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Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans piano (Solo Sheet music partitura partition noten spartiti 乐谱 楽譜)
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans (1929–1980) was one of the most influential jazz pianists and composers of the 20th century, admired for his lyrical touch, harmonic sophistication, and deeply introspective style. His work not only shaped the language of modern jazz piano but also left a lasting mark on the entire jazz tradition and beyond.
Biography
William John Evans was born on August 16, 1929, in Plainfield, New Jersey. He grew up in a musical household, first studying classical piano and violin before fully embracing jazz as a teenager. He was trained in classical repertoire, which remained a strong foundation for his playing. After attending Southeastern Louisiana University, where he studied classical piano and music theory, Evans served in the U.S. Army and later moved to New York City in the mid-1950s.
In New York, Evans quickly gained recognition among leading jazz musicians for his unique approach to harmony and touch. His big break came in 1958 when he joined Miles Davis’s sextet, participating in the recording of Kind of Blue (1959), one of the most celebrated and influential albums in jazz history. Evans’s impressionistic voicings and modal sensibilities were central to the album’s sound.
After leaving Davis’s band, Evans formed his own trios, most famously with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This trio developed a groundbreaking approach to group interplay, where the rhythm section functioned not as mere accompaniment but as equal partners in a musical conversation.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Evans continued to record prolifically, leading multiple trio lineups, producing landmark albums such as Portrait in Jazz, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, and Waltz for Debby. Despite personal struggles with addiction, which shadowed much of his career, he remained a vital creative force until his death in 1980 at the age of 51.
Musical Style
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Bill Evans’s style is often described as lyrical, impressionistic, and harmonically rich. His influences included classical composers such as Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, and Scriabin, whose harmonic palettes inspired Evans’s jazz language.
Key features of his style include:
- Advanced voicings and harmonies: He pioneered the use of rootless chord voicings, where the bass note was often omitted, allowing the bassist to define the harmonic foundation and freeing Evans to create richer, more ambiguous sonorities.
- Modal and impressionistic approaches: Evans expanded jazz’s harmonic vocabulary by using scales and modes in ways reminiscent of Impressionist composers, lending his music a floating, ethereal quality.
- Dynamic touch and phrasing: His playing was highly expressive, with nuanced use of dynamics, rubato, and tone color. He often played with a delicate but deeply emotional touch.
- Interplay in the trio format: With Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, Evans developed a conversational style of trio playing, where improvisation was collective rather than hierarchical. This set a new standard for small-group jazz.
Importance and Influence
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Bill Evans’s influence is immense, both within and outside jazz. His contributions can be summarized in several key points:
- Revolutionizing the jazz piano trio
Before Evans, the typical trio format featured the pianist as the lead voice, with bass and drums in a supporting role. Evans, LaFaro, and Motian redefined the trio as a democratic unit, where all three instruments engaged in spontaneous interaction. This approach became the model for countless trios afterward. - Harmonic innovations
Evans’s chord voicings and harmonic concepts reshaped modern jazz. His “rootless voicings” were adopted widely by pianists and other chordal instrumentalists, influencing not just jazz players but also musicians in pop and classical crossover genres. - Contribution to Kind of Blue
His role in Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue helped shape one of the most important recordings in jazz history. Evans’s modal approach and atmospheric voicings defined much of the album’s mood and direction, particularly on pieces like “Flamenco Sketches” and “Blue in Green” (which Evans co-wrote). - A lyrical, introspective approach
Evans brought a new level of sensitivity and poetic lyricism to jazz piano. His performances often feel deeply personal and emotionally resonant, inspiring musicians to value subtlety and introspection as much as virtuosity. - Influence on generations of musicians
Virtually every jazz pianist since Evans—such as Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and Brad Mehldau—acknowledges his influence. His harmonic concepts also reached beyond jazz, shaping approaches in contemporary classical music, film scoring, and even popular music.
