I remember being broke as hell in college and wondering how I was gonna eat, pay rent, etc... I just spent all day one day listening to Bill Evans, and thought man life is fucking beautiful and when nothing is going your way at least we have music. Thanks Bill for helping me find solace, your music has had a huge impact on us.

It's Feb.2024. I'm sitting in my car at the library where I came to use the wi-fi on a Sunday morning. The weather is warm, so I have the windows down. When I finished what I came to do, I pulled up this video. A few seconds later a hawk landed on a wire 15 feet in the air above me and has been listening to Bill. He knows what's good.

Still listening in 2023....this music is meant to sound forever 😉

Man,he makes a 10 hour drive seem short,never had a artist have such a major effect in my life.When I started driving 18 wheelers,my instructor was playing this.Didn’t understand then,but I do now.May his music continue to live on

This was the trio that played Ronnie Scotts' club in the late sixties, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian, and Bill took this band to Europe afterwards. My good fortune was to be conducted to the seat/ table to the right and rear of Bills keyboard, about six feet away from him, by Ronnie, who saved the best seats for visiting musicians who he knew would sit quietly listening, instead of talking and distracting. My friend Peter Taylor Wood and myself were working musicians in Dean Street, around the corner, and after our gig, we went into Ronnie's regularly. We sat through three sets listening to these great players, not knowing that history was being made there. Happy Days, and Bill was at his peak in my opinion.

Bill Evans is a king of piano! Who listens in 2021?

I saw him once. He filled the club with his rich piano playing. He filled my ears with his incredible playing. I’ll never forget it

This makes me feel okay with everything I’m not okay with

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

Why Jazz never seems to age like popular music, I'm sure this is like the 1950s or 60s, but still till this day the sounds are so fresh, even my kids to my grandkids will listen to Bill and many more legendary Jazz musicians.

Most of the time, listening to Bill, I do tear up. He plays the piano like no other.

Part of Evan’s appeal to me is, he took the time to state the melody so clearly in these great ballads before going off on his explorations. A lot of other great jazz interpreters , are cryptic, or dismissive of the tune from the outset of the piece. This respect of the theme melody made for a great foundation for the number

My 89 year old housemate turned me onto Bill Evans…how blessed am I?? (I’m 60…jazz fan for most of my life, just NOW discovering him!)😉

There has never been anyone like Bill Evans and there never will be again. There are no words...

Bill had a way of showing immense love for the beautiful pure intervals, the octave and the fifth, and used more dissonant intervals as a way to introduce contrast and highlight those beautiful resonances all the more when it was their time to be heard again. It takes darkness to really appreciate the sunlight. While many jazz players focused on the dissonances, Bill was all about those beautiful resonant intervals and chords.

His finger technique and control of tone, as well as thinking in long structures / melodic lines make him come very close to a classical concert pianist. Of course his taste and harmonic genius on top of that make him the unique Jazz musician he was. The guy is fascinating!

A master. A legend. Timeless. Who's still here in 2022?!

In this video (in order of appearance) B&W video first trio: Bill Evans, Chuck Israels (bass), Larry Bunker (drums) second trio: Bill Evans, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass), Alan Dawson (drums), + Lee Konitz (alto sax) third trio: Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez (bass), Marty Morell (drums) Color video fourth trio and fifth trio: same as third- Evans, Gomez, and Morell This youtube video has 5 different appearances by 3 different iterations of Bill Evans' trio. Neither Paul Motian nor Scott LaFaro appear in this video.

I'm a piano player- have been for 23 years. But Bill Evans- he's a piano demigod. I wouldn't even call what he did piano playing. I call it "Harmonic Transcendence". His chords are not chords. They're mathematical beauty.

Can't you feel how he becomes part of the piano like he is an extension of the instrument. He lives in his music.

For 50 years I've visited Bill Evans's music, gotten saturated in a good way before heading in another direction for a few months, and then I come back and hear things I didn't hear or appreciate, marvel at his art, and repeat the process, and it never, ever gets old.

¡Grande el Genio de Bill Evans! ¡Muchas gracias por rescatarlo en esta época tan decadente. 7-7-2023

...When cinematographers matched with the masters musicians perfectly

Before we had head bangers, we had head hangers. Beautiful memories from the Golden Era of Jazz.

I am happy that i was lucky enough to listen to him playing piano on the stage.

If I could immerse myself as deeply as Bill Evans did into his music, I'd say "goodbye" today and you'd never see me again.

