Time Remembered is a
modal jazz standard piece by jazz pianist
Bill Evans.
Jack Reilly says that the work is both influenced by the sixteenth century modal works of the polyphonist masters (
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,
Byrd Byrd commonly refers to:
* William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance
* Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer
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, etc.), and the oeuvre of the
impressionist composers (
Debussy
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and
Ravel
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).
It was recorded for the first time in 1962 for the album
Loose Blues (released posthumously only in 1982) and released for the first time in 1966 in
Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra.
Harmonic analysis
The work is built over four modes:
dorian,
phrygian,
lydian, and
aeolian; and is notable for lacking dominant-like seventh chords, thus only using
major and
minor chords and their extensions (thus employing many added 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths). According to Reilly, these two factors give the work a modal and impressionistic flavor.
References
Further reading
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Jazz compositions
Jazz compositions in B minor