Oscar Peterson Waltz for Debby ( London, 1964)

Waltz for Debby is a jazz standard composed by pianist Bill Evans. He recorded it as a solo piano piece on his album New Jazz Conceptions (1956). Lyrics were written by Gene Lees. Debby in the song title refers to Evans s niece, Debby Evans. Waltz for Debby is known in Swedish by the name Monicas Vals; lyrics were written by Beppe Wolgers; and in Finnish by the name Ankin Valssi; lyrics were written by Jukka Kuoppamäki. When pianist Milcho Leviev realized that the song is based on a Chopin etude, he reworked it on a Bulgarian time signature, and called it For Fred and Bill in Time.