Table of Contents
Foreword Hal Miller vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 A Child is Born 3
Chapter 2 Berklee (and Bill) 15
Chapter 3 Buddy's Buddy 21
Chapter 4 The Audition 37
Chapter 5 On the Road Again 47
Chapter 6 Lessons from Bill: The Joy of Discovery 67
Chapter 7 We Will Meet Again 73
Chapter 8 Hanging with Bill 1 79
Chapter 9 Birthday Blues and Buenos Aires 83
Chapter 10 Hanging with Bill 2 89
Chapter 11 Expectations 93
Chapter 12 Hanging with Bill 3 99
Chapter 13 The Paris Concert-Europe 1979 101
Chapter 14 Hanging with Bill 4 109
Chapter 15 The Village Vanguard: Turn Out the Stars 111
Chapter 16 Hanging with Bill 5 123
Chapter 17 Last Days: Europe, 1980 127
Chapter 18 Last Days: Stateside 135
Chapter 19 September 15, 1980 147
Chapter 20 Aftermath 153
Chapter 21 Epilogue-Re: Person I Knew 157
Appendix: Sorrow in Soho by Francois Lacharme 163
Essays Joe La Barbera 168
Itinerary Compiled by Tonino Vantaggiato 187
Bill Evans Trio Recordings 191
Endnotes 195
Bibliography 201
Index 207