Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. An analysis of the compositions of bill evans, billy strayhorn, and bill murray. Bill evans blue in green, the best of the early years. Midnight mood from the alone album i loves you porgy from recording at the montreux jazz. It was through a cover story in a 1960 downbeat magazine that i discovered pianist bill evans. The following is a listing of the jazz pianist bill evans original albums. The capstone of this arch upon an arch is the thirty seconds or so of coltranes solo. Although the original release gave composition credit of blue in green to davis, evans claimed he wrote it entirely, based on two chords suggested by davis nowadays, they receive cocredit. Soundbite of blue in green, performed by the late miles davis. Ive already posted about the issues of letter from evans that are available on scribd. Bill evans sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. Nenette and bill remained married until bills death in 1980.
The sheet music contained on the transcription page of. See new and popular bill evans songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Bill evans, american jazz pianist known for lush harmonies and lyrical improvisation, one of the most influential pianists of his time. Given its in the real book key of c and utilising judicious use of reharmonisation, this is a great excerpt to just sit back and enjoy playing. Quite a bit of the album consists of ballads, the two lonely people, what are you doing for the rest of your life and of course the title track blue in green, but there are also a. That way i can see in the analytics what kind of videos people want. Bill evans with harry evans on the creative process 9. He recorded over 50 albums as a leader between 1956 and 1980 and also played as a sideman on nearly as many more. Blue in green comprises a canadian concert by the bill evans trio. Bill evans blue in green the concert in canada 1991. Posted is a transcription of the introduction, head and bill evans solo on minority album. While in new haven i began transcribing segments of piano recordings i wanted to learn and play.
First appearing on miles davis classic jazz album kind of blue in 1959, the song is often. I reuploaded this video as i really messed up the audio and had to rerender everything. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of tradit. Introduction to jazz piano blue in green by miles davis. Rare transcriptions 2 song recording 1i hear a rhapsodywith jim hall undercurrent 2. Intuition has to lead knowledge, but it cant be out there alone bill evans wkipedia. Pressed on 180gram vinyl, this 4lp set includes the original 2 bennettevans albums, plus 2 discs of alternate takes and outtakes. In honor of miles davis 80th birthday friday, writer and poet quincy troupe discusses. Download and print blue in green sheet music for piano solo by miles davis in the range of f3a6 from sheet music. Excellent source for bill evans compositions, made a bit more manageable. Blue in green piano sheet music you can print the sheet music, beautifully rendered by sibelius, up to three times. Blue in green, the best of the early years 195560 music.
Johnny griffin rhythmaning concert pitch rhythmaning for bb instruments from thelonious in action 1958. Bill evans solo transcription note for note from waltz for debby, 1962. I began creating music transcriptions of piano recordings in 1977. Bill evans blue in greenthe concert in canada amazon. Im aware that bill evans often spoke vehemently of blue in green being his own composition.
Volume 4 is by jeff brent, a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and author of modalogy and other acclaimed jazz theory and education books. Music notes for piano solo sheet music by miles davis miles davis. Blue in green tutorial bill evans chords, voicings, pdf. Bill evans a stepbystep breakdown of the piano styles and techniques of a jazz legend by brent edstrom ro. This intro is taken in the key of a major, instead of the usual f major for this tune, and it offers a few interesting short modulations not heard in his more traditional takes. Bill evans films of the humanities and sciences, 1998 11. He graduated with a music teaching degree from southeastern louisiana college in 1950. There are some points in which the playing was rhythmically free most likely on purpose. Alice in wonderland autumn leaves bills hit tune blue in green.
Bill evans blue in green, the best of the early years 1955. Bill evans the solo sessions volume 1 purchase album stream album. However bill evans, the composer, has yet to take his place alongside the great masters of composition. He broke new ground in many of his piano trio, duet and solo recordings. Until the arrival of the lp, id been locked to the piano with pianist oscar peterson, phineas newborn, george shearing, and dave brubeck. Print and download in pdf or midi blue in green voicing miles davis bill evans. William john evans was an american jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. I have recently begun making electronic versions of some these transcriptions using studio vision and finale.
