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Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Jamie interviews director Grant Gee and lead actor Anders Danielsen Lee about Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a new biopic on the influential jazz pianist.

Jamie interviews director Grant Gee and lead actor Anders Danielsen Lee about Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a new biopic on the influential jazz pianist.
The film takes place just after the famous Bill Evans Trio concert at the Village Vanguard club in New York in 1961. It was the last time the band played together as, tragically, bassist Scott LaFaro died in a car crash soon after. Recordings from that show became the landmark jazz albums Sunday At The Village Vanguard and Waltz For Debby.

Elsewhere, Jamie plays classics from Wes Montgomery, Toots Thielemans and Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown. New music from Nico Widdowson, aron!, Jordan Rakei and Wonky Logic.

Produced by Folded Wing for BBC Radio 2.

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Music Played

  • Helen Merrill

    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (feat. Clifford Brown)

    • Helen Merrill.
    • EmArcy Records.

  • Toots Thielemans

    Cocktails For Two

    • The Soul of Toots Thielemans.
    • Signature.

  • aron!

    Call Me When You Can (feat. dodie)

    • Too Close For Running.
    • Universal Music Group.

  • Nico Widdowson

    On Fools And Clowns

    • On Fools And Clowns.
    • Trash City Records.

  • Wes Montgomery

    S.O.S. (Live at Tsubo, Berkeley)

    • Full House.

  • Bill Evans Trio

    Gloria's Step

    • Sunday at the Village Vanguard.
    • Riverside Records.

  • Bill Evans and Monica Zetterlund

    Lucky To Be Me

    • Waltz for Debby.
    • Philips Records.

  • Bill Evans Trio

    Waltz For Debby

    • Waltz for Debby.
    • Riverside Records.

  • Bill Evans Trio

    Jade Visions

    • Sunday at the Village Vanguard.
    • Riverside Records.

  • Jordan Rakei

    Promise

    • A Safe Place To Be Wild.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited / Fontana.

  • Wonky Logic

    Strange Attractor

    • Mek Do & Mend / Strange Attractor - Single.
    • Brownswood Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday21:00
    BBC Radio 2