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Jack Reilly’s book on The Harmony of [this musician] notes the absence of dominant 7th chords on a modal standard by this artist. Eddie Gómez plays bass on this musician’s posthumously-released album You Must Believe in Spring. This musician would often play “I Loves You, Porgy” as a solo in concert after the death of a bandmate in a car accident. This musician recorded “Peace Piece” on a 1959 solo album (15[1])titled (*) Everybody Digs [this artist]. (-5[1])Though uncredited, this (10[1])musician wrote the track “Blue in Green” from Miles Davis’ album Kind of Blue, on which this musician played piano. This pianist’s trio, which included drummer Paul Motian (10[1])and bassist Scott LaFaro, recorded the live album Sunday at the Village Vanguard. For 10 points, name this classically-trained jazz pianist who wrote “Waltz for Debby.” ■END■ (0[5])

ANSWER: Bill Evans
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan SheffieldMITAmherst7015
Christopher DechBrandeis ABrandeis B75-5
Armie ErbanClark HouseBowdoin B7810
Issac OjutomoriTufts BBoston College B10610
Blake JohnsonBoston College ATufts A1330
Nathaniel MartinBrandeis BBrandeis A1330
Joy AnHarvardYale1330
Cecile ThomasTufts ABoston College A1330
William OrrYaleHarvard1330