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February 26, 2009

The Innovative & Intellectual Jazz Piano Of Bill Evans

Filed under: Social — jeffrey2 @ 12:21 pm

By Duane Shinn

 Bill Evans was born on the 6th of August, 1929 in Plainfield, New Jersey. He started learning to play the piano when he was six years old. In 7 years, he added two more instruments to his repertoire. His first gig was when his brother Harry had to be substituted for Buddy Valentino’s band. He was familiar with the music it was the same kind of music that he was practicing at home. He continued playing boogie-woogie there on smooth jazz in clubs in and around New York City. smooth jazz

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