould :D

@halcyonacoustic7366 Ай бұрын

I bet Bill Evans had really bad back pain...

@MD-qm6gy Ай бұрын

@@karayuschij He actually really does, a lot. But he'd probably point out that for one, I'm no Glen Gould and two, until I am I should probably shut up, straighten my back, and raise my wrists lol.

@PetrichorAllegory Ай бұрын

I'm a simple man. I see Bill Evans My Foolish Heart transcription, I buy it. Thank you!

@jsoljfklf7268 Ай бұрын

Immer wieder sehr berührend!

@bernardwalker1874 Ай бұрын

His posture had to be the inspiration for how Charles Schultz drew Shroeder.

@lopezb Ай бұрын

Schroeder?

@bernardwalker1874 Ай бұрын

@lopezb YES! Got my Peanuts mixed up.

@lopezb Ай бұрын

@@bernardwalker1874 :)

@artbellavistaarte1936 Ай бұрын

Sin ninguna duda bernard, pero falta Snoopy y sus hermanos.

@jakenewman5555 Ай бұрын

The finest improvising melodist to have lived , in my view.

@erickborling1302 Ай бұрын

Melody sure but the chords WHOA.

@immanuellasker4273 Ай бұрын

Bass interplay is fundamental part of the success of this performance.

@itsprobablymorkoh5913 Ай бұрын

thank you

@louispearson8306 Ай бұрын

I play this piano solo and it kills tbh

@barristanselmy2758 Ай бұрын

It's the foundation behind it.

@dalemseitzer Ай бұрын

When I hear Bill play, it feels like the deepest darkest blues. Sad, powerful, heavy.

@JamesZ32100 Ай бұрын

How does Bill even play the left hand so soothingly soft, but still audible and in sync with the melodic right hand....just amazing

@CodyHazelleMusic Ай бұрын

one of the big things young pianists are eventually taught to develop (ideally just a few years into their playing...) is to soften up the accompaniment--which in most cases is the left hand. but the melody should always be ringing clear as a bell, whether it's in just one finger in a dense texture, or say in left hand octaves with chords above. go listen to liebestraum no 3 and be amazed at just how clearly that melody rings out (and how it's phrased) while also being swapped between leaping hands and different fingers.

@sitarnut Ай бұрын

He can even morph chords out of their own foundations and you think you hearing an F chord, but it doesn't sound like it.. A beautiful Man and creator founding a new way to play Jazz with a new vocabulary of chords.

@louispearson8306 Ай бұрын

The performance that made me switch from classic to jazz. This video was the nexus of my jazz origins, thank you for this.

@fentishxt4492 Ай бұрын

Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky were major influences on evans so that might explain why :)

@danmarjenka6361 28 күн бұрын

Classical music sounds like someone has their left hand on the volume knob and their right hand on a tempo knob, and they just keep turning each knob randomly in different directions throughout the entire song. No thanks.

@skrjabe_ 27 күн бұрын

@@danmarjenka6361 ☠️☠️☠️

@Classicalmusicscores1984 10 күн бұрын

@@danmarjenka6361This makes no sense whatsoever.

@justascaredpussycat1869 3 күн бұрын

@@danmarjenka6361Just………………… . .. …….

@christianlacheze3323 Ай бұрын

Can’t get enough of Bill Evans

@rhmayer1 Ай бұрын

I forgot which album, but I'll never forget Toots Thielemans introducing a Bill Evans song to the live audience. He said something like, "I'm sure all of you, like me, are living under the enchantment of Bill Evans..." (and the crowd erupts in applause). Bill Evans only gets better the more you listen to him, and it's been that way for some 50 years now for me and shows no sign of stopping. When Miles called him a genius at first I didn't quite understand, though I liked him very much. But it soon became apparent, and then undeniable.

@Playwright62 Ай бұрын

I made this comment for his Peace Piece, but I think it's worth repeating. My father was a Navy musician when Bill Evans was in the Army: Bill was playing at a concert with a jazz orchestra. My father said he played an 8-bar solo and got a standing ovation.

@michael-solomon Ай бұрын

Wow great story; thanks for sharing!

@Playwright62 Ай бұрын

@@michael-solomon thank you for sharing these unbelievable 🙏 musical treasures ... truly a treasure trove....

@ing_MB Ай бұрын

Thank you

@bernardwalker1874 Ай бұрын

I love music, but don't understand a lot of the terminology. What does an 8-bar mean?

@Playwright62 Ай бұрын

@bernardwalker1874 I'm not a musician or player either but I believe it means eight measures.

