this piano intro is next level transcendent
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Nardis by Bill Evans Trio
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This is a recording of "Nardis" performed by Bill Evans in 1970. It was his jazz trio playing at Ilkka Kuusisto's house in Helsinki, Finland. I transcribed this by ear and am sharing it here.
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This is so terrible
Name checks out
Same music troll on every video
@@iMoDZzGamingZz they have nothing else to do, apparently
be hating on everything like tf 😭😭
how is he everywhere
I wish someone had been able to convince Bill Evans of what a beautiful human being he was.
Bill was respected, loved and supported by many but after losing two loved ones and falling into heroin addiction, those took over tragically.
@@boborrahood love to learn more about his supporters, a biographical source? Thanks
@@GladmanNow definitive biography of Bill Evans is by Peter Pettinger " HOW MY HEART SINGS " Yale University Press
Although… the way that he suddenly replaced his long time partner Ellaine with his new Canadian fling, causing Ellaine to throw herself in front of a train was, in fact, not so beautiful.
@@maxpower9728Nobody causes someone else to throw herself under a train. At some point people have to be responsible for their own actions.
Bill Evans style!!! I didn’t realize as a kid admiring Miles Davis that I was taking in the spirit of Bill Evans approach!!!
"Kind of Blue" still ranks as one of my favorite albums. In old age I no longer have the energy to listen to Cecil Taylor so I am returning to the music of my youth and enjoying it immensely.
@@juliensorel5535 1959 was a great year for "jazz"!!
"Time Out" was another wonderful album from that year
Miles Davis knew that Bill Evans was special - even specially touched with the thing that many musicians only can hope to find.
Bill the legend Evans, was an absolute genius pianist 🎶🎶
Gotta give credit to this transcription too - very nice indeed.
Yes, came here to post this exact thing -- well done (!)
I loved the Helsinki set. All of it was so magical.
As in Helsinki, Sweden.
@@NickTheNewbie well duh
Helsinki, Detroit.
@@ulesesreyes2121Helsinki, Sweden... "duh"? Lol
@@rited i don't understand .
Damn before reading the comments I was like, "Wow, I didn't know Glen Gould played jazz!"
Famous Gould quote “ Good thing Evans doesn’t play classical music or we would all be out of work “
I guess not everyone knows it, but Bill Evans has an unmistakable posture, style and tone when he plays. After a while you'll listen to 60s jazz and spot him out a mile away without a video.
same posture and hair style.
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Wow, I never heard that quote, amazing. Coincidentally I was reading about Gould this afternoon (in a book by András Schiff), and I'm also a big Evans fan.
@@tedl7538 was i think in Gould’s biography or in an article in a jazz magazine. Quite sure I read it- yes , memorable.
These solo piano introductions to Nardis in the live 70s performances became more complex and extended masterpieces in themselves. Check out the version on the Paris Concert from 1979 as an example.
It was seeing Evans in an intimate motel lounge in Rochester NY, that turned me into a jazz pianist. I just had to learn how to do that! :)
Bill Evans puts more emotion into those notes than anyone else.
He also puts more problems into his spine with that posture.
Mr. Steve……Keith Jarrett is by far the most emotional pianist….
Through magic or what? How does he "put emotion" into the notes?
comparisons are so juvenile
@@Whatismusic123be gone troll
It's such a pleasure, always, to listen to Evans.
I studied with Chuck Israels in college. He said during his entire time playing with Bill he never counted off a single tune
That's so awesome; I believe it
Now THAT is very interesting.
@@joshcharlat850 right?! This clip reminded me of it cause it’s a great example. Bill hits the pickup and downbeat notes of the melody almost like a conductor indicates a tempo with a baton. Notice how the rhythm section hangs for the first beat or so like they’re still figuring out the tempo. It ends up being a feature of the trio but I think this is partially why.
And if you were Chuck Israels, Eddie Gomez, or Marc Johnson you never needed it. Bill was always fully aware of who he was playing with and how to lead them silently with what he chose to play and how he did it.
@@ericostling-pianistcompose5536 Don't forget Scott LaFaro, the pioneer!
This is an example of when you “feel” the music. Fabulous !
Yes, that’s the core element of Jazz.
@@New-tu3mnthe core element of jazz is to be a dog.
