From the album "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" – recorded December 15, 1958 for Riverside records. Bill Evans (piano), Sam Jones (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). "What Is There to Say" is a standard written by composer Vernon Duke and lyricist Yip Harburg, for the Broadway revue "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934." The show opened on January 4, 1934, at the Winter Garden Theater and ran for 182 performances. “What Is There to Say?” was introduced in the show by Jane Froman and Everett Marshall playing bride and groom.
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From the album "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" – recorded December 15, 1958 for Riverside records. Bill Evans (piano), Sam Jones (bass), … read more
From the album "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" – recorded December 15, 1958 for Riverside records. Bill Evans (piano), Sam Jones (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). "W… read more
A near-total unknown when he landed in New York in 1955 to study with George Russell, Bill Evans quickly became famous as the most cerebralmodern jazz pianist since Thelonious Monk. After a stint with Miles Davis that included the epochalKind of Blue, Evans led his own trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian that ended with LaFaro's death in a 1961 car accident. After a period of seclusion, Evans returned with 1962's haunting, minimal Undercurrent. He maintained a steady presence in modern jazz until his death in 1980.
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