Gil Evans
Mid Level
Jazz
Bebop
Big band
Cool jazz
Free jazz
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Recent shows
- 2018-03-13 Sunset/Sunside Paris, FR
- 2018-01-16 Sunset/Sunside Paris, FR
- 2017-07-27 Teatro Diana Guadalajara, MX
About Gil Evans
One of the most significant arrangers in jazz history, Gil Evans' three album-length collaborations with Miles Davis (Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain) are all considered classics. Evans had a lengthy and wide-ranging career that sometimes ran parallel to the trumpeter. Like Davis, Gil became involved in utilizing electronics in the '70s and preferred not to look back and re-create the past. He led his own band in California (1933-1938) which eventually became the backup group for Skinnay Ennis; Evans stayed on for a time as arranger. He gained recognition for his somewhat...
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