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Everybody Digs 'Em: Two Jazz Greats from '58
Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews two new CD reissues showcasing great jazz pianists: We Three, featuring the Tennessee-born pianist Phineas Newborn, and Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Both were recorded in...
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A Lost Love Is Hard: Jazz Singers Understand
Valentine's Day is great for lovers, but what about those who have loved and lost? Don't they deserve a Valentine's gift, too? Absolutely. Here are five deliciously heartbreaking songs of love lost by...
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Bill Evans: 'Piano Impressionism'
Evans' introspective lyricism and subtle, Western classical flourishes have echoes in a legion of fellow keyboard players. As a leader and composer, he introduced an influential, highly interactive...
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Dear Bill: From Brazil, With Love, Eliane
Eliane Elias grew up listening to the music of jazz pianist Bill Evans in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Now an accomplished pianist and singer in her own right, she shares a small selection of her favorite trio,...
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Peak Performances from the Village Vanguard
For jazz musicians, playing at the Village Vanguard is a special event. To record there is a rite of passage. How can you not bring your best stuff, knowing who brought theirs before? Here are five...
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Make Peace, Make Jazz
In 1982, the UN began observing "Peace Day" every September at the opening of its General Assembly. In 2002, it officially declared Sept. 21 as a permanent date for the International Day of Peace. In...
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A Leaf Falls On Loneliness (For E.E. Cummings)
Even though there's a stunning array of color in autumn, there's something inherently melancholy about watching the leaves drop. Let these five confessionals prepare you for a season of the high...
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The Bottom Line: Bass On Top
Notes from an unamplified double bass rank among the most beautiful man-made sounds; in jazz, the creator of those notes is always in the middle of the action, charting the harmonic direction of a band...
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Jim Hall: Guitar As Miniature Orchestra
Hall is in a league of players who've turned the tables for jazz and their respective instruments. As far as modernizing the sound and vocabulary of jazz guitar to the degree he did, longtime admirer...
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Go Green For St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is a holiday when everybody is Irish: wearing at least a splash of green, getting together with friends for a pint or a party, and so on. To celebrate the day, here are some jazz...
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Branford Marsalis And Joey Calderazzo's Top Five Jazz Duos
Inspired by their own album of duets, we asked the jazzmen to name their favorite pairings.(Image credit: Stephen Sheffield/Marsalis Music)
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Bill Evans On Piano Jazz
Pianist Bill Evans was a giant of jazz piano and one of Marian McPartland's first guests on Piano Jazz in 1979. On this program, the usually quiet and reserved musical genius opens up about his...
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Songs We Love: Bill Evans Trio, 'You're Gonna Hear From Me [Alternate Take]'
In a newly unearthed studio recording, a short-lived version of Bill Evans' trio, with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette, shows just how fervent their musical conversations could be.(Image credit:...
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A New Documentary Explores The Troubled, Brilliant Life Of Pianist Bill Evans
Filmmaker Bruce Spiegel speaks with Weekend Edition about the eight-year process behind Bill Evans: Time Remembered.(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist)
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Resonance Records Transcends The Record Store Day Chase
"I thought that for the 10th anniversary, this would be one hell of a way to remind people that Record Store Day was also designed for jazz fans."(Image credit: Lee Tanner/Courtesy of Resonance Records)
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