As they worked out plans for the set and miles worked with gil even when it was still at the discussion stage it occurred to gil that not only were miles and himself. It was with particular attention to the bluesjazz inspiration inherent in porgy and bess that miles davis and gil evans approached the vocal score. Seattle repertory jazz orchestra presents miles ahead. The life 19121988 and career of gil evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. I would really appreciate it if i could get the pdf from you. Miles had an uncanny ability for choosing the best people to extend his sound and vocabulary, and gil evans might have done more to contribute to that legacy than anyone. The gil evans orchestra plays the music of jimi hendrix wikipedia. This is a sketch of gils arrangement for ella speed which he recorded on his first record as a leader gil evans plus 10. Still, summertime is such a wellconstructed song that even when an artist takes liberties with the song, it retains its basic character. The album features musical assistance from johnny coles, thad jones, jimmy. Score and parts in pdf format via instant download. An analysis of the compositions of bill evans, billy strayhorn, and. A video explaining the storyhistory behind this newly rediscovered work. Gil evans orchestra hidden treasures volume one, monday.
When this is done, press merge to combine the pdf files. The individualism of gil evans is an album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer gil evans originally released on the verve label in 1964. Gil evans arrangement of my ship w transcription jazz. Product information a highly recommended set from the superb gil evans orchestra playing stand out arrangements of five jazz standards and a couple of.
You may rearrange the order of the files as you want them to appear in the output file by dragging them. Cd pressing of this 1964 album from gil evans including four bonus tracks. Marz 1988 in cuernavaca, mexiko war ein kanadischer jazzmusiker. It is somewhat amusing that dave brubecks the duke is more frequently associated with miles davis and gil evans than brubeck himself. First you need to drag and drop the pdf files for merging to the box above in bulk or one by one. The album merged davis brassy bravado with evans novel orchestral instrumentations to.
Eleven kenwood dennard dr, mino cinelu perc, mark egan bg, darryl jones bg 2, matthew garrison bg. Evans s arrangement centers around a repeated line or riff, which changes color and texture throughout as davis. Perhaps a better example of this is miles davis and gil evans elegant reading from 1958, which emphasized both the songs dual origins as folk song and symphony, all within a distinctly jazz setting. The music for summertime, of course, comes from porgy and bess, and that album is a deserved classic. Full text of the students of sidney mear internet archive. Leontyne price 1960 a postwar revival of porgy and bess in 1952 saw legendary soprano leontyne price take the role of bess in a cast that included jazz singer cab calloway as sportin life. The following video is a recording and transcription of gil s arrangement on the old standard my ship. Full text of the students of sidney mear see other formats the students of sidney meat the students of sidney mear a compilation of students found on the web december 25, 20 abstract this document is an attempt to find out about the careers of former students of sid mear at the eastman school of music. Porgy and bess gershwin, george since this work was first published after 1924 with the prescribed notice, it is unlikely that this work is public domain in the usa. Gil evans, canadianborn composer and arranger who was one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz history. The gil evans orchestra plays the music of jimi hendrix ist ein jazzalbum des gil evans orchestra.
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