An excellent version of one of the best Evans' compositions. The Two Lonely People ("But Beautiful", 1974) C.T. (in fact the lyric was credited to John Court, but Richie Havens who recorded Sugar Plum years ago said HE really wrote it).ģ4 Skidoo ("Blue In Green" Aug. It was not exactly "composed" by Bill Evans: John Court, listening to Angel Face, a ballad by Joe Zawinul and Ben Raleigh on "Intermodulation", the Jim Hall - Bill Evans album, had the idea to take and repeat four mesures at the end of Bill' s solo and wrote a lyric. Sugar Plum ("The Bill Evans Album", 1971) H.O. This tune was never part of the repertoire of the trio. A trio version after a first try in piano solo, during the recording session for "Alone Again" (dec. The Opener ("I Will Say Goodbye", 1977) C.T. The initial arrangement was simplified for this trio recording with the Claus Ogerman orchestra. My Bells has probably been written early 1962 and was recorded for the first time Aug.22, 1962 in quintet for "Loose Blosse". A particularity of this 4/4 theme: the melodic stress point is placed in a recurrent manner on the fourth beat, that let think he may have thought initially this tune in 3/4. Bill Evans wrote this song - music and lyrics - as a gift to his son Evan for his fourth birthay (September 13, 1979). His leadsheet is in the key of F, but he used to explore the tune in many other keys. There are several trio versions recorded in 1979 -1980, since the tune stayed in Evans's book, my favorite being the one from "The Paris Concert, Edition II". A piece written by Bill on May 31,1979 for his girlfriend Laurie Verchomin who stayed with him till the end. After some changes the final version is dated July 29, 1979. I transcribed the first head (piano solo) of this quintet rendition. Interplay ("Interplay", 1962) Theme and solo - 3 pages. It would not stay in his book, and this is the only recording we have. 3 1/2 pages. Of the dozen of waltzes written by Bill Evans, it is one of the less known. G Waltz ("California Here I Come", 1967) H.O. I arranged for one piano the transcription of this "conversation" between three pianos, two acoustic and one electric. W ritten by Bill Evans for his second wife Nenette Zazzara. Bill Evans liked this composition written for Conrad Mendenhall, a friend who helped him and Ellaine a lot and died in a car accident: a sixteen -bar minor tune in 4/4, repeated in 3/4, then transposed to an ascending fifth, and so forth during the solos. The changes are those of Autumn Leaves, a diatonic cycle of fifths: IV - VII - III - VI - II - V - I - VI - V - Iįor Nenette ("New Conversations" 1978) C.T. This version differs from Bill's leadsheet published in my "Bill Evans Fake Book" and is better. He probably was not so happy with the second half of his composition and rewrote it.Ĭomrade Conrad ("The Bill Evans Album " 1971) H.O. - 2 pages. This is the only recording we have of this tune probably written in autumn 1966.
TRANSCRIPTIONS OF BILL EVANS COMPOSITIONSĬhildren's Play Song ('"From Left To Right" 1970) H.O. Yes, I can do accurate complete transcriptions on request and give a rough estimate of cost before. You wish to have your favourite tune transcribed ?
These transcriptions have not been published yet, but I welcome any suggestion and help to get them published: I do wish they were available to all Bill Evans fans. TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM BILL EVANS RECORDINGSĪll are accurate note-for-note transcriptions (and not mere arrangements, though I had to make some arranging for the pieces from "New Conversations" played in re-recording).
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