brandx@ihu1m.UUCP (Howard D. Weisberg) (12/10/84)
Bill Evans has certainly become a very in-demand musician in the past 2 years. (By the way, does anyone know what happenned to Mike Stern?) Bill has appeared on record with Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb's group, Elements, on their 2 albums. Besides putting out his own record on Elektra/Musician, Bill has appeared on Ron Carter's album "Etude" on the same label. Currently, Bill has been playing with John McLaughlin in Mahavishnu. Bill really gets a fair share of the show with John (John doesn't cut people off, like Miles does). His playing has never been better. Keep your ears open for this guy... This guy plays a wicked soprano sax. When I saw Mahavishnu, the guy played an Indian-inspired piece that blew me away. He's also a fine composer. He contributed "Clarendon Hills" to the Mahavishnu album (Clarendon Hills is the snobbish Chicago suburb where Bill was born), and his solo album shows more maturity than one would expect from someone his age.