This title was selected as a 1998 Notable Book of the Year by the "New York Times Book Review" and was the winner of the 1999 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in the Pop Books Category.

A comprehensive biography of the brilliant jazz composer and pianist Bill Evans
 
This enthralling book is the first biography in English of Bill Evans (1929–1980), one of the most influential of all jazz pianists. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert pianist, describes Evans’s life (the personal tragedies and commercial successes), his musicmaking (technique, compositional methods, and approach to group playing), and his legacy. The book also includes a full discography and dozens of photographs.