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Herb Geller on Bill Evans

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Marc Myers
May 04, 2010
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Following my interview series last week with alto saxophonist  Herb Geller, I was curious about Herb's interactions with bassist Scott Lafaro in the late 1950s and his flute playing with pianist Bill Evans in 1972.  

It turns out Herb was the one who first introduced LaFaro to Evans, that Herb began playing flute only after relocating to Germany, and tha…

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