Bill Evans

I'm going to talk about my favorite jazz pianist Bill Evans.

In 1959 he met a bassist Scott LaFaro and formed band. They recorded their music which is called Waltz for Debby and was becoming the most famous recording of Bill Evans. After 11days of recording, Scott lost his life in a traffic accident and Bill abandoned himself to grief for a while.

He used to compose music when he lost someone. He also lost his wife and his brother because of suicides. After his brother Harry's death, he wrote the song "we will meet again" for his brother. He is known as an immovable and objective person.

In the middle of his life, his music became more destructive because of drugs.

In 1980, he had his live performance tour. He was terminally sick at the time and nobody thought that it is possible to play the piano, but he played. September 11, he finally stopped playing the piano at his live performance and a few days later he died.

Now he is the one of the most famous jazz pianists in the world. All musicians will respect him forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sfQ3hvhXo&feature=player_detailpage