Bill Evans
Piano Solo on
Flamenco Sketches

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This tune consists of five scales, which are each played as long as each soloists wishes until the series is completed. Bill Evans's path was as follows:

• 8 bars of C ionian (CMaj7)
• 4 bars of Ab mixolydian (Ab7sus)
• 8 bars of Bb ionian (BbMaj7)
• 4 bars of D phrygian (EbMaj7(#11)/D)
• 4 bars of G dorian (Gm7)

Note, like Cannonball, he chose to spend more time on the brighter ionian modes.
Bill Evans was 29 to 30 years old at the time.

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