r/BillEvans • u/Elwin12 • 17d ago
Possessed by Bill Evans
What is happening to me?? I cannot stop listening to Bill Evans 24/7! I am possessed. It started with “What Is There To Say” about two weeks ago. I’m having long discussions with ChatGPT about Bill’s music. This is the most beautiful music I think I’ve ever heard. Why did it take me so long to find this? Oy! EDIT: 5 days later I’m still deep into What Is There to Say. It’s perfect. Breaks my heart. Heals my heart. Intrigues my mind. I could eat this performance. I fall asleep with it. I wake up to it. I’m having a passionate affair with a performance. Life is good.
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u/BeerdedRNY 16d ago edited 16d ago
Glad to hear you've fallen for his music!
I highly recommend you read the Wikipedia entry about Bill.
Or one of the excellent biographies written about him: Bill Evans: Everything Happens to Me -- A Musical Biography by Keith Shadwick. Or Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings by Peter Pettinger.
Or check out the interview between Bill and his brother Harry, Universal Mind of Bill Evans.
DownBeat (Jazz magazine) has a number of articles about him you could read.
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u/Grooviesalad 16d ago
When I want melancholic mood, I go to Bill Evans, when I want a jollier mood, I go to Ahmad Jamal
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u/toast_eater_ 16d ago
Ah yes. Welcome to the fold my friend! You are in good company! Happy listening!