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'''Bill Evans''' was an American [[jazz]] pianist of [[Welsh]] and [[Ruthenian]] descent, who did much to establish the vocabulary of modern jazz [[piano]].

'''Bill Evans''' was an American [[jazz]] pianist of [[Welsh]] and [[Ruthenian]] descent, who did much to establish the vocabulary of modern jazz [[piano]].

By his own admission, as a teenager "I couldn't play My Country Tis Of Thee without the notes" <ref name=http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Mind-Bill-Evans/dp/B0002475P2/ref=sr_1_1/102-9605367-2977746?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1173935442&sr=8-1>.

By his own admission, as a teenager "I couldn't play My Country Tis Of Thee without the notes".

However, he eventually learnt to improvise, and was not content to stop after he had achieved a basic level of competence - drawing inspiration from European composers such as [[Chopin]] and [[Debussy]], as well as from contemporary jazz pianists such as [[Horace Silver]] and [[Nat King Cole]], he steadily established a style that was sufficiently unique and beautiful to attract the attention of [[Miles Davis]].

However, he eventually learnt to improvise, and was not content to stop after he had achieved a basic level of competence - drawing inspiration from European composers such as [[Chopin]] and [[Debussy]], as well as from contemporary jazz pianists such as [[Horace Silver]] and [[Nat King Cole]], he steadily established a style that was sufficiently unique and beautiful to attract the attention of [[Miles Davis]].