"It just doesn’t attract me. I’m of a certain period, a certain evolution. I hear music differently [...] I mean, for me, comparing electric bass to acoustic bass is sacrilege."
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Interview from the late 1970s, as cited by Ashley Kahn "Miles Davis and Bill Evans: Miles and Bill in Black & White", JazzTimes (September 2001)
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Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. His use of impressionistic harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire and his syncopated and polyrhythmic melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists.
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