The music on saxophonist Bill Evans' Dragonfly plays like the sum total of his experiences distilled into a single disc. Evans has spent more than three decades playing with the cream of the crop, ...

Saxophonist Bill Evans was virtually unknown in the jazz world when he was hired by the late trumpet player Miles Davis in 1980. Davis had decided to emerge from a self-imposed five-year retirement ...

Spanning the late ’50s through early ’60s, these albums capture pivotal creative moments from some of the genre’s most revered figures. The Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter titles mark the first titles ...

Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond will pay homage to jazz legend and alumnus Bill Evans with a festival in his honor. The 12th annual Bill Evans Jazz Festival honors the deceased seven-time ...

Each musician goes out of his way to say how enjoyable it was to work with Evans, testifying to his supportive approach, and clearly they mean it. In his relentless pursuit of musical perfection, ...