false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175846389m/565876.jpg 565876 1 Perhaps it was a white jazz musician's need to negate his very ordinary American boyhood, or maybe it was in the genes he inherited from his alcoholic father--no one can be quite sure--but Bill Evans, one of the most influential American jazz pianists ever, was a drug addict. He picked up his habit shortly after joining the Miles Davis Sextet in the 1950s, but it took Evans more than 20 years to be swallowed by the abyss of heroin, methadone, and cocaine. Sitting at the piano in the shadow of Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones--the era's paragons of cool--could not have been easy for the retiring musician who suffered harsh ribbing at the hands of both bandmates and fans. Ironically, as the drugs distorted Evans's body and soul, his fingers coaxed ever more sublime music from his keyboard. Biographer Peter Pettinger was himself a professional pianist and a longtime listener of Evans, so he is expert at articulating the nuances of the music. He is perceptive too in exploring the forces that imbued in one life so much beauty and so much pain. The result is a book that is both a memorial to a burdened man and an homage to his transcendent music. 552983 1 9 2002 Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings total:36|5:6|4:18|3:7|2:4|1:1| 36 132 44 8 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Jan 19 17:20:41 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 16:00:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 19 15:11:16 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 00:42:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:52:53 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:12:36 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Nov 12 07:40:10 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 07:42:20 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Sep 22 10:28:20 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 10:29:07 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Mar 18 06:01:41 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 06:02:07 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 13 13:47:09 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 13:47:26 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Apr 07 15:12:59 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 15:13:42 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sat Nov 14 09:06:29 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 09:06:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 14:04:59 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:04:59 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 11:08:37 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:08:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 20 00:01:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 00:01:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 20 17:42:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:42:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 19 21:25:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 21:25:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 06:59:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 06:59:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 09 15:40:10 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 15:40:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 04 21:14:50 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 21:14:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 28 20:44:46 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 20:44:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 07:20:04 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:20:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 08 17:53:59 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:54:05 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=565876