A while back I was told about an album by Swedish Jazz singer/actress Monica Zetterlund and legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans and I've only recently got around to downloading it. The album 'Waltz for Debby' was released in 1964 and should not be confused with his Trio's 1961 album of the same name. The story goes that Monica Zetterlund recorded a Swedish version of Bill Evans' "Waltz for Debby" and it was quite successful back in Sweden. The fact that she added vocals to his song interested him enough to make contact with her and before long they were recording an album together. The rest, I suppose, is history. The video added below has as much improvisation as jazz music itself does.... and it was at a time when smoking was as common as texting is today. This is just a taste - the album is the full buffet.
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