Musicians

Bill Evans Net Worth

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1 year ago

April 14, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

William John Evans's Net Worth as of 2024
$1 Million

William John Evans was born on the 16^th August 1929, in Plainfield, New Jersey USA, and was a musician who, as Bill Evans, was probably best known for being a jazz pianist, composer and arranger, popular for his settings with musicians such as Miles Davis, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian and Chuck Israels to name a few. He passed away in 1980 at the age of 51.

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this influential American jazz musician had accumulated for life? How rich Bill Evans was? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Bill Evans’ net worth, as of early 2018, would revolve around the sum of $1 million that has been acquired through his career in the music industry, that was active between the early 1950s and his death in 1980.

Bill Evans Net Worth $1 Million

Bill was the younger of two children of Mary and Harry Evans, and apart from American, is also of Welsh ancestry from his father’s as well as of Carpatho-Rusyn descent from his mother’s side. A majority of his childhood Bill spent in Somerville, where he began piano lessons at the age of seven, and later expanded his interests to playing violin, piccolo and flute. After matriculating from a local high school, Evans enrolled at Southeastern Louisiana University where he began classical piano studies on a flute scholarship. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1950, alongside Red Mitchell and Mundell Lowe Evans relocated to Calumet City, Illinois, where they founded a trio and began performing on the local club circuit. Later that year, Bill teamed up with Herbie Field’s band with which he performed on a three-month tour before settling in Chicago, Illinois, and began performing on its club circuit with Jim Aton. All these involvements provided the basis for Bill Evans’ net worth.

In 1951 Evans began serving his time in the US Army, actually being assigned to the Fifth US Army Band at Fort Sheridan. Prior to his discharge from the army in January 1954, he composed one of his most memorable tunes – “Waltz for Debby” in 1953. In July 1955, Bill enrolled in postgraduate studies in musical composition at New York City’s Mannes College of Music. In the course of the next several years, he performed with numerous big names in the world of jazz music, including George Russell, Jerry Wald and Tony Scott. In April 1958, he teamed up with Miles Davis‘ sextet, while in 1959 he founded his own jazz trio, with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, which released its debut album entitled “Portrait in Jazz” in December that year. All these engagements helped Bill Evans to make a name for himself as well as to add notable sums to the total of his wealth.

After a two-year long break, Evan returned to music in 1961, and after collaborating with Mark Murphy and Herbie Mann, he released the studio albums “Nirvana”, “Undercut”, “Moon Beams” and “How My Heart Sings!”. In 1963, Bill released a solo album entitled “Conversations with Myself”, which earned him his first Grammy Award. After releasing the recording “Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival” and another solo album “Alone” in 1968, Evans was honored with two more prestigious Grammy Awards. With his 1971 album entitled “The Bill Evans Album”, he had a huge commercial success which was crowned with two more Grammy Awards. It is certain that all these accomplishments made a huge impact on Bill Evans’ popularity, and his net worth as well.

When it comes to his personal life, apart from his significant professional achievements in jazz and music in general, Bill Evans was also known as an avid reader as well as a heroin addict. Speaking of his more private life, Evans was in a long-term relationship with Ellaine Schultz, which lasted for 12 years before she committed suicide in 1973. However, in the same year he married Nenette Zazzara with whom he welcomed one son. They stayed together ’til his death, despite his short-lived affair with 28-years younger Laurie Verchomin. Bill Evans passed away at the age of 51, on the 15^th September 1980, from a combination of cirrhosis, pneumonia and hepatitis. He lays buried at the Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Actresses

Milla Jovovich Net Worth

Published

3 weeks ago

March 24, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Milla Natasha Jovovich was born on 17 December 1975, in Kiev, Ukraine (then in the USSR), and is a model, actress and singer, perhaps best known for her breakthrough role in the film “The Fifth Element” in 1997, with Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman.

So just how rich is Milla Jovovich, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Milla has a net worth of over $45 million, accumulated from her various career elements spanning almost 30 years since she began modelling in 1987.

Milla Jovovich Net Worth $45 Million

Milla had a really unusual childhood, maybe that’s one of the reasons for her multi-million dollar net worth. Jovovich started her carrier in modeling from the early age of nine, a few years after she and her parents moved from Ukraine, which at that time belonged to the Soviet Union, to Los Angeles, California, in 1980. She even dropped out of school at the age of 12, when Gene Lemuel discovered her, and she signed a contract with Prima Modeling Agency. Milla Jovovich was covered by magazines including Vogue, Glamour, Madmoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and has been advertising brands including L’oreal, Christian Dior, Calvin Klein, Donna Koran, Revlon for many years.

