Song of the Day: September Fifteenth, composed by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and jazz pianist Lyle Mays, appears on the 1981 album, “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls.” Accompanying the duo is percussionist Nana Vasconcelos. The title of this song refers to that 1980 date on which legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans died. Sensitively performed, it is a fitting paean to one of the most important musicians in the history of jazz. I was blessed to see Bill Evans live at the Village Vanguard in the mid-1970s. When he hunched over the piano and began to play, in silhouette, it appeared as if man and instrument merged into a single entity. It sounded that way too. On the forty-fifth anniversary of Evans’s untimely passing, check out this lyrical instrumental tribute to his boundless creativity [YouTube link].
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