How many Bill Evans releases are on Riffiter?

95 releases are catalogued, spanning 1956 to 2025.

What genre is Bill Evans?

Bill Evans is catalogued under Jazz.

What is the most recent Bill Evans release on Riffiter?

Sweet And Lovely (Remastered Stereo 2025 / Take 5), released in 2025.

Artist

Bill Evans

Bill Evans is a jazz artist from New Jersey, USA. 95 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Jazz · New Jersey, USA · Best jazz albums

95
Releases: 1956–2025
Active years

Discography

90

Singles & EPs

5

About

Bill Evans (born William John Evans; 16th August 1929-15th September 1980) was one of the most famous jazz pianists of the twentieth century. Along with McCoy Tyner and Oscar Peterson, he was the force behind the biggest evolution in jazz since Art Tatum and Bud Powell. His use of impressionistic harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his syncopated and polyrhythmic melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists, including Herbie Hancock, Denny Zeitlin, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, and his work continues to inspire younger pianists such as Fred Hersch, Bill Charlap, and Lyle Mays, as well as other musicians such as guitarist John McLaughlin. He worked briefly with Miles Davis and was the pianist on all but one track of Kind of Blue (1959). In fact, although “Blue in Green” is credited to Davis, Evans always claimed that it was his own composition and that some years later Davis gave him $25 as compensation for lost royalties. Evans won seven Grammys during his career, the first for Conversations With Myself (1963) although not for his most celebrated work, Sunday At The Village Vanguard (1961) with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Mo…

Bill Evans in brief

How many Bill Evans releases are on Riffiter?: 95 releases are catalogued, spanning 1956 to 2025.
What genre is Bill Evans?: Bill Evans is catalogued under Jazz.
What is the most recent Bill Evans release on Riffiter?: Sweet And Lovely (Remastered Stereo 2025 / Take 5), released in 2025.