Bill Evans' most famous piece
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Bill evans: piano, Chuck Israels: bass, Larry Bunker: drums. - BBC TV Jazz 625
This is a live recording of the Bill Evans Trio playing “Waltz for Debby”. I transcribed the entire performance by ear.
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45 years later, and I still kick myself for not seeing Bill play at a small club in Philly in 1979. I thought "maybe another time", and he was gone one year later.
😥
I understand brother.
I feel the same way about living in NYC and never going to see Les Paul at the Iridium 😢
@@hank1519 i'm there with you. but i remember when he was at fat tuesday also...
@@rillloudmother Another missed opportunity!
Was totally fractured when we lost Bill Evans. We treasure the Recordings we have.
Despite all the fancy stuff, it's the melody that gets me.
This takes away my heart and breaks it to pieces every time
Mi tonto corazón...
the way he used chord inversions here was a bridge between jazz and classical music.
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This transcription is beyond brilliant ! I love the fact that you have included Scott's bassline.
Best transcription ever seen on TH-cam.
Keep going strong !
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@@MOROZOVVADIM Scott wrote it, therefore it's his bassline. Chuck didn't change it.
And please make a tiny effort to write a few words in English. Don't make us look for translation. Thank you.
This is not Scott, but Chuck. Scott's bassline on the Waltz for Debby record is much more inventive and cannot be compared.
@@hakonkvamme8685 Yes, I know it's Chuck playing. I did compare Scott's composition and Chuck's rendition. I don't think Chuck's take on the bassline is much different from the original.
I think Chuck never lived up to Scott, and that their renditions are quite different. I refer to the Bill’s legendary recording of «WfD» with Scott. And I wonder if «WfD» is not Bill’s own composition.
F**k - I got tears in my eyes when i followed the score ... 🥰
Mi tonto corazón...
As someone with a deep personal connection to Waltz for Debby, thank you so much for this beautiful transcription. It’s excellent.
Whatever he's doing with the left hand is magical!
This is an absolute joy! While it is debatable that this is his most 'famous' piece, I will say it it one of my all time favourite pieces - from anyone!
Miles's album 'kind of blue' would be nothing without this man, he's up there with Peterson, Reinhardt, Coltrane, Grappelli etc etc and of course Miles himself.
What a FABULOUS presentation!
Thank you kindly!
That section in the beginning where they play 2 over 3 always was a mystery to me. Thank you!
I use this as my ringtone. Let it ring!
Wonderfully done!
Amazing work!
この曲、耳コピでコード進行取ろうとしたけど、まったく分からなかった。特に、Scot Lafarroのベースライン、難しすぎ。この動画、何回も見ないと😅。
The song that got me into Bill Evans. Love this song!
Thanks for the transcription!
Work of art!
Awesome
Amazing work, thank you for the insight!
Meanwhile, at the Eurovision Song Contest... which is watched by several hundred million viewers...
After ham-fisting my way through a REAL BOOK version of this memorable track for over 40 years, thank you SO VERY KINDLY for providing this wonderful transcription. After a more-than justified purchase, I can finally play more (certainly not all!) of the notes that I hear and so greatly appreciate.
On a relevant adjacency, please have a look at and listen to Bobby Lyle's muscular interpretation: th-cam.com/video/DlzWIRotNC8/w-d-xo.html
Many humble thanks, again, for sharing this with us.
Nice stuff. Kent Vogel A.S.C.A.P WBD
how does the piano have such a dreamy, soft tone?
you transcribed this by ear?? how do you hear out the chords. thats unbelievable
talented pros can do that
Near all Bill Evans Pieces are Way, Way Beyond Memorable. AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING TODAY'S MOSTLY, "SWILL" on the airwaves & networks.
The goat
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I saw him in a club in Toronto in the late 70's. It was a "jazz club" for like 40 years and they were running the power sink to clean glasses in the middle of his set. So disrespectful..
transparent is satisfying
I may be wrong but I think my foolish heart is his most famous recording, the one recorded at ronnie Scott's jazz club. Anyway it is my favourite.