@@ToxicTurtleIsMad “To be a dog”? Please explain.
Dude had cell phone hunchback some 50 years early! Trendsetter!
True artist among many craftsmen.
I used to see BE at the village vanguard in NY every chance got. Being a young man with no money, sometimes I couldn't afford to go in. I would sit on the Vanguard steps and later, Max Gordon would let us in at the last set. I truly miss those days.
Those on the edge, those with the blues. Those scraping by. Bill's music is haunted with that spirit. The music was for people like you, at a time in your life like that.
how unfair. someone had it all: once, young, broke, w taste, in place, nd willing. No wonder he wd get in..
Bill was a genius. Check out "Skidoo", his most underrated piece.
Great clip, and awesome transcript which it was very nice of you to share!
Always stunning.
That Bill Evans guy wasn’t half bad 😁 Thanks for sharing the transcription!
He's not bad at all. Thanks for watching!
A little "Blue In Green" comes to mind. Sublime!
I heard _"My Man's Gone Now."_
Beyond beautiful
GREAT BILL. We miss you and your amazing artistry.
The very start of the intro reminds me of Rach prelude b minor...wow. i could swear he was inspired by it.
Was expecting waltz for Debby as soon as I saw Bill Evans in the thumbnail.
Musica in trance per chi la suona ma anche per chi ascolta. Mano magica Grazie Maestro!!!
Come Rain or Come Shine is his best recording ever, had that intro as an alarm clock for years..
Thank you for posting this.
I swear when Bill played time stopped in his mind. The way the meter changes as the harmony evolves, poetry.
marvellous artist🙏🙏💐💐💐💐👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The Glenn Gould of jazz.
Outstanding....
Friggin' LOVE it.
thank you so much for this
This is beautiful👍
He was in a class by himself.
Raid by MF Doom sampled this?!? crazy
Yes and no. Same piece and player, but different recording :)
I've watched this video Nardis live from Helsinki 1970 over 200 times. That's probably short.
Truly wretched !
This is so beautiful. Glad I clicked :)
Great Bill....The Best !!!!
Sounds like jazz Debussy.
I love this
Lol, just seeing the thumbnail, I first thought this would be Glenn Gould playing.
In a class of his own and he always was. Simply beautiful.
Thought it was some lounge cover of The Final Countdown at first..
Genius!!! 😮🎹🎶🎵
Gorgeous. Lush, intelligent, compositional.
This is the sort of jazz I love.
Bro got good posture
Next level cool, feel- good intro.
Unreal emotions
Great man...
Legend.
the algorithm choose you son
⚠️ Indeed ALL Bill Evans works are Masterpieces. But there many other outstandings and extremely better intros than that. As a person who knows Bill Evans works and play his music since the 70s, I can guarantee you. Please listen to his last concert, two weeks before his death. It's on his album "Consecration". There you will see how Bill evolved with time and became extremely deep and conscious about the work he really intended to do. He's a genius. 🎉🎉❤
I don't "know" music the way I expect you do, but the Bill Evans I listen to over and over is the work he did with Scott LaFaro. Plus the album with Jim Hall. Later he developed a sing-song quality that I found off-putting. I am interested to hear your take on this. I am in the "I know what I like" school of music. LOL (I will listen to the album you recommend.)
PS: I am not crazy about solo work in general. I like the interplay between musicians.
@@juliensorel5535 Hello, Bill Evans has different phases. Not all people likes his music with Eddie Gomez, and beyond. I understand his development as natural, he didn't like to play the same way over and over. He developed a great harmony understanding in the 70s, and his music became sophisticated, and that's the phase I like most. I love his own compositions too. I love everything about Bill. He's the guy ! . Some of my favorite álbuns are "You must believe in spring", "The Tony Bennett Bill Evans album", "I will say goodbye ", "Affinity " ( Bill Evans and Toots Thielemans ), "New conversations", "The Paris Concert 1 & 2" , "Consecration" ( All 7 volumes ). 🙏👍❤️
@DihelsonMendonca But you don't say what you think of his work with Scott LaFaro, who died at 22, but in that short period he and Evans produced at least 6 albums. As young as he was LaFaro changed the way bass was played. His relationship with Evans was one of equals. I don't believe that he ever found a collaborator of that stature again.
