Wisdom from jazz legend Bill Evans

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lots of cool sampling potential here as well :wink:

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I fucking love Bill Evans

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Nice find! Reminded me of one of my favorite evans anecdotes:

“ In his 1989 autobiography, Miles Davis recalled the hazing he inflicted on Evans when the pianist took over Red Garland’s coveted spot at the keyboards in Davis’ band. One day, just to mess with his head, Davis told Evans that to stay in the band he would have to sleep with all the other band members, all males. Evans gave it serious consideration for 15 minutes before returning to Davis to say that he’d like to please everyone but that was something he couldn’t bring himself to do.

“I looked at him and smiled and said, ‘My man!’ And then he knew I was teasing.”’

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Thanks for sharing! Huge Bill Evans fan. I’ve been working through his omnibook all week. Legendary!

Thanks you for dropping some Bill Evans into this forum.

One of the greatest.