Interview with Mundell Lowe about Bill Evans

Bill Evans began piano lessons at the age of six and also studied violin and flute. He studied at the Southeastern Louisiana College (later named University) in Hammond. Guitarist Mundell Lowe encouraged Bill Evans to go to New York. In 1955, with 75 dollars in his pocket. His early gigs were with Mundell Lowe, Red Mitchell, and Tony Scott. From 1955 he recorded as a sideman numerous albums. In 1956 he signed with the Riverside label of Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer with the mediation of Mundell Lowe. Just a few days before his death, Bill Evans appeared on the Merv Griffin Show.