I don't know how to critique this because I have no musical talent, but his music goes to straight to my soul.

Jazz is not music, it is a sound philosophy. And maestro Bill Evans is one of the most significant philosophers of this beautiful and delightful sound magic called JAZZ.

Chuck Israels on bass, one of the most beautiful bass tones of all time, and his timing is always superb.

Still, for me, it is always Bill Evans who I want to listen to.The best.

This is Bill Evans at his greatest. At once precise and lush, painterly and mathematical, emotional and intellectual, a truly amazing performance, with high quality video and sound, a treasure

Gosh what a mood... I was only thirteen At my Aunt and Uncles cocktail Parties...and this was playing On the turntable....in the corner Watching people...... Glamorous.

FABULOUS, even to this mild day in 2023!! Thank you, Mr. Evans!

Bill Evans is one of my favourite pianists. This period of jazz is one of my favourite kinds of music.

First time I heard Bill it was in 1967 in the house of my girlfriend. In that day I suddenly heard sounds from Trio 64 album . What a magic sounds coming from de LP Since then, listening Bill Evans music is a part of my life.

Bill had magic in his heart....RIP

It doesn't get any better than this.

Bill Evans is a king of piano! Who listens in 2021?. It doesn't get any better than this..

Every chord, the perfect color. Every run and riff, the perfect narrative.

This never gets old, a sweet fresh wine every listen, every hour, every night.

Bill Evans was a master of his craft. Every time he touched a piano, it just sang beautifully; effortless. I am now studying Jazz piano and Bill Evans is my guide.

Bill is quite an artisan and craftsman, who hones each note and key with the precise harmony and quality to soothe that weary spirit back to life. My deepest respect for such a dedicated artist as no other.

no matter what my current musical tastes or obsessions are, i always come back to Bill. i truly love this man's music.

Bill Evan's playing is so sublime...almost hypnotic. What notes he doesn't play are at least as important as the ones he does.

Bill Evans was by far my greatest influence. You cannot understand how much his music and play meant to me.

I'm listening in 2022. Been listening since the 60s.🙂

This man had it all, his angel like touch, the nuance of his voicings, his sense of swing... to name like three of his hundreds of musical attributes. Thank goodness we have his recordings.

The Master of Masters...truly music that is heaven sent... a genius without comparison whose tinkling ivory will live forever

I return again and again to listen this wonderful music, always like a caress for the soul!

Not to state the obvious but Bill Evans' sense of harmony is transcendent. It knows no bounds.

This is Bill at the top of his game, not saying anything new here that the band's sensitive and intuitive interplay, Bill's innovative harmonic and compositional genius and his ability to "live inside the music" is magical and extraordinary. One of the best things I have ever seen or heard.

There are no words apt to describe what one can feel, listening to Bill's music. In particular about the live situations. There are no words because "words are the children of reason" (Bill Evans)

I'll be listening to this in my car all day tomorrow for sure.

I was born in 1961 - when Bill cut the Live at the Village Vanguard performances with his original trio. Now that I'm 60, I appreciate his music more than ever. I was a latecomer to jazz, introduced to it in college in 1981. I missed 20 years of this, as it was happening! Since college I've traveled the world and find a jazz club in every city - Ronnie Scott's in London, Nardis in Istanbul, now defunct places in New York, LA and SF were some of my favorites. Watching this lifts my spirits, but fills me with such a sense of loss.

Sus lineas melódicas sincopadas y polirritmicas, su fraseo es característico en Evans. Poseía una gran sensibilidad, una visión introspectiva, un lirismo sereno, un "feeling", lleno de emoción y un toque de gran sutileza.

Notice how relaxed the pianist is. He even sleeps while playing. That's wonderful.

Bill Evansさんの曲は心を和ませる不思議なエネルギーに満たされています。嫌な事があって憤りを感じていても副交感神経を優位にしてくれます。

The mental and emotional focus is astonishing. Observing Bill Evans play should become fundamental basic academic rigor for young people everywhere. Look, feel, and listen at what can come from a highly disciplined and focused mind and heart. This friends, is what art can be.

Something about the Bill Evans Trio makes me so melancholic yet joyful at the same time

Such beautiful music... thank You God for the gifts you give Your children. Bill Evans was so lyrical and beautiful. Same for the whole Trio... Bill chose beauty in the music and the musicians

Bill Evans único e irrepetible!!!! Por siempre y para siempre!!!!