Legacy
Bill Evans is remembered as a musician who bridged the worlds of jazz and classical music, blending technical mastery with profound emotional expression. His albums remain touchstones for students and fans of jazz, particularly the live recordings at the Village Vanguard in 1961, which are considered among the greatest jazz trio performances ever captured.
Though his life was tragically cut short, Evans’s innovations in harmony, rhythm, and group dynamics permanently altered the landscape of modern music. Today, he is celebrated not only as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time but also as a transformative artist whose vision continues to inspire musicians worldwide.
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| Bill Evans Jazz Music For Classical Guitar |  | Bill Evans Jazz Music For Classical Guitar |
| Bill Evans Alice In Wonderland |  | |
| Bill Evans Autumn Leaves, Solo Transcription | Bill Evans Autumn Leaves, Solo Transcription | |
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| Bill Evans Blue In Green |  | |
| Bill Evans Interplay (Piano Solo Sheet Music Transcription) | Bill Evans Interplay (Piano Solo Sheet Music Transcription) | |
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| Bill Evans Like Someone In Love Transcription From The Album Time Remembered (Sheet Music) | Bill Evans Like Someone In Love Transcription From The Album Time Remembered (Sheet Music) | |
| Bill Evans Waltz For Debby (Complete Version) |  | |
| Bill Evans When I Fall In Love Victor Young |  | |
| Bill Evans – Time Remembered 14 Piano transcriptions |  | Bill Evans – Time Remembered 14 Piano transcriptions |
| Bill Evans – Alfie (Piano transcription) |  | |
| Bill Evans – Alice in Wonderland | Bill Evans – Alice in Wonderland | |
| Bill Evans – Autumn Leaves | Bill Evans – Autunm Leaves | |
| Bill Evans – Autunm Leaves (As Recorded by) | Bill Evans – Autunm Leaves (As Recorded by) | |
| Bill Evans – B minor Waltz (for Ellaine) |  | |
| Bill Evans – Blue in Green (Piano transcription) |  | |
| Bill Evans – Danny Boy, by Frederic Weatherly (Bill Evans Jazz version) | Bill Evans – Danny Boy, by Frederic Weatherly (Bill Evans Jazz version) | |
| Bill Evans – Emily Bass sheet music |  | |
| Bill Evans – Ev’rything I Love (sheet music transcription) |  | |
| Bill Evans – Everything Happens to me – a musical biography by Keith Shadwick (Book) |  | |
| Bill Evans – Gone with the wind transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans – In a Sentimental Mood – Piano solo transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans – Midnight Mood by Joe Zawinul | Bill Evans – Midnight Mood by Joe Zawinul | |
| Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart by Victor Young | Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart by Victor Young | |
| Bill Evans – My Funny Valentine (Transcription) Jazz Standard sheet music |  | |
| Bill Evans – Never Let Me Go (Piano transcription) |  | |
| Bill Evans – Never Let Me Go (Piano Transcription) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Bill Evans – One for Helen | Bill Evans – One for Helen | |
| Bill Evans – Only Child transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans – Piano Solos |  | Bill Evans Piano solos |
| Bill Evans – Rare Transcriptions 3 | Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol. 3 sheet music | |
| Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol.1 | Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol.1 sheet music | |
| Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol.2 | Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol. 2 sheet music | |
| Bill Evans – Remembering The Rain.mscz | ||
| Bill Evans – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |  | |
| Bill Evans – Signature Licks – Piano Transcriptions |  | Bill Evans – Signature Licks – Hal Leonard – Piano Transcriptions |
| Bill Evans – Skating in Central Park (Solo) from Undercurrent with Jim Hall |  | |
