A Grammy winner and pioneer of multi-track jazz recording Bill Evans was the pianist on Miles Davis' classic Kind of Blue album and a key figure in the development of modern jazz piano. This new Backbeat book details hiswide-ranging and absorbing career from freelance work in the 1950s through his groundbreaking trios and solo releases to his relationships with various record labels to the intense final phase before his death in 1980. Printedon top-quality stock the book includes fantastic full-page photos throughout and a special color section.