@EverettJohnson-gu3tu 19 күн бұрын

Bill Evans, like many artists, struggled through life. Thank the Lord he's forever available to the masses, and may God rest his soul.

@sethwexler6910 27 күн бұрын

Every performance was famous for him. Genius is an understatement.

@josiah566 Ай бұрын

how on EARTH does Bill Evans play a full range of unique and rich textures every turnaround but still somehow stay within the changes, evoke melody and movement at the same time? I'm actually frustrated - I've listened to this man for nigh 1.5 decades and he still shocks me with one of the first tunes I ever heard from him (in order from 2009, Nardis, Israel, My Foolish Heart, Peace Piece, My Romance, Waltz for Debby).

@user-vf5bv6vo4b Ай бұрын

Hey have you ever heard: “We will meet again?”

@josiah566 Ай бұрын

@@user-vf5bv6vo4b YES. Beautifully haunting tune from a tragic place from a tortured pianist. I love revisiting it but can't revisit it too much!

@michaelknibbs Ай бұрын

Yes. not just melody but emotion.

@jswjanjan Ай бұрын

❤Waltz for Debby❤

@mikeratledgeguy 4 күн бұрын

one of the most shockingly beautiful performances i’ve ever heard

@MrMichaelSteffan Ай бұрын

Dear Michael, Quite aside from - and, for me, possibly equalling - Bill Evans's mastery, is your own amazing work, not only in transcribing, but also synchronising your score to the audio / video. No fewer than three comments, therefore, from me: thank you, thank you and … er … (what was the last one?) - oh yes! Thank you.

@ChrisHodges87 28 күн бұрын

Well said.

@davidthomas6094 26 күн бұрын

My favorite jazz pianist. I love the close and complex chord structuring. The opposite of splashy. He is like Bach in that way.

@CSUnger Ай бұрын

The inventor of the pianoforte never imagined his instrument could be played this way. I always wondered what Bach, Mozart, Chopin et al would say if they could have witnessed and heard this.

@ezekielbrockmann114 Ай бұрын

I don't think Chopin would be too impressed.

@nintendianajones64 Ай бұрын

@@ezekielbrockmann114exactly. Chopin was already doing these things in his mazurkas lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMx-hqiQyN26k3U.html

@nika_251 Ай бұрын

i think they wouldve thought its shit. the impressionists would like it though

@Trooman20 29 күн бұрын

Beethoven would probably be impressed considered how he found works of Schubert which were profoundly musical to be divine and he always was trying to break the boundaries of music anyways. I think Bach would like it because of how different the use of harmonies arr from his time and how radical it sounds in comparison. Chopin definitely wouldn't be a fan of this and neither would Liszt be. Now the impressionists would love this stuff though. Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, etc would all vibe with this

@zzzzoijzzzzz 27 күн бұрын

Why the replies saying Chopin wouldn't be impressed? To me it this song sounds more like Chopin than Bach, Mozart or Beethoven. A very melodic right hand, chord progressions in the left, played with romantic freedom, some stretto and ritardo at the end... all reminiscent of F Chop

@jackd8602 3 күн бұрын

Classics and timeless

@ikkenhisatsu7170 Ай бұрын

When they say they don't make music like they used to... this.

@anthonyaveray1324 23 күн бұрын

Incredible. It’s funny how Bill Evans wakes up at the end hearing the audience applaud

@matthewwood4839 21 күн бұрын

I love his playing so much--never too much; just enough. My favorite is "A Child Is Born".

@JonathanRZeko 15 сағат бұрын

Thanks for the score!

@johnunkerman Ай бұрын

No flash necessary here. Just pure feel. Gorgeous!

@davidballantine1214 Ай бұрын

Is that really you here? I am totally in awe...words have officially failed me.

@haydenwayne3710 Ай бұрын

Masterful performance from my favorite jazz pianist. Thank you for displaying the transcription...an outstanding way to show Bill's genius! Thank you very much!!!!

@sitarnut Ай бұрын

Barley possible to thank you enough for this wonderment of a lifetime in Bill's music. The transcription is marvelous.

@wkmphoto Ай бұрын

Since I discovered Bill Evans music, I just love it as it is my favorite.

@henryzelman33 Ай бұрын

By far and away, Bill Evans was such an amazing talent. I have learned so much from this man and his style.

@brendahunt4125 22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much Michael, with the transcription I understand Bill’s music even better.

@cowpoly1564 11 күн бұрын

Oh that walk down to D7 …..❤

@Journalz 3 күн бұрын

When your jazz is so classic it sounds hip hop

@ronl7131 10 күн бұрын

Sweet vibe

@sebastianlafarge Ай бұрын

Great transcription!

