Out of curiosity I just Yahooed the Bill Evans I'm looking for and got this: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bassman/from/alljazz And this other bloke goes by the name 'Bass Man Bill Evans'. I'm not a diehard fan (solo bass.. what a genre) as you can see- but sure was impressed by that one track I heard (solo bass/classical fusion). I was actually looking for another JSB piece on kazaa - namely, a guitar arrangement of Bach's first lute suite (bwv996 allemande (second movement)). Thing was I found guitar tabs for it and can play the part I want to play, but have no idea how it's supposed to sound played professionally (guitar tabs tend to let you down on timing), so I was looking for an mp3 of it but all I found was a lousy midi (if you're curious it's here:) http://www.geocities.com/heygoosey/jsb0996.mid It's only a supertiny 30.3k and you'd be better off right clicking and "saving target as". The part I'm trying to get is between the 2minute mark and the 2min30sec. Anyway it's not even my genre. I just listen to lots of stuff- eclectica you may say. On Stan Getz not so much on the Getz side but I prefer the Gilbertos and Jobim. And if you want a loungy CD, a keeper, which won't chase your grown up kids out of the living room, I'd recommend Bebel Gilberto's Tanto Tempo Remixes :-) And still feeling jazzy, if anyone wants some REALLY nice plucking chords (medium difficulty) for Girl from Ipanema which I found somewhere on the net, drop me a mail and I'll send it over.
Rgds, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: RE: Bill Evans > Right you are, Shel, > > Bill Evans was one of the most influential jazz pianists of the last 50 > years or so. Came to prominence in the mid -50's. Played with Miles Davis' > mid to late-50's band (most notably on his seminal Kind of Blue album), and > thereafter was pretty much a solo act. > > Was one of the developers or at least early players of "modal" jazz, where > one improvises off key changes in addition to chord changes (as in bebop). > > Unfortunately, he had terrible drug addiictions, including herion. While he > may have finally beat those addictions, they led to health problems, and he > passed on sometime around 1980 or so, at a relatively young age (I think he > was in his early 60's) > > I know there was a sax player (I think it was) named Bill Evans who had a > few albums out in the 70's and/or '80's. I've never heard ot a bass player > by that name, but it is a common name, so who knows? > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Bill Evans > >Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:16:38 -0800 > > > >Bill Evans was a piano player ... I think he's gone now. Frank? > > > >Ryan Lee wrote: > > > > > Is that Bill Evans the bass guy? If it is I've got a neat (albeit a bit > > > strange) track of him doing Bach's Prelude to Cello Suite #1 in G on a > >bass > > > guitar.. very fascinating :-) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > >
