Bill Evans most famous performance

Bill Evans: piano, Larry bunker: drum, Chuck Israels: bass.

This is a live recording of the Bill Evans Trio playing “My Foolish Heart”. I transcribed Bill Evans’ piano solo by ear. This performance was on March 19, 1965 at the BBC studios in London as part of the program Jazz 625.

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[cisraels]

Playing the bass part was relatively easy because Bill and Larry didn’t depend on it. Theo time was so good that I could place my rhythms where they were most effective. This is a superb transcription.

[MD-qmgy]

My teacher keeps harping about my posture at the piano and then I show him a video of Bill Evans staring at his shoes the whole time.😅

[dalemseitzer]

When I hear Bill play, it feels like the deepest darkest blues. Sad, powerful, heavy.

[PetrichorAllegory]

I'm a simple man. I see Bill Evans My Foolish Heart transcription, I buy it. Thank you!

[JamesZ]

How does Bill even play the left hand so soothingly soft, but still audible and in sync with the melodic right hand....just amazing

[immanuellasker]

Bass interplay is fundamental part of the success of this performance.

[bernardwalker]

His posture had to be the inspiration for how Charles Schultz drew Shroeder.

[EverettJohnson-gutu]

Bill Evans, like many artists, struggled through life. Thank the Lord he's forever available to the masses, and may God rest his soul.

[louispearson]

The performance that made me switch from classic to jazz. This video was the nexus of my jazz origins, thank you for this.

[jakenewman]

The finest improvising melodist to have lived, in my view.

[AnthonyJohnson-Hud]

Genious! His playing was perfection. I actually got a chance to see him play in a small club. It was like being in another world. God Bless him!

[josiah]

how on EARTH does Bill Evans play a full range of unique and rich textures every turnaround but still somehow stay within the changes, evoke melody and movement at the same time? I'm actually frustrated - I've listened to this man for nigh 1.5 decades and he still shocks me with one of the first tunes I ever heard from him (in order from 2009, Nardis, Israel, My Foolish Heart, Peace Piece, My Romance, Waltz for Debby).

[sethwexler]

Every performance was famous for him. Genius is an understatement.

[andycarapiet]

His understated touch was simply stunning and amazing!

[djvg]

My favorite part is at 3:49. When he plays Amaj7 - Eb7 - Dmaj7, it feels like he's being naively hopeful. In the next measure he kills that sense of hope. That C#7 into F#7 leaves you awkwardly dejected like you shouldn't have even tried in the first place.

[rustar]

I'll be a devoted Bill fan till the day I die. When he's touching the keys, he's touching the keys to our soul. So much beauty in his playing. It's fragile, like he was.

[davianjessamy]

Thank you Bill for melting away my Sunday stress in less than five minutes ! Rest in peace brother 🙏🏾

[MrLewis-lkus]

Of the millions of YouTubers worldwide, only the elite few in this comment section know this is the video that matters more than any of them.

[theprior]

Seeing his hands playing and knowing he was left-handed I was amazed to see he superimposed the left hand over the top of the right hand at one point and had his left fingers play notes among the right hand chords and melody. That to my mind was phenomenal. His musical understandin was absolutely unique. We still miss him hugely 44 years since he left this world.

[anthonyaveray]

Incredible. It’s funny how Bill Evans wakes up at the end hearing the audience applaud