Biography

Unlike most jazz innovators, who are mainly associated with their instrument, Gil Evans made his mark as an arranger and composer of stunning originality. Best known for his collaborations with Miles Davis (BIRTH OF THE COOL, SKETCHES OF SPAIN), Evans first appeared as an arranger for the Claude Thornhill big band. Later he led his own band, which became the ideal laboratory for his highly individual musical ideas.

Top Tracks

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• Ballad Of The Sad Young Men

• Blues For Pablo

• Blues In Orbit

• Castles Made Of Sand/foxey Lady

• Concierto De Aranjuez (adagio)

• Esteem

• I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone But You)

• I Loves You, Porgy

• Jambangle

• King Porter Stomp

• La Nevada

• Las Vegas Tango

• Lester Leaps In

• Little Wing

• Miles Ahead

• Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk

• Song Of Our Country

• Stratusphunk

• Summertime

• The Barbara Song

• The Meaning Of The Blues

• The Pan Piper

• Thoroughbred

• Tijuana Gift Shop

• Time Of The Barracudas

• Up From The Skies

• Will O' The Wisp

• Ysabel's Table Dance

Discography

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• 75th Birthday Concert

  BBC Legends

  2001

• Honey Man

  Robi Droli

  2000

• Collaboration

  Emarcy

  1989

• Farewell

  Evidence

  1986

• The Mother of the Book

  Koch Jazz

  1985

• British Orchestra

  Mole

  1983

• Everyman Band

  1982

• Live at the Public Theatre in New York, Vol. 2

  Evidence

  1980

• Parabola

  Horo

  1978

• Live at the Royal Festival Hall

  RCA

  1978

• Svengali

  Koch Jazz / Koch Records

  1973

• Previously Unreleased Recordings

  Verve

  1973

• Big Stuff

  1969

• Gil Evans [Ampex]

  Ampex

  1969

• Jazz Workshop: The Arrangers

  Bluebird

  1965

• Gil Evans Orch, Kenny Burrell & Phil Woods

  Verve

  1964

• Cannonball Adderley and Gil Evans

  Pacific Jazz

  1962

• In the Hot

  1961

• America's #1 Arranger

  Pacific Jazz

  1961

• Pacific Standard Time

  Blue Note

  1959

• Arrangers' Touch

  Prestige Records

  1957