Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Plot

June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York’s Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing.

About Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a 2026 biographical drama film directed by Grant Gee and starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Barry Ward, Laurie Metcalf, Valene Kane and Katie McGrath. It was written by Mark O'Halloran based on the 2013 novel Intermission by Owen Martell. The film dramatises a turbulent period in the life of musician Bill Evans. The title of the film is taken from Evans' 1959 album Everybody Digs Bill Evans.

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