This is his most famous composition though
Waltz For Debby is by far the most famous piece, for many reasons, one of them being the simple fact that Bill Evans composed it (unlike My Foolish Heart).
This song has put Bill Evans on the map in 1956. It was his 'signature dish'.
Famous for who ? Famous is a very subjective notion, for me "turn out the stars" or "you must believe in spring " and of course "so what" (intro, comping, solo) are the most famous...
My favorite version of this song by Bill Evans: th-cam.com/video/GE6Mfc8K_BA/w-d-xo.html
Please: in the right hand part, the first voice notes must be set up-stems, and in the left hand part the bass notes must be set down-stems, right?
I agree; it's a limitation of the program I'm using
@@michael-solomon am using Finale for those tasks. Greetings, colleague!
Waltz for Debby is a nice tune but there is no way it can be rated as Bill Evans’ “most famous piece”. I think you have got to rate “Blue in Green” and “Peace Piece” ahead of it.
Your personal preference is no measure to rate overall popularity. Popularity is the result of what the general public thinks, not what you or I think.
The title of this video refers to 'famous' in the sense of 'well-known' or 'popular'. That's quite different from 'best'.
Waltz for Debby has always been the most requested piece, therefore the title is right.
@@jacquesmertens3369IMHO
yeah peace piece def not on most famous ones, not remotely before waltz for debby or my foolish hearth
@@urbanizeedDzn but what about Blue in Green? This has gone on to be a modern standard, being recorded and interpretted by many comtemporary jazz artist. Whereas, Waltz for Debby is stuck in a 1950s nostalgic time warp - IMHO
@@GoGetFletch sure, "Blue in Green" is more influential. But all five TH-cam "videos" of it total only 10.25M plays; "Waltz for Debby" is at 16M for one video.
shouldn’t the measures 61-70 have been notated as 4:3 polyrhythm? Just a suggestion, I think that’s one of the few cases where that’d be more relevant imho
I don't think it's a 4:3 poly-rhythm. he's just playing a hemiola whilst speeding up which granted makes it hard to identify. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Measures 61-70 are still in waltz tempo, therefore 3/4 (or 6/8) with hemiola, not 4/3.
The 71-78 part could be identified as 4/4.
As from measure 79 I hear 6/8 again, not 4/4, and that's where I might disagree with the rest of the transcription entirely, as far as note values and measures go.
Having said this, it's such a complex piece it would give anyone a hernia, not a hemiola.
@@jacquesmertens3369im curious as to how you hear 6/8 from m. 79 onward; you can feel it’s 4/4 by listening to the drums and counting to 4. I agree with everything you said before that though!
@@michael-solomon When you hear 1-2-3-4 I hear 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3. It's just a very fast waltz.
@@michael-solomon When you hear 1,2,3,4 I hear 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, a very fast waltz. But because of the stress on the first and third group you can make that 2 measures of 6/8 (or 4 measures of 3/8). The overall sound is indeed that of a 4/4 rhythm because of the speed and the different stress on each measure.
To transcribe it as 3/8, 3/4 or 6/8 (as from measure 79) you would need to split your measure in 2 or 4. And that's why the tempo of Waltz for Debby is either 92 bmp or 184 bpm, depending on the transcription.
Did he change the 3/4 to 4/4 measurement?
Yes the time signature changes after a few bars. Waltz or not, the song is wonderful anyway...
I notice that you neglect to credit the BBC TV Jazz 625, from which this video is taken. A clear lack of manners and morality.
This is a good point. I think we shouldn't assume 'lack of manners' or 'morality'! Most likely an oversight that can be rectified now that it has been brought to his attention :)
fixed the description!
@@michael-solomon Thank you, you've done the decent thing and restored your credit rating..
Thanks...
Mi tonto corazon hahaha
This is not "My Foolish Heart" but "Waltz for Debby"