Bill Evans
- MatchBill Evans
- 37%Chick Corea
- 36%John Coltrane
- 35%Oscar Peterson
- 34%Cannonball Adderley
- 34%Cole Porter
- 34%Duke Ellington
- 34%Horace Silver
- 34%McCoy Tyner
- 34%Miles Davis
- 34%Sonny Rollins
Biography
16 August 1929, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA, d. 15 September 1980, New York City, New York, USA. One of the most important and influential of modern jazz pianists, Evans studied at Southeastern Louisiana University, while summer jobs with Mundell Lowe and Red Mitchell introduced him to the jazz scene. He was in the army from 1951-54; played with Jerry Wald in 1954-55; studied at the Mannes School of Music, New York 1955-56; then began a full-time jazz career with clarinettist Tony Scott.... Read more