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Bill Evans Trio

Bill Evans Trio is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Earl Hines, Art Tatum and Coleman Hawkins. Those roots explain a lot about how Bill Evans Trio arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson and Chick Corea, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Bill Evans Trio, reaching back through Tommy Dorsey and forward to John Coltrane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His extensive use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, and trademark rhythmically independent "singing" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today.

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Bill Evans TrioTommy DorseyHarry JamesEarl HinesArt TatumColeman HawkinsBud PowellGeorge ShearingStan GetzJohn ColtraneCannonball AdderleyPhilly Joe JonesPaul ChambersBill EvansThelonious MonkMiles DavisOscar PetersonChick CoreaDuke EllingtonHorace SilverLee Konitz

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Bill Evans Trio connections

Bill Evans Trio grew out of Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Earl Hines and Art Tatum, shares an orbit with Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and Oscar Peterson, went on to shape John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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