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William John Evans, known as Bill Evans (August 16, 1929–September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists. He is considered by some to be the most influential post-World War II jazz pianist. Evans had a distinct playing posture in which his neck would often be stooped very low, and his face parallel to the piano.
Evans is an inductee of the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.
Bill Evans was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, to a mother of Rusyn ancestry and a father of Welsh descent. He received his first musical training at his mother's church. Evans' mother was an amateur pianist with an interest in modern classical composers, and Evans began classical piano lessons at age six. He also became a proficient flautist by age 13 and could play the violin.
At age 12, Evans filled in for his older brother Harry in Buddy Valentino's band. At this age he was able to interpret classical music, but he couldn't improvise. In the beginning, he played exactly what was written in the sheet, but soon started trying to improvise, while learning about harmonies in the songs and how to alter them. Meanwhile, he was playing dance music (and jazz) at home, in a recording studio he built in his family's basement.. In the late 1940s, Evans played boogie woogie in various New Jersey clubs. He attended Southeastern Louisiana University on a music scholarship, and in 1950 performed Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto on his senior recital there, graduating with a degree in piano performance and teaching. He was also among the founding members of SLU's Delta Omega Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and played quarterback for the fraternity's football team, helping them win the school's 1949 intramural tournament.
Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Not Now Music) [Full Album]
Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz (Complete Album)
Bill Evans Time Remembered (Full Album)
Bill Evans - Moon Beams (Album)
Bill Evans - Undercurrent (Not Now Music) [Full Album]
Bill Evans Trio I will Say Good Bye
Bill Evans - You Must Believe In Spring(1977)
Bill Evans & Chet Baker - The Legendary Sessions (1959 Album)
Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961 Album)
Everybody Digs Bill Evans - Bill Evans - Full Album
Actors: Kjell Bergqvist (actor), Jessica Ask (producer), Danny Boushebel (actor), Viking Almquist (actor), Åsa Mossberg (editor), Alex Kruz (actor), Per Fly (director), Rob Morgan (actor), Kicki Ilander (costume designer), Sverrir Gudnason (actor), Silvana Jakich (actress), Lillie Aleksandrov (miscellaneous crew), Cecilia Ljung (actress), Jonas Rydergren (miscellaneous crew), Rikard Andersson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: "Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm. During her career, Zetterlund recorded numerous jazz albums and appeared in 10 films. In 1963 she represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest and in 1972 won Sweden's national film prize - a Guldbagge - for best supporting actress for her role in "The Emigrants" ("Utvandrarna"). Scoliosis forced Zetterlund to retired from performing in 1999. She died six years later after a fire in her apartment in Stockholm.
Keywords: 1960s, balancing-family-and-career, biopic, double-bass, ella-fitzgerald, eurovision-song-contest, father-daughter-relationship, female-singer, mother-daughter-relationship, nightclubActors: Linnea Quigley (actress), Bob Cook (director), Bob Cook (actor), Bob Cook (writer), Bob Cook (producer), John Weyrick (actor), Rick Warren (producer), Rick Warren (producer), Buddy Dolan (actor), Cynthia Beckert (actress), Cat Eberwine (actress), Russell Rose (actor), Doris White (costume designer), Al Nagy (actor), Rob Hershberger (producer),
Plot: The Evans' family vacation becomes a nightmare when a gang of cut-throats raid their trailer and camp site. Witnessing the murder of her mother Dana Miles-Evans and her step-father William Evans, Cassy Miles attempts to rescue her step-sister Ellen and avenge her family. The gang known just as ANIMALS have raped, tortured, and murdered in a crime spree that covers three states. Headed by their cold blooded leader MF the ANIMALS meet their match when Cassy seeks the help of Zeke Thompson, a former Navy Seal and friend of the family. Action up-stages horror, however, when the ANIMALS shoot it out with Zeke and Cassy in a climactic finale that turns the hunters into the hunted.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Drew Barrymore (actress), Ross Hunter (producer), Stuart Margolin (director), Joan Bennett (actress), Richard Bracken (editor), Lew Ayres (actor), Hayden Rorke (actor), Cindy Williams (actress), Scott Brady (actor), Eileen Heckart (actress), David Rose (composer), Kurt Kasznar (actor), Sidney Wolinsky (editor), Kristine DeBell (actress), Norman Bartold (actor),
Plot: A young woman from a suburban neighborhood and a wealthy law professor fall in love, despite coming from different backgrounds. Their love leads them to marriage and the birth of their child, and things go well until tragedy strikes.
