Jazz Articles about Gil Evans

Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions

by Norman Weinstein
June 20, 2006

"Complete" in this case refers to two LPs worth of primo early Gil Evans.The first LP on this disc answers the question of what would have happened if Evans had written a concerto for anyone other than Miles Davis. “New Bottle, Old Wine" is a version of the “Miles Ahead" concerto concept for Cannonball Adderley. And while the adventurous arrangements of “King Porter Stomp" and “Lester Leaps In" exercise Cannonball's skills to the max, this is an attractively happy entertainment, ...

Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions

by Chris May
June 15, 2006

If Stan Kenton's ponderous Sophisticated Approach (1961) showed how little jazz it is possible to make with an orchestra the size of Texas, Gil Evans' The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions shows how much more you can make with a lot less. The CD brings together two collections of brilliantly reimagined standards, New Bottle, Old Wine (1958) and Great Jazz Standards (1959), recorded when Evans was red-hot from two successes with Miles Davis, Miles Ahead and Porgy And Bess.

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Gil Evans-Out of the Cool: His Life and Music

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

Gil Evans-Out of the Cool Stephanie Stein Crease A Cappella Books ISBN: 1-55652-425-0

A new, welcome book on the life of the great arranger and musical ideologist Gil Evans provides a portrayal of a multi-faceted man, both professionally and personally. While magazine articles and items found in the writings about other musicians have given us thumbnail snippets of the life of this quiet, non-self-promoter, Gil Evans: Out of the Cool, His Life ...

Gil Evans Orchestra: Live at Umbria Jazz - Vol. I

by Maurizio Comandini
March 1, 2001

Summer 1987; Italy's heartland, Umbria; torrid heat. Perugia, as usual, was the location of the most popular Italian Jazz Festival. On Saturday, July 11th, the Gil Evans Orchestra is scheduled to perform at the Curi soccer stadium, together with the pop icon Sting as guest vocalist. The media attention for this event is reflected by the fact that RAI UNO, the most popular Italian public TV channel broadcast it live during prime time. Unbelievable... great jazz televised live during prime ...