Bill Evans
Piano Solo on
My Funny Valentine

About

Bill Evans's piano solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Miles Davis's trumpet and before Paul Chambers's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning one chorus of the 36-bar AABA' form at a ballad tempo of 48 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 2:44. Bill Evans follows with a full chorus of piano that matches Davis's emotional intensity with impressionistic harmonic explorations. Recorded live at The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, on September 9, 1958. Bill Evans was 28 to 29 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Bill Evans was 28 to 29 years old at the time.