[polytely]

The full documentary is worth checking out:

The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwXAqIaUahI

Are there modern equivalents of this type of content? Longform discussions with a genius about their field, it is so good.

[listenfaster]

Great question. I pine for venues like The Dick Cavett show where space is given to dig into the broad scheme around an artist’s creativity. As an example, this little clip with Paul Simon explaining his Bach influence in Bridge Over Troubled Water, for example, takes time to set context.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFt0cP-klQI

If you consider comedy a refined art as I do, Marc Maron gets into the pith with musicians, actors , writers and comedians as a rule. Another reply here makes the same point - podcasts seem to be the venue for this these days. I’d say creating space for the longer discussion is key.

Docs like this are diamonds in the rough though. Great post.

[jeremiecoullon]

I guess (good) podcasts are the modern equivalent!