Bill Evans: how my heart sings Peter Pettinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettinger, Peter, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evans, Bill, 1929-1980.

Evans, Bill.

Pianists--United States--Biography.

Pianists.

Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1998

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This enthralling book is the first biography in English of Bill Evans, one of the most influential of all jazz pianists. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert pianist, describes Evans's life (the personal tragedies and commercial successes), his musicmaking (technique, compositional methods, and approach to group playing), and his legacy. The book also includes a full discography and dozens of photographs.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Prologue

1. The Kid from Plainfield

2. Swing Pianist

3. New Jazz Conceptions

4. Sideman

5. A Call from Miles

6. Everybody Digs Bill Evans

7. Miles Calls Back

8. Portrait in Jazz

9. Explorations

10. Sunday at the Village Vanguard

11. Moonbeams

12. Conversations with Myself

13. An American in Europe

14. A Simple Matter of Conviction

15. Quiet Now

16. Living Time

17. You've Been a Fine Audience

18. You Must Believe in Spring

19. Reflections in D

20. Twenty-One Cities in Twenty-Four Days

21. Letter to Evan

Notes

Discography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300185584

0300185588

OCLC:

1024023110