djkocisi (October 9, 2008 at 2:14 am)

plays half in 3/4 and the rest in 4/4.... what a beast.

jkoff76 (October 6, 2008 at 11:55 am)

Maybe in Jazz, but not in rock, that's for sure!!

xeniaprague (October 5, 2008 at 9:36 pm)

Well, the best and the most popular are often different people... Get over it. Bill was simply wonderful. Leave it alone... that's jazz. wow. What a great post

majus1990 (October 4, 2008 at 8:57 pm)

bill's my favorite pianist!

primesinista101 (October 1, 2008 at 7:35 pm)

word

Jefjudin (September 28, 2008 at 8:05 pm)

sweetest...

fryl0ck33 (September 27, 2008 at 8:45 pm)

Probably the best jazz pianist ever...

minor7b5b9 (September 27, 2008 at 1:47 pm)

I agree with you. The great ones could say more with the spaces in their music than most could say with a hundred notes. I learned that lesson early on in my own career by listening to people like Miles & Basie.Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to just play nothing for a few bars. Miles put it very simply: "If you ain't got nuthin' to play, don't play nuthin'" The strange thing is that audiences sense that & respect it; well, at5 least some of them do.

EchoCannon89 (September 27, 2008 at 5:15 am)

This is sort of a problem with all popular music; the fact that people who can play instruments and perform well often can't write good music and vice versa. Also people who have skills either instrumentally or vocally tend to want to brainlessly show off their skills by playing a ton of notes really fast for no reason

gabeuop79 (September 27, 2008 at 4:06 am)

Would've been great to see Scott LaFaro grow up and watch him develop. Tragic, just like Bill's death...