Bill Evans
Piano Solo on
Teenie's Blues

About

Bill Evans's piano solo is the third of four improvisations on this recording, following solos by Dolphy and Nelson. Taking three choruses of the 12-bar blues in F at 135 BPM, Evans brings his refined harmonic sensibility to the comfortable medium tempo. His playing navigates the blues form with the nuanced touch and sophisticated voicings that were his signature, creating a contemplative interlude between the two horn solos and the closing bass statement.

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