@@juliensorel5535 I agree with you. Bill Evans and Scott had a magic musicianship. He died so young. I can't imagine how Bill Evans would sound if Scott LaFaro were on the trio till the very end. You also didn't say what you thought about the albuns I mentioned. Well, I know that one would need many months to listen and judge them. Pardon my poor English. I'm from Brazil. 🙏👍❤️
Great piece too that Evans is about to launch into (after his harmonic variations in the improvised intro)...it's Nardis by Miles Davis circa 1958.
absolutely!
started off like the final countdown
Unf*ckingbelievable. Major genius.
You is right boss.
Man, I love his playing but Bill Evans makes me so sad, his health is obviously so poor in this clip, "history's slowest suicide"... sigh
huh??? really??
true, he died in 1980 at the age of 51
Nah he was a actually pretty alright in this clip. You can tell bc of the facial hair or lack thereof, we haven't even hit the brunt of the cocaine addiction. Thing about Evans is his posture was always just mad weird over the piano. The way I think about it is he sees the notes he wants to play on the ground right in front of the piano.
@@G8tr1522yeah he had chronic hepatitis and was treating it until his ex unceremoniously killed herself and his brother followed suit bc of his schizophrenia, at which point Bill picked up cocaine (fair enough) and eventually stopped caring about staying alive, so it took him out.
The final Countdown- Europe
Lovely intro, fabulous Bill Evans.
This is how you spell it:
J-E-A-L-O-U-S-Y
"This is Transcendence" Genius!
Not heard this man before. Reminds me of Lyle Mays in the intro.
A true original.
I damn near left my body
Anytime a man is hunched over a keyboard, I'm willing to give him a shot.
Jazz improves everything else
my cats do this when they jump onto the piano tbf...
is it just me who feels like it sounds like ravel?
I agree. Bill Evans was a classically trained pianist first and he would play a lot of ravel and Debussy throughout his life
I haven't heard much Ravel, but I know he studied a whole bunch of Bach while he was getting his degree in composition.
Ravl was one of the bigger influences on Evans, self-admittedly.
When you’re deep in thought but then the drums snap you back to reality
Just looking at him at that piano. He was so impressive. He could do it in his sleep. 😂
He was asleep - and so was I after that dirge
Maiden of the Flaxen Hair
0:04 ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
Parallel 5ths, that’s the sound, very French
The thumbnail made me think it was Glen Gould.
GOAT
i love that posture he looks like the letter c
Nardis!
Man really said "🦐"
Where WAS Bill Evans when he was creating such unbelievable chords and melodies? (sorry, I don't know musical terminology very well) Just wondering how the sounds were so penetrating - what was going on in his mind?
That was Nardis??? Beautiful!
The weight on the back of his head is ..... sorrowful.
Beautiful. Do you ever think about doing commentary in detail on these clips? Would absolutely listen.
That's an intriguing idea! - what sort of commentary are you envisioning? like breaking down the theory behind the music? I might try doing something like that.
For me, there's Bill Evans - and all the rest.
“Yes” thought Debussy when he wrote it.
GOATTTTTTTT
How did you get the notation to be transparent like that? Looks great!
Thanks! I just changed the opacity settings when I edited it.
Wonderfully lovely and expressive! I love how you superimposed the chart on the video. I must admit I don’t think I’m familiar with this musician, but this short video leaves me wanting more!
Great transcription & playing by Bill but his posture is making my back hurt hahahah
I tried to transcribe this but gave up. Thanks for sharing!
No problem! Looks like great minds think alike
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Hey Michael, this is such an impressive transcription, it's so beautiful man. Is there anyway you could publish the transcription pdf or send it to me, I'm desperate to learn it! I couldn't find anywhere where you post your transcriptions
hey man, I appreciate the comment! I'm out and about right now, but tomorrow I'll send it to you!
Hey Oscar, Here you go: drive.google.com/file/d/19qShlUjh_o6hUqJpUW6dc6N7_yJZNQUX/view?usp=sharing
There's a link to the free pdf. Let me know how it goes learning it!
@@michael-solomon thank you SO much. Will do!
Pre beard arc
THIS IS A DOOM SAMPLE
Yes it is :)
is it really? which song?
@@dot5730Madvillain - Raid
Is his music manuscript on the floor between his feet?
looks like erool garner at his beginings : very deep and cool