num_pages: 346
description: 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.
language: English
title: Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
titlecomplete: Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
genres: Biography, Autobiography, Jazz, Music, Music Biography, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Art, Memoir
ratings_count: 519
publisher: Yale University Press