@musikgf Ай бұрын

fantastic!

@falvegas511 19 күн бұрын

SOME AMERICAN MUSICIANS SHOULD HAVE, LIVED FOREVER!!! CORE AMERICA DOES SO MISS, BILL.

@opticalmixing23 Ай бұрын

This guy has just made it onto my list of favorite musician performers❤

@christianr.3170 Ай бұрын

Immediately bought the transcription! Thank you!

@verite Ай бұрын

Excellent work!

@magnificentmuttley2084 Ай бұрын

Absolutely sublime. Thank you for posting.

@coolliam422 Ай бұрын

a master at work

@johnrobinsoniii4028 Ай бұрын

That was SO moving!

@dan27music Ай бұрын

Incredible work.

@mateothode5603 Ай бұрын

Thank You 🙏 ❤️

@romeysiamese6662 Ай бұрын

Beautiful 😢

@lucasborquez6927 Ай бұрын

Una locura, gracias por la transcripción, el vídeo es oro puro.

@moondogaudiojones1146 Ай бұрын

Truly beautiful! So glad to see this!

@liketanyanot 27 күн бұрын

I am glad this recording exists. Thank you for posting.

@JC-bj5cv Ай бұрын

Beautifully done. He was a genius.

@mjm5081 Ай бұрын

Michael, thank you so much for sharing! 🙏❤🌹 Bill & Larry 🌹❤🙏

@jackd8602 Ай бұрын

stunning

@francoisedesalve153 Ай бұрын

Excellent ! 🌷

@user-ck2qv2dy8u Ай бұрын

Awesome!!

@danremenyi1179 Ай бұрын

What a nice piece.

@geu6270 Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks really great production with the sheet music following underneath amazing multimedia artist, musician and transcriber you are and I just bought it. Keep it up. 🎹

@peterney2402 Ай бұрын

I find this too beautiful, leaves me feeling melancholy yet deeply in touch with myself.

@valmikii4013 Ай бұрын

So cool with the notes running underneath. Amazing to me that you can do that. Enlightens the music, really. THanks :-)

@JT-rc7vx 23 күн бұрын

Soothing and loverly

@DD-hu3tq Ай бұрын

Bill Evan’s Trio for Life. 🧎🏻

@poppafoster 28 күн бұрын

Great transcript!

@docmupsy Ай бұрын

He plays right out of his head with immense concentration - wow

@salvatoredifalco4176 25 күн бұрын

Exquisite.

@timothyjones74 23 күн бұрын

Amazing ❤

@kenta206 Ай бұрын

How beautiful My Foolish Heart

@redbike6340 28 күн бұрын

Superb ❤

@marccopland1171 Ай бұрын

This might be my favorite Bill. All heart. Transcription seems really good.

@zappajohn1176 Ай бұрын

Que gran manejo de la polirritmia entre ambas manos.

@atlasborda Ай бұрын

se rinde ante el piano, majestic

@imalamboman12 Ай бұрын

Great!

@hugovandermeer1566 Ай бұрын

A major. Really nice.

@andreasandergast6839 20 күн бұрын

A genius ...

@dizmix Ай бұрын

Nice. Thanks

@Marc.22. Ай бұрын

Beautiful

@supercussion6590 Ай бұрын

The drummer’s so good

@paulpetersky Ай бұрын

A master on several fronts: Sheer genius at making lyrical, melodic lines across complex chord progressions, and of course his tasteful voicings.

@falvegas511 Ай бұрын

Unimaginably Sad when Bill was Gone. Have some of his CD's which I play often. hasn't been another ERvans HOWEVER,, DIANA KRALL has filled a lot of that missing Bill Evans Space.

@MrCarlchristian Ай бұрын

Bell Evans forever !

@zacharybiddle853 Ай бұрын

ive always loved how at the end of this video larry bunker just watches bill evans when he increases the tempo and closes out the song. how could you not just watch in awe. had to be hard to not get imposters syndrome playing with someone like bill.

@frederik606 Ай бұрын

Superbe la rythmique éxecutée parfaitement 🎶🎵🎶🎵♥️

@hugovandermeer1566 Ай бұрын

Played the treble clef notes, those that aren't chords, obviously, on my tenor sax. Beautiful.🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶🎷👍

@LupercaIia Ай бұрын

look that direction from the camera!! im dreaming now!

