Bill Evans

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bandleader composer human jazz pianist

Bill Evans was a highly influential American jazz pianist and composer known for his lyrical playing style and key role in shaping modern jazz harmony, including his work on Miles Davis’s landmark album "Kind of Blue."

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Label	Occurrences
Bill Evans canonical	60
Tony Bennett and Bill Evans	2
Stan Getz & Bill Evans	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1980 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950 ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album ⓘ
causeOfDeath	complications of drug use ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Jim Hall ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Paul Motian ⓘ Scott LaFaro ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-08-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1980-09-15 ⓘ
education	Southeastern Louisiana College ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Welsh-American ⓘ
familyName	Evans ⓘ
fieldOfWork	jazz harmony ⓘ music ⓘ
fullName	William John Evans ⓘ
genre	cool jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ modal jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
influenced	Brad Mehldau ⓘ Chick Corea ⓘ Herbie Hancock ⓘ Keith Jarrett ⓘ
instrument	piano ⓘ
memberOf	Bill Evans Trio ⓘ Miles Davis Sextet ⓘ
notableWork	Conversations with Myself ⓘ Everybody Digs Bill Evans ⓘ Explorations ⓘ Kind of Blue ⓘ Portrait in Jazz ⓘ Sunday at the Village Vanguard ⓘ Waltz for Debby ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Plainfield, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel	Fantasy Records ⓘ Riverside Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ
style	impressionistic harmony ⓘ lyrical playing ⓘ

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Miles Davis → associatedAct → Bill Evans ⓘ

Erroll Garner → influenced → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Tony Bennett → collaboratedWith → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Chet Baker → associatedAct → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Embraceable You → hasNotablePerformer → Bill Evans ⓘ

Bud Powell → influenced → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Stan Getz → notableWork → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Nice Work If You Can Get It → hasNotableRecordingBy → Bill Evans ⓘ

A Foggy Day → hasNotablePerformer → Bill Evans ⓘ

The Man I Love → hasNotablePerformer → Bill Evans ⓘ

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So What → featuredMusician → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Blue in Green → composer → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Flamenco Sketches → performer → Bill Evans ⓘ

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The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Bill Evans ⓘ

Jim Hall → associatedAct → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Glad to Be Unhappy → hasNotablePerformer → Bill Evans ⓘ

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Kenny Burrell → associatedAct → Bill Evans ⓘ