Abstract
Jazz, which originated in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, has developed by absorbing musical features of various cultures and genres from its birth. This study seeks to identify impressionistic features in the improvisations of jazz pianist Bill Evans and compare them with the music of the Impressionism composer Debussy. The scope of this research includes the scores in the Bill Evans Omnibus and the works of Debussy in the Preludes Book 1 and 2. The characteristics of Impressionism music include the use of whole-tone scales, chromatic scales, pentatonic scales, harmonic structures using notes other than chord components, and progressions that are taboo in classical music, and we found them in Bill Evans' improvisations. In the end, although jazz music has distinct characteristics from classical music, they are related, and many jazz musicians have been influenced by classical music throughout history.
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