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Gil Evans
Gil Evans (1978)
Background information
Birth name
Gilmore Ian Ernest Green
Born
May 13, 1912 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
March 20, 1988(1988-03-20) (aged 75) Cuernavaca, Mexico
Genres
Jazz
cool jazz
modal jazz
free jazz
fusion
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
arranger
bandleader
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1933–1988
Labels
Prestige
World Pacific
Impulse!
RCA, Verve
Columbia
King
EmArcy
Website
www.gilevans.com
Musical artist
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988)[1] was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis.[2]
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with Miles Davis. GilEvans was born in Toronto, Canada, on May 13, 1912, to Margaret Julia McConnachy. Little is known about Evans' biological father...
of GilEvans is an album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer GilEvans originally released on the Verve label in 1964. It features Evans' big...
period, he alternated between orchestral jazz collaborations with arranger GilEvans, such as the Spanish music-influenced Sketches of Spain (1960), and band...
Lee Konitz, Bill Barber, Gerry Mulligan, and GilEvans, Miles Davis calling the Konitz-Barber-Mulligan-Evans incarnation "the greatest band", second only...
contract with CBS/Sony, and recorded Satin Doll with support of GilEvans during Evans' first visitation to Japan. Later she recorded many albums in collaboration...
The GilEvans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix is an album of Jimi Hendrix's compositions by jazz composer, conductor and pianist GilEvans. The...
shop in New York City. The album pairs Davis with arranger and composer GilEvans, with whom he had collaborated on several other projects, on a program...
was Judy Collins's touring drummer from 1969 to 1973 and worked with GilEvans from 1969 to 1982. In the 1970s, she worked with Steve Kuhn, Art Farmer...
Wainwright III, George Benson, Joe Beck, Donny Hathaway, Elton John, GilEvans, Carly Simon, Guru, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Kenny Garrett, Roger Waters...
Out of the Cool is a jazz album by The GilEvans Orchestra, recorded in 1960 and released on the Impulse! label the following year. The album was one...
performance features Davis with his regular quintet and accompanied by GilEvans and his 21-piece orchestra. The orchestra and quintet together perform...
and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the GilEvans Orchestra. He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elements. Mark McDanel...
1980 album Full Moon "El Toreador", a song by GilEvans on his 1964 album The Individualism of GilEvans SS Toreador (1909), a German cargo ship in service...
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with a nonet consisting of other noted jazz musicians including arranger GilEvans, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, John Lewis, Max Roach and Kenny Clarke. The...
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