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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Solo piano · recorded 1963MIDI file
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Recorded in the week before Christmas 1963, at the Webster Hall date with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian that became the album Trio 64, this is what happens when a great band picks up a seasonal novelty and refuses to condescend to it.
Evans treats the Coots and Gillespie song as serious material: springy medium swing, the melody displaced and reharmonised, real improvising in between. Reviewers have called the result a minor post-bop masterpiece, and it has become a jazz Christmas staple.
The transcription follows Evans' piano part throughout, with the hands on separate channels.
- Artist
- Bill Evans
- Genre
- Jazz Piano
- Recorded
- 1963
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 4:30
- Tempo
- 120 bpm
- Key
- Channels
- 2 · left and right hand
- Format
- .mid · Type 1
Bill Evans
Bill Evans brought impressionist harmony and a singing, introspective touch to the piano trio. His rootless voicings reshaped how jazz pianists hear chords, and albums like Sunday at the Village Vanguard remain essential listening.