The person who transcribed all of these great Bill Evans’ solos does not seem to be mentioned in this Omnibook. The colors of his chord voicings, the melodic and lyrical performance, the rhythmic variances in his playing and the interplay and communication between the piano, bass and drums is exciting and rewarding to listen to. I also like playing his music when I have company over to the house as it just sets up the perfect ambiance and class to a dinner or social event. I love listening to his beautiful piano playing when I want to relax and just chill out. I have many piano recordings of Bill Evans in my CD library. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, “singing” melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today.” “William John Evans (Aug– September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. Here is a short bio of Bill Evans from Wikipedia: I can think of no better non-saxophone playing musician to check out than the incomparable Bill Evans on piano. These are all saxophone players of course, so in the interest of being more “well rounded”, I thought it would be a good idea to check out a non-saxophone Omnibook.

Hal Leonard has already released many other great Omnibooks that I have already reviewed here including the Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker Volume 2, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane Omnibooks. Today, I am reviewing the Bill Evans Omnibook for piano that is published by Hal Leonard. *I posted all the recordings I could find on Youtube that go with this transcription book at the bottom of this review………Enjoy!

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