Gil Evans Jazz Profiles CD - Import

One of jazz's most celebrated arrangers and composers, Gil Evans recorded for many labels during his 50-plus years in jazz. His Columbia and RCA periods were long and particularly fruitful ones because of the musicians he surrounded himself with. While it's true that his collaboration with Miles Davis is the most celebrated and well known, some of the other players who appeared on Evans' own records were Billy Harper, Jerome Richardson, Tony Williams, David Sanborn, Peter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Johnny Coles, Lew Soloff, Julius Watkins, Elvin Jones, Ryo Kawasaki, and dozens more. This 13-cut collection represents Evans' pioneering arrangements and interpretations of everything from standards (George Gershwin's "My Man's Gone Now," and the "King Porter Stomp") to his experiments with Davis in orchestral jazz, "Solea," "The Pan Piper," and "Miles Ahead," and finally pop music, most notably the music of Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing" and "Up from the Skies." These tracks offers a visionary look at Evans, and a veritable rainbow of colors, textures, harmonies, and dynamics embodied in one man that we are not likely to encounter again. For the price this sampler cannot be beat. ~ Thom Jurek

13 track import collects tracks from his collaborations with Miles Davis along with his own solo material. 'New Rhumba', 'Miles Ahead', 'Up From the Skies', 'Little Wing', and more.

Personnel: Keith Loving, Claude Thornhill, Don Pate, Tony Miranda, Clarence Willard, Louis Mucci, Dick Hixon, Tasso Harris, Ray Schmidt, Louis Carisi, Joe Singer, Janet Putman, Jack Kaven, Danny Bank, David Horowitz, David Sanborn, Elvin Jones, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, George Adams, Gunther Schuller, Herb Bushler, Howard Johnson , Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Cobb , Joe Bennett, Joe Gallivan, John Abercrombie, Johnny Carisi, Johnny Coles, Julius Watkins, Al Block, Lee Konitz, Lew Soloff, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Michael Moore , Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Phil Bodner, Philly Joe Jones, Ryo Kawasaki, Art Taylor, Sid Cooper, Taft Jordan, Tom Malone, Tony Williams , Barry Galbraith, Warren Smith , Willie Ruff, John Clark , Bernie Glow, Rusty Dedrick, Peter Gordon , Billy Barber , Billy Exiner, Billy Harper, Romeo Penque, Jack Knitzer, Jose Mangual, Susan Evans, Jim Buffington, Frederick Schmidt, Trevor Koehler, Peter Levin, Bob Stewart , Bob Jenney, Sandy Siegelstein, Joe Daley Trio, Paul Metzke, Harold Feldman, Bruce Ditmas, Cannonball Adderley.

Audio Mixers: Mark Wilder; Phil Schaap.