Keywords: alcoholism, attorney, marriageActors: Gail Palmer (writer), Gail Palmer (director), Harry Mohney (producer), Bill Murphy (actor), Tony Rizzi (actor), Shorty Roberts (actor), Dan Timens (actor), Coke Cain (actor), Lisa Baker (actress), Linda Hoffman (actress), Black Orchid (actress), Stitch Umbas (actor), Bruce Darcy (actor), Duke Johnson (actor),
Genres: Adult, Thriller,Actors: Wendy Hughes (actress), Michael Pate (actor), John Hargreaves (actor), Tony Barry (actor), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (actor), Tim Robertson (actor), Norman Kaye (actor), Leon Lissek (actor), Graeme Blundell (actor), Gerard Kennedy (actor), Rowena Wallace (actress), Tony Bonner (actor), Reg Gorman (actor), Jonathan Hardy (actor), Helen Morse (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Benny Bartlett (actor), Don Beddoe (actor), Ray Bennett (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Cliff Clark (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Don DeFore (actor), Don DeFore (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), William Forrest (actor), Joseph Forte (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor),
Plot: The US secret service goes after a counterfeit ring, whose engraver Eugene Deane has covertly constructed his plates while serving a life sentence in San Quentin. In order to infiltrate the gang, federal agent John Riggs poses as an Eastern kingpin who wants to purchase a large quantity of the fake currency. During his investigations he falls in love with beautiful Nora Craig...
Keywords: counterfeiting, number-in-title, phone-number-in-titleActors: Darrell Calker (composer), Lane Bradford (actor), Sandy Sanders (actor), Carl Sepulveda (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), Lewis D. Collins (director), Marin Sais (actress), Peggy Stewart (actress), Bartlett A. Carre (producer), Jim Bannon (actor), John Hart (actor), Whitey Hughes (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Emmett Lynn (actor), Lee Roberts (actor),
Plot: Red Ryder gets a telegram from his old friend Dan O'Connor asking for help in his fight against Faro Savage and his gang of rustlers. A gun dropped by Faro during a rustling raid makes Red and Sheila O'Connor, Dan's daughter, think they have ample proof against Faro but they are stymied by the law. Buckskin Blodgett and the Duchess, Red's aunt, find the body of O'Connor who was killed when Faro's men sent the sheriff out on a ruse. Sheila, discovered while rifling Faros office for evidence, escapes but not before she is recognized. Faro kills one of his own henchmen and then frames Sheila for the murder. Red and Little Beaver set out to clear Sheila and to try to find evidence against Faro and his gang.
Keywords: 1890s, ambush, aunt, b-movie, b-western, based-on-comic-strip, bow-and-arrow, cattle-rancher, cattle-rustler, cattle-rustlingActors: Edgar G. Ulmer (director), Carl Pierson (editor), Lee 'Lasses' White (actor), Margia Dean (actress), Molly Lamont (actress), Shirley Ulmer (miscellaneous crew), Martin Mooney (writer), Raymond L. Schrock (writer), Alan Dinehart (actor), Joseph H. Lewis (director), Jerome Cowan (actor), William Frawley (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Roscoe Karns (actor), Jack Boyle (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Carl Pierson (editor), Oscar O'Shea (actor), Sheila Bromley (actress), Lita Chevret (actress), June Gittelson (actress), Florence Lake (actress), Vivien Oakland (actress), Marjorie Reynolds (actress), John W. Krafft (writer), Jean Yarbrough (director), Monte Blue (actor), Dell Henderson (actor), Al Hill (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Dennis Moore (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: William Fox (miscellaneous crew), Buck Jones (actor), Lucy Beaumont (actress), Marian Nixon (actress), Richard Harding Davis (writer), William A. Wellman (director), Brooks Benedict (actor), Eugene B. Lewis (writer), Al Fremont (actor), Louis King (actor), Charles McHugh (actor), Mary Warren (actress), Eileen O'Malley (actress),
Plot: Andy McGee joins the fire-department with intentions of becoming as good a fireman as his father who died in the line of duty. While on duty in the theatre district, Andy meets Agnes Evans, a specialty dancer and Cupid shoots an arrow into his heart, but disillusion and pain follow when he learns she is the wife of a worthless drunk. Later, a fire breaks out in the Evans home and, after rescuing Agnes, Andy must make the decision whether or not to risk his life to go back into the inferno to rescue Bill Evans, crazed by liquor and responsible for the fire.
Keywords: 1920s, abusive-husband, alcoholic, archive-footage, b-movie, cigarette-smoking, damsel-in-distress, dancer, dancing, dangerDee doody doom doom
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Seven little girls sittin' in the back seat
Huggin and a'kissin with Fred
I said, why don't one of you come up and sit beside me
And this is what the seven girls said
All together now, one, two, three
Keep you mind on your drivin'
Keep you hands on the wheel
Keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead
We're havin' fun sittin' in the back seat
Kissin' and a'huggin with Fred
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Drove through the town, drove through the country
Showed 'em how a motor could go
I said, how do you like my triple carburetor
And one of them whispered low
All together now, one, two, three
Keep you mind on your drivin'
Keep you hands on the wheel
Keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead
We're havin' fun sittin' in the back seat
Kissin' and a'huggin with Fred
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Seven little girls smoochin' in the back seat
Every one in love with Fred
I said "you don't need me, I'll get off at my house"
And this is what the seven girls said
All together now, one, two, three
Keep you mind on your drivin'
Keep you hands on the wheel
Keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead
We're havin' fun sittin' in the back seat
Kissin' and a'huggin with Fred
All of them in love with Fred
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Kissin' and a'huggin with Fred
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Wish that I could be like Fred