| Bill Evans – Someday My Prince Will Come from Portrait in Jazz sheet music Transcription | Bill Evans piano-solo-Someday my prince will come | |
| Bill Evans – Star Eyes (melody transcription) from The Universal Mind of Bill Evans | Bill Evans – Star Eyes (melody transcription) from The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (first page sample) | |
| Bill Evans – Star Eyes (melody transcription) from The Universal Mind of Bill Evans.mscz | ||
| Bill Evans – The 70’S Solo Piano |  | Bill Evans – The 70’S, Solo Piano |
| Bill Evans – The Artistry Of Bill Evans (Songs And Improvisation Transcriptions by Pascal Wetzel) | | Bill Evans sheet music |
| Bill Evans – The Artistry Of Bill Evans Volume 2 (transcriptions by Bob Hinz) |  | Bill Evans – The Artistry Of Bill Evans Volume 2 (transcriptions by Bob Hinz) |
| Bill Evans – The Dolphin piano solo transcription | Bill Evans – The Dolphin piano solo transcription | |
| Bill Evans – The Dolphin Transcription sheet music |  | |
| Bill Evans – The Last Compositions |  | Bill Evans – The Last Compositions |
| Bill Evans – Theme From Mash |  | |
| Bill Evans – Turn out the Stars | Bill Evans – Turn out the Stars_compressed | |
| Bill Evans – Turn Out The Stars – Bill Evans (Transcription) Jazz Standard sheet music (from Some Other Time) | Bill Evans – Turn Out The Stars – Bill Evans (Transcription) Jazz Standard sheet music | |
| Bill Evans – Very Early |  | |
| Bill Evans – Very Early Live In Paris [1972] solo transciption |  | |
| Bill Evans – We will meet again from The 70’S Solo Piano |  | |
| Bill Evans (1969) Emily sheet music transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans 4 New Versions Of Bill Evans Tunes Taken From His Recordings |  | Bill Evans_4 New Versions Of Bill Evans Tunes Taken From His Recordings |
| Bill Evans Autumn Leaves (as played in Portrait in Jazz) complete transcription | Bill Evans Autumn Leaves (as played in Portrait in Jazz) complete transcription | |
| Bill Evans B Minor Waltz Transcription | Bill Evans B Minor Waltz Transcription | |
| Bill Evans But Beautiful transcription | Bill Evans But Beautiful transcription | |
| Bill Evans Collection For Solo Guitar |  | Bill Evans Collection For Solo Guitar |
| Bill Evans Emily |  | |
| Bill Evans Fake Book (60 original compositions transcribed and edited by Pascal Wetzel) |  | Bill Evans Fake Book (60 original transc.)  |
| Bill Evans Five |  | |
| Bill Evans For All We Know (We May Meet Again) Piano Solo Transcription | Bill Evans For All We Know (We May Meet Again) | |
| Bill Evans How My Heart Sings – as played by Bill Evans | Bill Evans How My Heart Sings – as played by Bill Evans | |
| Bill Evans How My Heart Sings By Pettinger Peter (Book) |  | |
| Bill Evans Israel (Transcription) by John Carisi | Bill Evans Israel (Transcription) by John Carisi-1 | |
| Bill Evans Jazz Piano Transcriptions |  | Bill Evans Jazz Piano Transcriptions |
| Bill Evans Jim Hall – Romain from Undercurrent |  | |
| Bill Evans Like Someone In Love sheet music transcription (1962 Sessions) | Bill Evans April Like Someone In Love sheet music transcription (1962 Sessions) | |
| Bill Evans Michel Legrand What are you doing the rest of your life (transcription) | Bill Evans Michel Legrand What are you doing the rest of your life (transcription) | |
| Bill Evans Midnightmood |  | |
| Bill Evans Minority Transcription | Bill Evans Minority Transcription | |
| Bill Evans Nardis (Bill Evans Trio) |  | |
| Bill Evans Oleo (Transcription) | Bill Evans Oleo | |
| Bill Evans Omnibook For Piano Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |  | Bill Evans Omnibook For Piano Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
| Bill Evans Perfect Piano Score |  | Bill Evans Perfect Piano Score |
| Bill Evans Piano Interpretations |  | Bill Evans-Piano Interpretations sheet music library |
| Bill Evans Piano Solo Transcriptions |  | Bill Evans Piano Solo Transcriptions |
| Bill Evans Plays – Original Compositions Solo Transcriptions |  | Bill Evans Plays |
| Bill Evans Plays Duke Ellington Reflections In D |  | |
