Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings

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Summary: Sad story of an incredible pianist
Review: When I was in college, I was lucky enough to take a jazz class with Chuck Israels who played bass with Bill Evans after we lost Scotty LaFaro.

I listened to Evans profusely that term and I still love his music. Reading this book about him saddened me greatly as he was such a skilled musician and in many ways, a genuinely nice man. Why he decided to become so dependent on illegal things is a tragedy.

It is hard to write a book about music without examples within the text. This book was wonderful, albeit so sad.