Pianist Bill Evans: one of the major musical influences on the teenage Gareth Williams |  |
AS A TEENAGER, Gareth Williams inhabited a social world that he shared with his friends - one reason he liked playing blues guitar - and another, private world in which he was finding his way to the music he loved best.
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Once he became interested in the hip American jazz of the 1950s and 60s and wanted to learn how to play it, he began to find his own role models. One of the most influential was the pianist Bill Evans, who had a quiet, romantic style with a lot of classical music in it. This style had appealed both to Gareth’s personality and his musical background since early childhood.
Gareth demonstrates the piece of Bill Evans music that particularly reached him, from a song called ‘My Foolish Heart’.
Technique versus creativity | Jazz with hip hop samples |
