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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 (15[1])You Must Believe in Spring. (15[1])This musician would often play “I Loves You, Porgy” as a solo (-5[1])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]. Though uncredited, this musician wrote the track “Blue in Green” from Miles Davis’ (-5[1])album Kind of Blue, on which this musician played piano. This pianist’s trio, which included drummer Paul Motian and bassist Scott LaFaro, recorded (10[1])the live album Sunday at the Village Vanguard. For 10 points, (10[1])name this classically-trained jazz pianist who wrote “Waltz for Debby.” ■END■

ANSWER: Bill Evans
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