1983
Search results
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.
May 13, 2024 · Gil Evans was one of jazz’s most important arrangers, and it was apparent from early on that Evans would pursue a career in music. Born on May 13, 1912, as a teenager, Evans was...
Explore the life and music of Gil Evans, a legendary jazz composer, arranger and bandleader, who collaborated with Miles Davis and others.
May 9, 2024 · Gil Evans was a Canadian-born composer and arranger who was one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz history. Evans had a long and productive career but remains best known for his celebrated collaborations with trumpeter Miles Davis.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 3, 2015 · The Gil Evans Orchestra (Usa, 1961) - Out of the cool. Nicolás.Gordon. 10.5K subscribers.
- 44 min
- 69.1K
- Nicolás.Gordon
May 13, 2012 · Gil Evans, one of the most important jazz arrangers of the 20th century, was born 100 years ago today. Evans is best known for music he wrote between 1957 and 1963 for his 19-piece orchestra,...
People also ask
Who is Gil Evans?
What did Gil Evans do for a living?
Who was Gil Evans & Miles Davis?
Who is Gil Evans Lee Konitz?
Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as a composer, arranger, and bandleader—for Miles Davis, with whom he frequently collaborated over the course of four decades, and for his own ensembles—places him alongside Duke Ellington and ...
Related searches
