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Gil Evans Remembered

In 1972 I got a call to play French Horn with Gil Evans for a week at the Village Vanguard in New York City. I expected to be playing classics from “Sketches of Spain” and “Porgy & Bess.” Nope. What I stepped into was a high-energy band with an all-star group of dynamic soloists – Howard Johnson, Lenny White, Joe Beck, Billy Harper, Dave Bargeron, Trevor Koehler, David Sanborn - and Gil was loving it! Later, just getting into synthesizers, I showed him my Minimoog. He told me to just use the Moog, and hired John Clark to play French horn. In time the band morphed into a powerful, acoustic/electric ensemble, culminating in the 1974 album “Gil Evans Plays The Music of Jimi Hendrix.” But Gil always wanted to see where the music could go

Gil Evans Remembered (Live At The Cutting Room, NYC)

By Gil Evans Remembered

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: La Nevada; Goodbye Pork Pie; Teen Town; London; Little Wing; Nana; Stone Free.

Gil Evans Remembered: Gil Evans Remembered (Live At The Cutting Room, NYC)

by Jack Kenny
November 26, 2024

Few people have a better right to remember Gil Evans than these musicians. The serrated wail of this band enraptured, touched and torched the listeners. It is easy to see why musicians from the Monday Night Band would want to play, creating under Evans' beatific musical vision. It must have been inspiring. Most of the musicians ...

Visioneers, T.K. Blue, 45trio, Work Money Death, Gil Evans Remembered, And More

by Tony Poole
November 1, 2024

Tony Poole selects his favourite new releases and pre-releases. 12 new tracks you need to hear! Playlist Gil Evans Remembered “Teen Town" from Live at the Cutting Room, NYC (Dot Time Legends) 00:00 Edgar Van Asselt “Samba Pra Mim ft. Lilian Viera" from Celebracao! (Left To Right Music) 06:13 Dora Morelenbaum “VW Blue" from ...