![]() ![]() The piano playing of Bill Evans tends to promote contrapuntal independence between the bass line and the melody-influenced by the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. With the intention of conducting a deeper analysis on the most significant material, we have selected only three tracks: ‘April in Paris’ (vol. We will be looking at the piano session recorded on January 10, 1963, released posthumously in two separated albums as ‘The Solo Sessions, Vol.1’ (1989), and ‘The Solo Sessions, Vol.2’ (1992). Bill Evans made frequent usage of silence devices in his improvisations, which are especially noticeable in his solo recordings. We will be using transcriptions by William Hughes (2017) however, the object our study will be silence, defined as an intentional refraining from producing sound. Jazz musicians often study Bill Evans’s harmonic innovations through the transcription of his recordings. ![]() International Conference on Music Performance, Aveiro (Portugal)Ībstract: Bill Evans (1928-1980) was one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century. ![]() The Silence Devices of Bill Evans's 1963 Solo Session: April in Paris, All the Things you are, and Ornithology. ![]()
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