bill_evans raze max claimed his heart exploded. he said the muscle that made him move tore itself apart inside his chest. that doesn't seem to be true, but it's a more poetic ending than the one he got. in his last live recordings, he sounds like a man who knows he's running out of time, so he's taking everything he's got left and forcing it through his fingers every time he sits down to commune with the black_and_white beast that became his truest friend. a lot of musicians have been influenced by bill. no one else has ever sounded a thing like him. no matter how dense or fiery things might get, there's this vulnerability that never really leaves his music. when you listen to him play, it always feels like a strong wind might blow him right off the bench. 231113 what's it to you? who go blather from