Bill Evans Omnibook for Piano | 40 Transcribed Jazz Piano Classics for Intermediate and Advanced Players | Sheet Music and Songbook with Authentic Solos and Notation | Essential Jazz Piano Music Book

Got this book after looking at a PDF of it on a less than legit site (judge me, idgaf). This thing is thick like my lady's posterior. Charts seem really accurate so far and are grand staff so those sweet LH voicings are all there. Highly recommended for anyone looking to sound like butter. Take some time with it and as my old music teacher used to say, "Screw this music crap, I need to get a real job."

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I stand by what I say! These are quality, well-interpreted takes on Bill Evans. The solos are engraved quite well, with proper notation throughout. Very rarely did I see something out of place, or sloppy. Not to mention each chord has been properly outlined throughout the book! It's definitely not for beginners, and you'll have to come up with your own phrasing and dynamics for the most part, but it was an amazing read for me! However, I will say that I have a lot of experience with sight reading, and this would be considered advanced sight reading material, but it would be completely fine for an intermediate-early advanced player to pick up some of these arrangement with some good practice!Is this worth the money? Yes!!!! Should you buy it? Maybe, it's a a perfect product for a seasoned pianist, with much experience reading music, and perhaps an overly difficult project to complete for the average pianist.Hope this helps :) P.S. the spiral bound is GREAT, and the cover is a smooth matte texture :)

What a superb resource! The transcriptions come from famous recordings, so you can easily hear what they sound like. They’re all very loyal to Bill’s original sound. The print is highly legible. It’s a brilliant learning device.

This is a great book in terms of its content. Really good transcriptions from what I can see and in an easily readable format. However, I noticed about 20 pages where missing when reading through it (See photo attached). Is there any way these can be found digitally or can be sent to me? I'd definitely bump this up to a 5 star if that's the case!Edit: Requested a return and they actually sent a new copy with all the pages! I would advise to make sure all the pages are included once you get the book just to be safe!

Just like any omnibook, this one is a powerful tool and can be used by anyone wanted to dig deeper into Evans' fingers, mind, and soul. I bought it to have in my teaching studio - it doesn't replace transcribing things on our own, but is a wonderful reference.

This book transcribes Evans' playing to the "nth" degree. In several instances some of the transcribing was a little bit ridiculous with some 32nd note septuplets or the occasional nested triplet which could be a tad tedious for some, but I actually found that this has made my ability to read music all the better. Also, the chord symbols above the chords are very helpful if you're upcoming in jazz studies and trying to understand jazz progressions. All in all, this is a great buy if you're looking for a challenge and some worthwhile jazz knowledge.

You get a complete collection of Bill Evans favorites. Pretty close to the originals which makes playing along fun.One big typo exists though...on page 247, they credit the wrong composer/writers & film for "Some Other Time." The famous version Bill always played (and what influenced "Peace Piece" and "Flamenco Sketches" was the version by Leonard Bernstein from the Broadway show "On The Town." In the book, they got it confused with the "Some Other Time" written for the movie "Step Lively" by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne and famously performed by Frank Sinatra -- a completely different song.