Bill Evans (1929–1980), pianist-composer whose luminous touch, modal harmony and “rootless” voicings reshaped the jazz trio. After helping craft Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, his trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian set a new standard on Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby. Later essentials: Portrait in Jazz, Conversations with Myself, You Must Believe in Spring.