Transcriptions on are for educational use only and may not used forprofit in any way. The solo transcription was done mostly as an exercise in melodic diction so i have not concerned to a great extent rhythmic accuracy. While studying at berklee college of music in 19761977 i took a class where we learned to sightsing melodies, conducting 44 or. Evans really lets you have it here with his wonderful texturally rich approach that we have all come to know and love. Im using the original audio for educational purposes. Someday my prince will come bill evans solos transcription. Impd154 entitled bill evans, roy haynes, eric dolphy, oliver nelson, paul chambers, freddie hubbard the blues and the abstract truth. If you want to see more bill evans uploads just like and subscribe.
Miles claims in his autobiography that he wrote all of the tunes on kind. The transcription contains only the piano and bass parts. One of the first was wynton kellys fourchorus solo on freddie freeloader from miles davis quintessential album, kind of blue. With that issue came a subscription offer that included a copy of the bill evans trio everybody digs bill evans, on the riverside label. The main theme of the bad and the beautiful by vincente minnelli 1952, composed by david raksin, author of many film scores and of the famous laura, was interpreted piano solo by bill evans for the second album recorded september 1976 by the tony bennett bill evans duet.
The canada concert is one of my favorite bill evans albums. I recently revisited some of the videos uploaded by my youtube friend roger lot2learn. In any case, kind of blue now the biggestselling acoustic jazz. Shop our newest and most popular bill evans sheet music such as peace piece, everything happens to me and autumn leaves, or click the button above to browse all bill evans sheet music. The tight and almost telepathic musical communication between the musicians, the strong repertoire six evans originals, a pair of ballads, and so what. Letter evans, wing 1994 suggested lefthand voicings in absence of bass 1140 solo quiet double time 3. In this article well take a look at how to play this piece as a solo piano arrangement. Gretchen parlatos the lost and found album released in 2011. Hi folks, im back this time with a new transcription of a classic bill evans solo introduction, waltz for debby as played on the cbs 1971 bill evans album. They dont name a transcriber for this omnibook collection.
To that end, weve released an amazing collection of bill evans most astounding songs and solos in digital database software. Pianist evans, bassist eddie gomez, and drummer marty morell had been playing regularly together since 1969 gomez had joined the group back in 1966. John coltrane on blue in green this solo doesnt need much of an introduction. Jazz piano transcriptions recommended jazz advanced piano. Bill evans sheet music free download in pdf or midi on musescore. Bill evans the complete live at the village vanguard 1961 riverside j vicj 6095 bill evans, piano. Bill evans trio portrait in jazz bill evans piano scott lafaro double bass paul motian drums. Blue in green is the third tune on miles davis 1959 album, kind of blue. This transcription is done by jorn swart and covers bill playing the start of my romance on his lonesome in that impeccable way of his. Blue in green by miles davis miles davis digital sheet. In our catalog, you can find bill evans sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Bill evans blue in green take 2 transcription youtube. Many of the real books reference miles as the author and so i included here it for easy reference.
In this book jeff shares detailed analysis of transcriptions of live performances. Jazz piano transcriptions archive include about 950 piano. I had a look at your transcription of i loves you porgy, as played by bill at montreaux. Yes the chords have bill evans written all over them, perhaps miles had some say in the melody. I had forgotten that he had done an excellent version of blue in green that classic from the best.
Though miles has been given credit for the tune, it has long been speculated that pianist bill evans actually wrote the tune. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. You can print the sheet music, beautifully rendered by sibelius, up to three times. The album is worth checking out if you havent already. The end result transcription is the transcribers view of the original authors work. Blue in green i am looking for a transcription of bill evans intro. The transcription of the head was done as an exercise in hearing harmony and voicings. The concert in canada is a live album by jazz pianist bill evans with eddie gomez and marty morell recorded in camp fortune, gatineau, quebec, canada in 1974 and released on the milestone label in 1991. All blues by miles davis, bill evans, transcription. Search our free piano sheet music database for more.