However, exclusive looks and beauty was not the only value she had: Milla Jovovich has a great voice, a talent to write songs, design fashion and find herself in acting as well. Milla started her acting career in 1988 in the film “Two Moon Junction”, but the roles that gave this girl much more attention were in “Dazed and Confused” in 1993 and “The Fifth Element” in 1997 directed by Luc Besson, in which she worked with Bruce Willis. Of course, subsequently all five films based on “Resident Evil” made Milla Jovovich’s popularity and net worth go through the roof. The original movie was so successful that it was even turned into a video game.

Between her acting in those two movies, Milla tried the shoes of a singer and a song writer, and released her debut album – “The Divine Comedy – which was really appreciated by the audience and critics and even received positive feedback from Rolling Stone magazine’s, John McAlley; in his opinion the album was remarkable. In 1999 Milla Jovovich became a member of the band named Plastic Has Memory, and performed some gigs in New York and Las Vegas, but unfortunately not with her new band, and Milla has never released a second album.

As for her career in fashion, Milla launched her first line in 2003, and her brand was successful until 2008 when she decided to close her business because of lack of time, which is perhaps no surprise, assuming that all of her free time was taken-up by her daughter Ever Gabo Anderson, who was born in 2007.

As for other details of Milla’s personal life, aside from several well-known relationships, she has married three times, all husbands met when taking some part in films in which she was acting. She first married Shawn Andrews in 1992, which was apparently quickly annulled by her mother; ironically, he and Milla were starring in “Dazed and Confused”! The second was with the director of “The Fifth Element” – Luc Besson (1997-99), and she has been married to Paul W. S. Anderson, who worked with Jovovich on the set of “Resident Evil”, since 2009, and he is the father of her two daughters. The family is based in Los Angeles.

Milla is something of a philanthropist too, and often participates in and supports various charities including UNICEF, World Education, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and many more.

Musicians

Tracy Byrd Net Worth

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3 weeks ago

March 21, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Tracy Lynn Byrd was born on 17 December 1966, in Vidor, Texas USA, and is a country music artist, best known for releasing hit songs including “Holdin’ Heaven” and “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo”. He’s signed to MCA Nashville Records; all of his endeavors have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Tracy Byrd? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through a successful career in country music. He’s had more than 30 hit singles and has a double platinum certification from one of his albums. As he continues his career it is expected that his wealth will increase.

Tracy Byrd Net Worth $10 million

Tracy attended Vidor High School, and after matriculating in 1985, went to Lamar University, and then to Texas State University to study business. During his time there, he performed with a local band called Rimfire; during a recording session at a local mall, he performed a cover of “Your Cheatin’ Heart” which impressed the studio owner, who then submitted his cover to a local contest, and it led to Byrd being signed by MCA Records in 1992.

In the same year, Tracy released his first single entitled “That’s the Thing About a Memory”. His first few songs would not hit the Top 40 charts; but in 1993 he released the hit “Holdin’ Heaven”., included on his self-titled debut album which would go on to get gold certification. He followed it up with another album release called “No Ordinary Man”, which would become his highest selling album, earning double-platinum certification having sold over two million copies in the US. All of the singles he released from the album charted, and the song “The Keeper of the Stars” won a Country Music Association award for Song of the Year. In 1995, he released his third album – “Love Lessons” – but it had a decline in popularity, although still earning gold certification, and it led to a fourth album entitled “Big Love”. The lead single of the album reached the Top Five along with the song “Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got”. His final studio album for MCA was released in 1997, and was entitled “I’m from the Country”. His net worth was rising steadily.

In 1999, Byrd was signed by RCA Records and worked on the album “It’s About Time”, which featured more country pop songs, but no singles reached the Top 40. Three years later he worked on “Ten Rounds” which went back to the traditional country sound, and this time songs hit the charts, especially “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo” which became his second number one hit. In 2003, he released “The Truth About Men”, which featured artists such as Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry; he had another top 10 hit in “Drinkin’ Bone”. The following year, he released a greatest hit albums, and it was followed by the album “Different Things” which was produced by the Blind Mule label. His net worth continued to improve.

For his personal life, it is known that Tracy is married to Michelle since 1991,and they have two children. The family resides in Beaumont, Texas. In 2009, he took a break from the music industry to take care of his family. Byrd has also been known to do charity work, hosting an annual music event as well as becoming a National Spokesperson for the Special Olympics.