Bill Evans
Piano Solo on
Butch And Butch

About

Bill Evans's piano solo is the fourth and final improvisation on this recording, following solos by Nelson, Hubbard, and Dolphy. Taking three choruses of the 12-bar blues in G at 210 BPM, Evans closes out the extended solo section with his distinctive harmonic sensibility. His piano work at this medium-up tempo demonstrates his ability to swing with subtlety and grace, his voicings and melodic choices bringing a different textural quality to a blues track dominated by assertive horn soloists.

Bill Evans was 31 to 32 years old at the time.