Bill Evans' solo on Minority

This is my second Evans' solo and I am real excited about it. This one comes from his classic album Everybody Digs Bill Evans, definitely an album everyone should have. "Minority" is a 16-bar standard in F minor with a great amount of inconclusive II-Vs; this is a great solo to steal some of Bill's II - V's ideas but that is not my favorite thing about it.

 Evans ideas go beyond a single chorus, he starts phrases at the end of a chorus and end them in the middle. He does this so flawlessly that sometimes it is not easy to know where the beginning  of the form is. It is such a great study on how to go beyond a chorus and have a more organically developed solo.

Also, his rhythmic figures are incredible. He creates tension in measures 95 through 102 with the dotted eight figures and then resolves it with a great swinging line. He does something similar in measures 63 - 66.  Enjoy this solo and also enjoy Bill Evans!

Bill Evans - Minority