Two albums, one night, ten days until tragedy strikes — and jazz loses its breath.
June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York’s Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing.
Acting
Lie plays Evans like a man already mourning the living.
Direction
Gee makes silence scream louder than any solo.
Sound
The Vanguard sessions recreated with obsessive, holy reverence.
Director
Grant Gee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anders Danielsen Lie trained for months with jazz pianists but his playing is overdubbed by a protege of Evans' actual students.
The real Vanguard tapes were recorded June 25, 1961; LaFaro died July 6. Evans didn't touch piano for nearly a year.
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