Bill Evans, a man whose piano effulges with genuine strokes of emotions. Aways watch his left hand. One of our greatest jazz pianists. The effect on me is his touch watching his hands play. With deepest respect and admiration, I honor all who were fortunate enough to have played with him. ❤️

i almost cried listening to this for the first time

The people in the audience were so lucky to witness such genius.

Lettuce not forget utube for this broadcast that has filled our ears and minds😎

I'm still coming back to this footage and, damn, Bill Evans' playing is so mellow. It's like a honey. And Konitz is one of my fave alto players. Best wishes to all of you.

It's 2023 and I'm listening hard 😆 lol. Love the 1950's east coast hard bop & west coast cool. I'm a little biased cuz I'm from California. West Coast cool !!! Bill Evans. Chet Baker art pepper dave brubeck & Charles mingus. Cool cat's all

hard to imagine music this good but there it is.

timeless Jazz! Always sounds so good even after listening over and over and over..............

Those of us who love this ...Salute Him who gave us these Great Human Beings with their AWESOME Gifts of Music ... Love this ...Love Oscar Peterson , Diana Krall ..OMG so wonderful a list...without end !

This is truely beautiful, emotional, touching music. Sadness and reflection expressed in this music heals people's heart.

My foolish heart is one of the most beautiful pieces ever created

How could anyone who has a pair of ears not like this, it is just divine.

Bill is someone who played from his heart, Myself and the world of music shall always never forget him.

I’m 15 years old. I never loved jazz more than I did 15 years ago; because I weren’t alive.

First up, is Bill with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker. This is the trio that booked into the Rubiot in Tulsa OK for two one week engagements in '63 or '64. As I was the drummer in the house band, I got to sit next to the stage every night, an unforgettable experience. In my opinion, this was Bill's best, most compatible trio.

Been listening/watching Bill for over 10 years, still amazed . It’s like he labours from his spirit to the physical world....

Bellísimo!!!! es toda una exquisitez al oído, quien más se deleita en en 2024 con esta maravillosa música, a la que parece no parle los años✨😌

In the early 70’s I was a music major at MPC in Monterey. Bill Evans did a couple clinics for us, with his trio. Wow it was incredible to see him so close and be able to ask musical questions.

I am from Germany. Thank you. I am very happy.

He would be the musician I would listen to for hours, never wonder have to ask anything because I knew ♥. I am on this wave-length however one would describe it.

Thanks for posting! I always loved this trio. Since I was a teenager and now I am old. Who's listen repeat now? Greeting from Japan!

인류사에 이렇게 소중하고 아름다운 공연이 영상으로 남아 있다는 사실이 너무나 다행스럽고 감격스러울 따름입니다.

Pure genius....Thank you Mr. Evans for influencing me to try to reach for the unreachable pure sounds. I know you are in Gods peaceful hands. Long will Bop live on!

Never heard anyone play with such a soft expressive touch. He actually makes the piano sound like something other- worldly and sublime. Truly amazing. Perfection.

This is just so beautiful and the world we all used to live in.

I wonder how many people listen to music with the kind of intensity that you need to appreciate this kind of thing.

Seeing Bill Evans play acoustic piano sometimes fills me with such a sense of wonder and despair at the same time. His touch, technique, and timekeeping was so smooth. And yet, his playing was filled with a variety of colors, emotions, and expressions. Then you try to play like him and reality slaps you in the face...despair. LMBO!!! Absolutely amazing...

How much better to see the intensity and perfection of the playing on video rather than just audio as in the live albums!

Beyond his heart and soul, beyond his extraordinary sensitive technique, it was his impressionistic compositional ability that singles out this genius as my favorite pianist!

We are graced to have this footage. The music, we have--yes. But this performance is something unique.

No one else could play My Foolish Heart this way! It´s just amazing all the sensations and emotions you can feel through this song, and the others, played by this unique musician

What a beautiful sound!!! makes me so emotional

Never thought I'd be able to see this. Thank you so much for uploading!

Masterpiece . BILL EVANS Genius of Jazz.

Superb selected anthology of performances. Thanks Zoltan!

The art of less is more, like Chet Baker, mesmeric. Sheila locked down in Spain, healed by this kind of masterful music.

Always a delight to listen to.

This live version of Emily is incredible. The little floruish of tirplets and rhythm changes he comes in with to finish after the bass solo at 26:16 knocks me out every time

1964..that was the year that I saw and heard him live in concert at the Comblain-la-tour jazz festival in the Belgian Ardennes.. goosebumps still down my spine when I remember it..!