This version is a bit more up, giving it kind of a jazzrock sort of groove. Bill evans, miles davis, charles mingus, art farmer, bob brookmeyer, george russell, the eddie costa quartet, lucy reed, frank minon, jimmy cobb bill evans. Blue in green voicing sheet music for piano download free in. Jun, 20 this is a transcription of the twochorus solo that pianist bill evans takes with the miles davis sextet on love for sale. Transcriptions of bill evans s jazz piano solos including waltz for debby, green dolphin street, a time for love, one for helen, turn out the stars. Apr 12, 2012 blue in green is a ballad allegedly written by miles davis for his famous hit record kind of blue. Ive snabbed the pdfs and extracted the following transcriptions from various issues. Bill evans with harry evans on the creative process by editel of new york 8. A couple of the songs for nenette and my bells are presented in easier keys, as well as in the. Find similar albums to blue in green milestone bill evans on allmusic. It doesnt matter what instrument you play, that is something you desperately want in your playing. Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. How many of these transcriptions have already been released in other bill evans transcription books.
Blue in green was written in 1959 for the miles davis classic, kind of blue. Blue in green from the album kind of blue by miles davis. Piano transcriptions archive including more than 950 transcriptions in pdf of popular jazz pianist. Blue in green is the third tune on miles davis 1959. This is likely my last bill evans post but i think i will be moving on to some other. Frequence analysis of so what the sessions monday, march 02, 1959. Introduction to jazz piano blue in green by miles davis youtube. I would suggest that miles daviss 1959 recording kind of blue is. Simply put, no one delivers the level of sensitivity and touch that bill evans had. In 1974, bill evans recorded a multimovement jazz concerto written for him by claus ogerman entitled symbiosis.
Prior to this i had picked out songs by ear like the beatles lady madonna and martha my dear, memorizing them as i went, and thus bypassing the process of attempting to notate what i was hearing. This is one of bills early albums featuring the great bassist scott lafaro. Blue in green milestone bill evans similar allmusic. You can either print the sheet music from our website, or from playgrounds mac and pc. This discography represents almost all of the known recording career of jazz pianist bill evans, including his own sessions as a leader and those for which he was a sideman on the date. Transcriptions of bill evanss jazz piano solos including waltz for debby, green dolphin street, a time for love, one for helen, turn out the stars. Peter bernstein solo on metamorphosis transcribed by tono gonzalez bill evans solo on solar matthew meldon oscar petersons land of the misty giants jimmie rivers trumpet solo on swedish pastry from the record brisbane bop. In our catalog, you can find bill evans sheet music for piano, drums, flute. Several of those won or were nominated for grammy awards.
As you highlight, whatsapp can easily get out of control with just 5 people in a group. Free pdf piano sheet music for blue in green bill evans. You can either print the sheet music from our website, or from playgrounds mac and pc applications. Npr contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with npr. A compilation of articles now revised and expanded that originally appeared in the quarterly newsletter letter from evans, this unique folio features extensive analysis of evans work. Quite a bit of the album consists of ballads, the two lonely people, what are you doing for the rest of your life and of course the title track blue in green, but there are also a few jams as well. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Its taken from the columbia recording originally entitled jazz track, although these days youre probably more likely to find it under the reissue title of 58 miles.
Looks like it has once been on this site, but i cannot find it anymore. Download your blue in green chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. Bill evans minority piano head and solo more information home about fji departments linear jazz improvisation. Bill evans transcriptions take a look at my collection of transcriptions with me, sound of love my mans gone now nardis how deep is the ocean lucky to be. Sep 08, 2015 bill evans trio portrait in jazz bill evans piano scott lafaro double bass paul motian drums. Transcriptions bill evans minority piano head and solo. The 1970s also saw evans collaborate with the singer tony bennett on 1975s the tony bennettbill evans album and.