@thetomster7625 Ай бұрын

that timing/feeling is amazing. yet again, seeing this and reading the transcription, really brings me to the conclusion that we learn music all wrong... usually you still learn music the classic, the old fashion ways, where you simply play from the sheet and with those fixed note positions and very strict rules. when really we should learn more intuitively, in intervals and from feeling. because since we don't really play in big orchestras anymore, that almost military approach is no longer necessary and honestly: its taken me until now to overcome that, when it comes to playing jazz. its blocking me more then its helping, when actually composing or improvising on the spot.

@michael-solomon Ай бұрын

You’re right; but the transcription is helpful to see what he’s playing. Then you can make it your own; especially if there are parts you really like, then you can learn that and incorporate it in your own playing; but memorizing the entire solo verbatim is probably not the best way to learn improv.

@thetomster7625 Ай бұрын

@@michael-solomon oh, don't get me wrong, the transcript is great. its only that I hear solos like that in my head. but can't play them, because I don't have the ability yet to transport what I already hear and feel onto the instrument. I however can play the transcript... point being: the missing for my own expression, is what I was talking about :)

@halcyonacoustic7366 Ай бұрын

I think Bill was a classical player first..

@thetomster7625 Ай бұрын

@@halcyonacoustic7366 possibly... I'm not saying you couldn't get there the usual way and through hard work... I'm saying that hard work could be slightly simplified by approaching it differently from the start^^

@Pooter-it4yg 27 күн бұрын

The second trio in London doing a BBC session in front of a live audience (1965 I think). The session was edited into two episodes of a TV programme called Jazz 625. Both are available on DVD. The series as a whole is well worth checking out - they also featured Peterson, Monk, Dizzy, the MJQ, Blakey and the Messengers, Wayne Shorter and many others, including some Brits. Back in the day, the acts generally scheduled these studio sessions with residencies at Ronnie Scott's. Evans popularised this tune in A with his trios but later did it with Tony Bennett in Bb and that might be why it got Real Booked into the repertoire in that key. Interesting how many Real Book tunes are in "Sinatra keys" presumably for a similar reason. Or perhaps just to be friendlier to sax players...

@mrakl3 Ай бұрын

Anything that Bill Evans plays is a phenomenon. Why you would say that this is his "most famous performance" is baffling. He's a musician's musician.

@MarkRaymondLuce Ай бұрын

Agreed; I personally feel that there is no such Bill Evans performance that can be labelled by anyone to be his most famous performance!

@mrakl3 Ай бұрын

@@MarkRaymondLuce Righto

@jhoneral3803 28 күн бұрын

YES.....!

@johncourtneidge Ай бұрын

Entirely sublime! For me the added score was a distraction, but no matter. Thank-you!

@dolomonspov5079 10 күн бұрын

Oh shit I may have heard this song in the grand mafia game. Damn bro...good and peaceful times...

@msotil Ай бұрын

Bill Evans with Chuck Israels, bass; Larry Bunker, drums.

@TheMangyCalf Ай бұрын

Thank you for that.

@albertmoraleda6972 Ай бұрын

The king of elegance. Bill Evans.

@hezixiao Ай бұрын

Watching this now wearing my T-shirt with a Bill Evans Portrait in Jazz album cover print

@mwj5368 Ай бұрын

If Bill were alive today would the reality be for him that he would have to work a day job to survive? Thanks for this great video and so great to see the sheet music as he plays!

@olddoggeleventy2718 Ай бұрын

Wow.

@NomeDeArte Ай бұрын

Wtf, amazing what he did on bar 9, is lovely!

@eezyclsmooth9035 26 күн бұрын

Very moving yet sad that "Drug Addiction" shortened his life. It is always tragic when people are born with certain gifts but often Do Not utilize them to the fullest.

@johnrudy9404 Ай бұрын

Wearing a suit, clean cut, professional...let's get back to that.

@alanhill2508 24 күн бұрын

Again, a once in a lifetime talent destroyed by drugs.

@christopherczajasager9030 Ай бұрын

Good to hear his subtlety captured...inspired by...STEINWAY & SONS...😅

@MarkRaymondLuce Ай бұрын

First of all, I adore Bill Evans playing, and watching any video of him playing is an exceptional treat. And secondly, I read along with your transcript twice, mainly to double check those 16th note and 8th note triplets and the chords, you have an excellent ear, looks to me that you nailed it. I'm curious to know how many listens it took you to match the notation with the audio?

@michael-solomon Ай бұрын

Took me hours to transcribe it, which I did gradually; then I went back through it several times to catch mistakes.

@MarkRaymondLuce Ай бұрын

@@michael-solomon Thanks for the reply!