The Bebop Shop Gil Evans

The Bebop Shop : Destination Out! Beyond Bebop : Gil Evans


	Gil Evans: And Ten (CD: Prestige- US import) Already known for his arrangements in the Claude Thornhill band and the Miles Davis Nonet during the 1940s, Gil Evans went to several important collaborations with Davis between 1957 and 1960. It was also in 1957, thanks to Miles's urging, that he received an opportunity to do his own date on Prestige. This tentet utilizes five brass (including French horn) and bassoon; marks his recording debut as a pianist; and features the alto saxophone of Lee Konitz (his colleague in both the Thornhill and Davis units of the Forties) and Steve Lacy on soprano saxophone, at a time before John Coltrane had yet to popularize that instrument among modern reedmen. (Fantasy, Inc.) Price: £15.49


Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions (CD: Blue Note Connoisseur) Gil Evans was hot from the success of Miles Davis’s “Miles Ahead” and “Porgy And Bess” when he signed with Pacific Jazz. This CD contains both albums that Gil Evans made for the label in 1958-59, “New Bottle, Old Wine” and “Great Jazz Standards.” The discovery of three-track masters for the latter album has enabled us to master with greatly improved sound and present two of the tunes unedited for the first time. For these projects, Evans selected great jazz compositions from every era of the music and re-orchestrated them in his own style. Soloists include Johnny Coles, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Steve Lacy, Cannonball Adderley, Budd Johnson, Ray Crawford, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. (Blue Note Records) Price: £13.99


	Gil Evans: Out Of The Cool (CD: Impulse) 'Out Of The Cool is Gil Evans's masterpiece under his own name and one of the best examples of jazz orchestration since the early Ellington bands.' (The Penguin Guide To Jazz) A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf Price: £9.99


Gil Evans: Svengali (CD: Atlantic) Price: £9.99

The Bebop Shop : Destination Out! Beyond Bebop : Gil Evans

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