ERC052S Bill Evans Trio - Portrait In Jazz (Stereo)

Regarded as one of the most influential pianists in jazz, Bill Evans (born William John Evans, August 16,1929) continues to inspire both audiences and musicians alike with his timeless ingenuity. Classically trained at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music, Evans majored in composition and received the Artist Diploma before moving to New York in 1955 to work with bandleader and theorist George Russell. Joining Miles Davis Sextet in 1958 saw Evans’s inventive interpretation of traditional jazz encourage Davis to experiment more than usual with musical modes and record what is widely considered to be one of the greatest...