Saturday, February 28, 2026

A Bill Evans Reader - Paperback and eBook


Now that a publishing glitch has been resolved, this anthology is one again available through Amazon. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction: p. 4


Prologue: BILL EVANS - A PERSON I KNEW by Brian Hennessey, Jazz Journal International, March/October 1985), pp.7-18.


Chapter 1. Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings by Orrin Keepnews, pp. 19-35.


Chapter 2 Homage to Bill Evans in The Complete Riverside Recordings by Martin Williams, pp. 36-46. 


Chapter 3. Inside the New Bill Evans Trio with Gene Lees, pp. 47-52.


Chapter 4. Time Remembered: A 1965 Interview with Jean-Louis Ginibre, pp 53-60.


Chapter 5. New Conceptions: When George Russell Met Bill Evans - Peter Pettinger, pp. 61-66.


Chapter 6. Rare interview with Bill Evans recounts the story of Miles Davis and Kind of Blue, pp. 67-75.


Chapter 7. Bill Evans - Intellect, Emotion, Communication - By Don Nelsen, pp. 76-82. 


Chapter 8. Bill Evans - Romantic Agony by Whitney Balliett, pp. 83-85.


Chapter 9. Bill Evans - The Art of Playing - Dan Morgenstern, pp. 86-91.


Chapter 10. Bill Evans - The Ralph J. Gleason Interview, pp. 92-103.


Chapter 11. Bill Evans - "The Interplay Sessions" - Orrin Keepnews, pp. 104-110.


Chapter 12. "Bill Evans’s Influential Interplay" by John Edward Hasse, pp. 111-113.


Chapter 13. Bill Evans: Tales - Live in Copenhagen (1964) Elemental CD 5990445" - Zev Feldman. Pp. 114-121.


Chapter 14. Bill Evans: The Secret Sessions - Doug Ramsey, pp. 122-134.


Chapter 15: Bill Evans “in” Paris “with” Gene Lees, pp. 135-148.


Chapter 16. Bill Evans – The Sesjun Radio Shows - Steven A. Cerra, pp. 149-153.

Chapter 17. Bill Evans - Piano Player - Steven A. Cerra, pp. 154-156.

Chapter 18. Bill and Buonarroti: Empathy - Steven A. Cerra, pp. 157-159.

Chapter 19. Bassist Eddie Gomez and Drummer Marty Morell with Bill Evans in England, 1969, pp. 160-168.

Chapter 20. Erwin Blumenfeld and Bill Evans - Superimposition and Overdubbing - Steven A. Cerra, pp. 169-177. 


Chapter 21. Who Was Bill Evans? - Richard Terrill, pp. 178-193.


Chapter 22. Exposing The Issues: The Chuck Israels Interview from Randy Smith’s “Talking Jazz,” pp. 194-197.


Chapter 23. Chuck Israels on Bill Evans: An Analysis of Style, pp. 198-203.


Chapter 24. "Pianist Bill Evans and You, Professor" by Jacques Berlinerblau, pp. 204-206.


Chapter 25. Bill Evans: A Critical Appraisal by Larry Kart, pp. 207-214.


Chapter 26. Bill Evans - The 1979 Wayne Enstice - Paul Rubin Interview, pp. 215-224.


Chapter 27. "I Remember Bill" - Don Sebesky's Tribute to Bill Evans by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 225-228.


Chapter 28. Bill Evans: Time Remembered in a book by Peter Pettinger and in a film by Bruce Siegel by Steven A. Cerra, pp. 229-232.


Chapter 29. Times Remembered - The Final Years of the Bill Evans Trio by Joe 

La Barbera and Charles Levin, pp. 233-237.


Chapter 30. Bill Evans: The Len Lyons Interview, pp. 238-246.


Chapter 31. A Profile of Bill Evans by Neil Tesser pp. 247-303.


DISCOGRAPHY: p. 304