About this episode
Waltz for Debby is the sound that all "boring coffeehouse jazz" tries to imitate, but none can replicate. Featuring Bill Evans on piano, Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums, this 1962 live album has become the template for every AI jazz playlist. And yet, it stands apart as one of the greatest jazz piano trio albums of all time. Pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin listen to the full album, track-by-track, describing what they hear in the music that lends this album its undeniable humanity.
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00:00 Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby
03:20 My Foolish Heart
09:20 Waltz for Debby
16:40 Detour Ahead
18:53 My Romance
23:55 Some Other Time
27:09 Milestones
30:31 Categories
34:03 Mailbag
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