THE BILL EVANS TRIO - I WILL SAY GOODBYE

I WILL SAY GOODBYE

BILL EVANS TRIO

SONGWRITER: MICHEL JEAN LEGRAND

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE BILL EVANS TRIO

LABEL: FANTASY STUDIOS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1980

 

       I Will Say Goodbye is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded in 1977 but not released until 1980.

       At the Grammy Awards of 1981, I Will Say Goodbye won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and We Will Meet Again won the Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group awards.

       The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Fine post-bop music from an influential piano giant."

        Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932–26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort(1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair(1968).