308 Young And Foolish

TEXT: [email protected]. This was a favourite of Bill Evans  - I tried to capture some of the feel of his playing - bass and drums especially on the slow middle chorus play very freely - as a kind of counterpoint to the piano. One other 'trademark' sound
MARKER: Solo piano - rubato - last 16 bars
MARKER: Bass and Drums in
MARKER: Chord is ever so slightly 'rolled' from the top down - one of Bill Evans' trademark sounds
MARKER: More Bill Evans type playing of chords - the 2 notes (6ths) are not played at the same time - the lower one is played very slightly after the upper one
MARKER: Another downward 'roll' of the chord
MARKER: Double time
MARKER: This phrase is a descending arpeggio - 2nd inversion triad (C Maj) with an upper neighbour (F)
MARKER: On C7, an ascending diminished scale with a 'flourish' at the beginning using neighbouring tones on the 5th and 7th
MARKER: Same 2nd inversion C Maj triad with upper neighbour F as before
MARKER: 6 rhythm of the melody against 4
  • Path: Disklavier Jazz 3/308-Young And Foolish.mid
  • Size: 17 KB
  • Updated: February 10, 2026

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