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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 titled (*) Everybody Digs [this artist]. (-5[1])Though uncredited, (-5[1])this 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 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■

ANSWER: Bill Evans
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