“Waltz for Debby,” Bill Evans

Debby was his niece, which makes sense, because it is a better name for a niece than a lover, if you’re writing a jazz arrangement.

Also, Bill Evans owned a racehorse named “Annie Hall,” and was a grade-A genius and also a tragic, tragic drug addict, like Miles Davis and Chet Baker and John Coltrane and Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker and…