What an effect the death of brilliant bassist Scott LaFaro had on Bill Evans - he quit playing publicly for nearly a year. Who can blame him, if LaFaro was really his musical soul mate, and if Evans was already somewhat unstable?
This interesting article piqued my curiosity about Evans and LaFaro, and I did manage to find a little YouTube music of the two + drummer Paul Motian. The video is actually meaningless, but the music is awesome, so have a listen, and enjoy the article, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw-mCFTEoTE
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