Waltz for Debby
Context
Waltz written by Bill Evans, a musical portrait of his niece, first released as a piano solo on his first album New Jazz Conceptions; the lyrics are by Gene Lees. The live version was recorded at the Village Vanguard on June 25, 1961, by the trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, ten days before LaFaro's death in a car accident. It remained a classic of Evans's stage repertoire.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modal. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.