11/14/2022 0 Comments 1960 tango instrumental soundscape![]() Recognition came with just one Grammy Award, for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band. His plans in the 70s for collaboration with Jimi Hendrix were aborted by Jimi’s untimely departure, though marked by the album Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1975). His success with Miles afforded him a few albums in his own right, including those for Impulse and Verve. Charlie Parker mostly came to sleep, often accompanied by Miles Davis, which is how the Evans/Davis association began, leading to The Birth Of Cool (recorded 1949-50, arrangements by Gil Evans), and some years later, Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), Sketches of Spain (1960), and Quiet Nights (1962). Regulars calling by were Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, George Russell and John Lewis. I never knew who was going to be there when I got home and I didn’t care”. After WWII, he moved into a small furnished basement at 14 West 55th street, New York, that became a drop in place for fellow musicians to hang out and swap ideas. Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. The big bonus is that the mastering of the whole record for Verve is in the hands of Van Gelder. Engineers according to session, Bob Simpson, Phil Ramone, and Rudy Van Gelder. Recorded variously at A&R Studios, New York, September, 1963 at Webster Hall, New York, April 6 and and at Van Gelder’s Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, July 9 and October 29, 1964. Reeds, woodwinds: Jerome Richardson, Garvin Bushell, Andy Fitzgerald, George Margeįrench horn: Julius Watkins, Gil Cohen, Don Corado, Bob Northern, Jimmy Buffington, Ray Alongeīass: Gary Peacock, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Richard Davis, Ben Tucker, Milt Hinton Woodwinds – flute, bass clarinet, alto sax: Eric Dolphy Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland (solo), Jimmy Knepper, Frank Rehak, Tony Studd Trumpet: Johnny Coles (solo), Thad Jones, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci I wouldn’t volunteer to fetch coffee and donuts Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, September 1963, recording engineer Bob Simpson.Īrtists across the various sessions, everyone who’s anyone, including six French horn players and six different bass players.It is worth name-checking the who’s who of Gil’s workforce. Piano, Gil Evans Bass: Paul Chambers, Ron Carter Drums, Elvin Jones French Horn, Ray Alonge Guitar, Kenny Burrell Reeds, Eric Dolphy, Bob Tricarico Garvin Bushell, Soprano Sax, Steve Lacy Trombone, Jimmy Cleveland, Tony Studd Trumpet, Johnny Coles, Bernie Grow Tuba, Bill Barber. ![]() Artists on the selection ” Las Vegas Tango” ![]()
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