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Everybody Digs Bill Evans

2026 · 102 min

A quiet, mournful immersion in a musician's grief, more about silence and loss than performance, rewarding patience with emotional depth.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, music, friendship, isolation
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
music
friendship
isolation
healing
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild