The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Clausen Trio, and Jean Thorel celebrate the enduring legacy of one of jazz’s greatest pianists. The album features three jazz, concerto grosso-like orchestral works recorded live. The influential Danish jazz trumpeter and composer Palle Mikkelborg was commissioned by the Danish Radio to compose his Bill Evans Suite for the Bill Evans Trio in 1969, comprising themes from famous pieces by Bill Evans such as “Waltz for Debby,” “Time Remembered,” “My Bells,” and “Walkin’ Up.” Thomas Clausen’s deeply personal For Pi is a tender jazz ballad infused with the spirit of Evans, orchestrated for strings and trio with Anders Malta’s lyrical trumpet adding poignant beauty. Symbiosis marks the third collaboration between the decorated German composer-arranger Claus Ogermann and Bill Evans, with the pair working together previously on two jazz albums with symphony orchestra. Symbiosis was originally composed solely for an album recording in 1974 and the full orchestral score was unfortunately not preserved for performance. In 2019, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra commissioned Singaporean composer Ding Jian Han to re-construct the orchestral score. This reconstruction was premiered in January 2023 and recorded for this album.