| Bill Evans Plays Standards |  | Bill Evans Plays Standards sheet music |
| Bill Evans Quiet Now (Jazz Standard) Transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans Solo Sessions Vol 1 Everything Happens To Me |  | |
| Bill Evans Solo Sessions Vol 2 What Kind Of Fool Am I |  | |
| Bill Evans Solo Sessions Vol1 April In Paris |  | |
| Bill Evans Someday My Prince Will Come Piano Solo | Bill Evans Someday my prince will come piano solo | |
| Bill Evans Songbook Jazz Piano Solos Series, Volume 19 (Bill Evans) 24 Selections |  | Bill Evans Songbook Jazz Piano Solos Series, Volume 19 (Bill Evans) |
| Bill Evans Stella By Starlight Jazz Standard The Bill Evans Trio Vol 2 Transcription |  | |
| Bill Evans Tenderly Everybody Digs | Bill Evans Tenderly Everybody Digs | |
| Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio Vol 1 |  | bill-evans-trio-Volume 1 1956-1961-transcriptions sheet music |
| Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio Vol 2 |  | Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio Vol 2 |
| Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio Vol 3 |  | Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio Vol 2 |
| Bill Evans The Harmony Of Bill Evans by Jack Reilly | | The Harmony Of Bill Evans (Piano Score) |
| Bill Evans The Mastery Of Bill Evans Artist Piano Transcriptions (a close look at two classic compositions: Waltz for Debby and Very Early) by Pascal Wetzel | | Bill Evans The Mastery Of Bill Evans Artist Piano Transcriptions |
| Bill Evans Time Remembered (lead sheet) | Bill Evans Time Remembered | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of April, 1962 Sessions Danny Boy |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of April, 1962 Sessions Easy To Love |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of April, 1962 Sessions In Your Own Sweet Way |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of April, 1962 Sessions Like Someone In Love |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of Everybody Digs Peace Piece |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of New Jazz Conceptions Waltz For Debby |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of Solo Sessions Vol.1 Medley My Favourite Things, Easy To Love, Baubles, Bangles And Beads |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of Solo Sessions Vol.2 I Loves You, Porgy (Complete Transcription) |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of Solo Sessions Vol.2 Love Is Here To Stay |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of Solo Sessions Vol.2 Medley Autumn In New York, How About You |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcription sheet music of Solo Sessions Vol.2 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |  | |
| Bill Evans Transcriptions (Own Tunes and tunes by Earl Zindars) |  | Bill Evans Transcriptions (Own Tunes and tunes by Earl Zindars) |
| Bill Evans Trio – Jazz improvisation (Transcriptions) |  | Bill Evans Trio – Jazz improvisation (Transcriptions) |
| Bill Evans Turn Out Star | ||
| Bill Evans We Will Meet Again |  | |
| Bill Evans When I Fall In Love |  | |
| Bill Evans You Go to my Head Piano solo (Omnibook For Piano Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos) Haven Gillespie J. Fred Coots | Bill Evans You Go to my Head Piano solo (Omnibook For Piano Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos) Haven Gillespie J. Fred Coots | |
| Bill Evans- Body And Soul Transcription |  |
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Track List:
Sweden ’64 My Foolish Heart 0:00 Israel 4:40 France ’65 Detour Ahead 9:09 My Melancholy Baby 14:16 Denmark ’70 Emily 23:20 Alfie 27:50 Someday My Prince Will Come 33:05 Sweden ’70 If You Could See Me Now 38:33 ‘Round Midnight 42:30 Someday My Prince Will Come 48:36 Sleepin’ Bee 54:21 You’re Gonna Hear From Me 58:59 Re: Person I Knew 1:01:56 Denmark ’75 Sareen Jurer 1:07:38 Blue Serge 1:13:50 Up With The Lark 1:18:29 But Beautiful 1:25:06 Twelve Tone Tune Two 1:30:19