Everybody Digs Bill Evans
jazz jazz piano Bill Evans jazz piano trio instrumental
From the album "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" -- recorded December 15, 1958 for Riverside records. Bill Evans (piano), Sam Jones (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). "What Is There to Say" is a standard written by composer Vernon Duke and lyricist Yip Harburg, for the Broadway revue "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934." The show opened on January 4, 1934, at the Winter Garden Theater and ran for 182 performances. “What Is There to Say?” was introduced in the show by Jane Froman and Everett Marshall playing bride and groom. Read more on Last.fm.

A near-total unknown when he landed in New York in 1955 to study with George Russell, Bill Evans quickly became famous as the most cerebral modern jazz pianist since Thelonious Monk. After a stint with Miles Davis that included the epochal Kind of Blue, Evans led his own trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian that ended with LaFaro's death in a 1961 car accident. After a period of seclusion, Evans returned with 1962's haunting, minimal Undercurrent. He maintained a steady presence in modern jazz until his death in 1980. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.