Home / Music / Waltz for Debby was inspired by a child at play.Music linernotes album music bill-evans-trioWaltz for Debby was inspired by a child at play.Debby was Debby Eaton, the young niece of Evans’s friend and manager Helen Keane. The waltz came from watching the child play. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesWaltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard came from the same engagementScott LaFaro died ten days after the Village Vanguard sessionsSunday at the Village Vanguard is routinely ranked among the best live jazz albumsBill Evans made Waltz for Debby a jazz standard in the studio and at the VanguardRiverside Records released the Bill Evans Trio's Waltz for Debby in 1962ExploreSonic Youth left SST Records over payment concerns after SisterJoseph Byrd chose the band name as an upside-down flagCocteau Twins named their studio after their daughter's birth monthThe Clash took lower royalties so Sandinista! could sell cheapThe Rolling Stones recorded in France because they were tax exilesPrevious 'For the Roses' was Joni Mitchell's first Asylum Records albumNext Trans-Europe Express came out in March 1977 on Kling Klang Records.