TY - JOUR T1 - The scale of general practice JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 648 LP - 648 VL - 54 IS - 505 AU - Emyr Gravell Y1 - 2004/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/54/505/648.abstract N2 - Music hath the power to charm the savage beast that I am after a hard day at the coal face, and I'm relaxing, listening to the delicately beautiful piano playing of Bill Evans. In films I've seen of him, he sits hunched apologetically over the piano, in sharp contrast to the usual flamboyant style of most jazz musicians, but what he draws out of the keys is haunting and sublime. Rich and original harmonies that complement sparse melodic lines with not a note wasted. I can't imagine anyone not being moved by its understated beauty. Evans' music has a lot of links with classical music, there are influences from Chopin and especially the impressionist composers such as Ravel and Debussy, yet it is fundamentally different and the difference has its own coherence, meaning and structure. Not weakness, but adding to the quality of the music. … ER -