my foolish heart played by bill evans on piano, scott lafaro on bass and paul motian on drums on a sunday in the village vanguard in new york in june 1961. i cannot get enough of this ballad. apparently it was written after a short story by salinger. it's about a woman who is married, has a child from another man, a soldier she is in love with and does not dare to tell her husband. the thing which absolutely stuns me about this piece is the way evans plays it. extremely slow and understated. caressing the keys. the melody is hardly there, it is buried below motian's drum brush. it is so bitter and so sweet, not yet blossomed but you know that it will be the most beautiful petal of all. i have to hum or whistle this underlying, undeveloped melody when i hear the piece. actually i kind of improvise around the insinuated theme. my whistling dances around it. everything worthwhile about life is hidden in those couple of notes. shyness, tenderness, melancholy, timidity, love and death. it's all in there. trust me. my foolish heart is the first track on waltz for debby.