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"...The late pianist Bill Evans may be the most reissued jazz musician in the catalogs of audiophile record labels. There are reasons for that: He played standards, mainly ballads (many audiophiles shun the avantgarde), almost never in groups larger than trios (stereo systems often do best with small-scale ensembles). Whether by design or chance, his best recordings were miked by superb engineers..."
I don't dispute any of the above, but I think if he's the most reissued jazz musician it's mostly because he was in my opinion, one of the greatest jazz pianists of the 20th century, a brilliant composer, interpreter, improvisor and arranger, and is a powerful continuing influence on jazz pianists. It's not only his own discography as a solo artist - if you've heard Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" you've heard Bill Evans. If you've heard Chet Baker's instrumental album "Chet", you've heard Bill Evans. You can't go wrong checking out his albums with Tony Bennett or Stan Getz, either. As a matter of fact, I think you can't go wrong checking out anything with Bill Evans playing.
I think his unique talent and the appeal of his recorded work to successive generations help explain why someone who hasn't drawn a breath in 40 years is still celebrated, and why his extensive catalog of recordings has not gone out of print and is still mined for reissues and newly discovered material.