Library of Congress Catalogin�n-Publication Data Pettinger, Peter, I 945Bill Evans : how my heart sings I Peter Pettinger Discography: p. Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of Philip Hamilton McMillan of the Class of I 894,Yale College. Jacket illustration: front Evans in London, 1965 (David Redfern): back: Evans, April 1980 (The Stanley and Helen Oakley Dance Archives, Yale University Music Library. He teaches piano and chamber music within Cambridge University. His many recordings include the Bart6k sonatas with the vio linist Sandor Vegh, the Elgar Sonata and a jazz album with the violinist Nigel Kennedy, and Elgar's works for solo piano. Tional concert pianist for more than twenty-five years.
With a full discogra phy and dozens of photographs, the vol ume will be welcomed by jazz fans and general readers alike. Pettinger assesses Evans's recordings and analyzes his expressive technique, tone production, approach to group playing, and compo sitional methods. Though haunted by tragedy and drug abuse, Evans created successful trios, formed important asso ciations with such other jazz artists as the composer George Russell and the trumpeter Miles Davis, and enjoyed long-standing commercial success, evi denced by a series of Grammy awards and nominations. Bill Evans took to the road earlyĪnd traveled to clubs and concert halls throughout his life. Based on extensive research and conversations with many of Evans's friends and col leagues, as well as Pettinger's firsthand memories of performances at the V illage Vanguard in New York and Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London, it describes the life, the musicmaking, and the legacy of this major American jazz artist. Peter Pettinger's enthralling biography tells Evans's story for the first time. Classically trained on flute, violin, and piano, Evans chose jazz-specifically, the jazz piano trio-as the medium for his life's achievement. (192cr1980) brought an unequaled finesse of touch to the keyboard. Niversally acknowledged as one of the most influential of all jazz pianists, Bill Evans
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