Bill Evans
Piano Solo on
Blue in Green

About

Opening the solo section, this piano improvisation spans two choruses of the 10-bar form at a ballad tempo of 57 BPM. Evans contributes two separate piano solo passages, one of two choruses and another of two choruses, that frame the other solos with his trademark harmonic impressionism and delicate touch. The slow ballad tempo demands patience and control, with each note given space to resonate. Following this solo, John Coltrane takes over on tenor sax.

Bill Evans was 29 to 30 years old at the time.