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Gil Evans

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  • Genre: Jazz

    Location NEW YORK, New York, US

    Profile Views: 52927

    Last Login: 9/19/2009

    Member Since 6/11/2006

    Website www.gilevans.com

    Record Label Impluse!/Verve/Prestige/Blue Note

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .............. ....FEATURED NEW CD RELEASES:.. .. .. Two CDs have recently been re-released involving Gil and his music. Both of these may be new to some Gil Evans fans, but they are absolute must-haves!! .. .. ..GIL EVANS: THE COMPLETE PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS.. ...... .. .. This re-release (Blue Note, 2006) contains two albums Gil recorded as a leader in 1958 and 1959. The two albums contained within this re-release, New Bottle, Old Wine and Great Jazz Standards, have both gone in and out of print over the years, so it is a great pleasure to finally see them re-mastered and re-released by Blue Note. The album contains some great arrangements by Gil and some outstanding solos by Cannonball Adderley (the featured soloist on New Bottle, Old Wine), Steve Lacy, Art Blakey, Paul Chambers, and Budd Johnson, to name a few. This album is available in all major record stores and online (thanks to Blue Notes distribution) make sure you pick this up!! .. .. ..GLEN HALL/GIL EVANS: THE MOTHER OF THE BOOK.. ...... .. .. Even the biggest Gil Evans enthusiast may not have heard of this album, which is a travesty that we hope to remedy here. The Mother of the Book is a beautiful album filled with all the spirit and essence of Gil that has thankfully been re-released through the efforts of the albums leader, Glen Hall. The combination of Glens compositions and Gils lush arrangements/orchestrations create a truly amazing album full of beautiful sounds over a "thick rhythmical foundation spun out by the percussion ensemble Nexus." We are happy to bring The Mother of the Book to your attention and urge you to invest some time in discovering this album. One track is featured in the Music Player, with the generous permission of Glen Hall. We also invite you to explore the album more fully through both Glen's ..MySpace Page.. and his ..Website.., where you can purchase the new re-release of The Mother of the Book.
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    ....Selected Discography:.... .. .. Gil Evans & Ten .. (Prestige, 1957) .. ...... .. .. Porgy & Bess (Columbia, 1958) .. ...... .. .. Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960) .. ...... .. .. Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1963) .. ...... .. .. Look to the Rainbow (Verve, 1965) .. ...... .. .. Svengali (Koch Jazz, 1973) .. ...... .. .. Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1&2 (Evidence, 1984) .. ......

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  • 3 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    HAVE A GREAT DAY MY GOOD FRIEND!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...

    “Truly GREAT FRIENDS

    are hard to FIND,

    difficult to LEAVE,

    and IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET.”

    LIFE IS PARTLY WHAT WE MAKE IT ~

    AND PARTLY MADE BY THE FRIENDS WE CHOOSE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    6 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Are you one of Romney's 47% Gil?
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S 47% ...

    "There are 47% of the people (over 141,000,000 people) who

    will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47%

    who are with him, who are dependent upon GOVERNMENT,

    who believe that they are VICTIMS, who believe the

    government has a responsibility to CARE FOR THEM, who

    believe that they are ENTITLED to HEALTH CARE, to FOOD, to

    HOUSING, to YOU-NAME-IT. That that’s an entitlement. And the

    government should give it to them. And they will vote for this

    president no matter what…These are people who pay no income

    tax…MY JOB IS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. I’ll

    never convince them they should take PERSONAL

    RESPONSIBILITY and care for their lives."

    ~ Mitt Romney

    HE DOESN'T OFTEN INSULT HALF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE CHARGES $50,000.00 A PLATE TO HEAR HIM.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    7 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    LIFE and LOVE are most precious GIFTS Gil!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GIFTS ...

    "LOVE is a GIFT.

    You can't BUY IT, you can't FIND IT,

    someone has to GIVE IT TO YOU.

    Learn to be RECEPTIVE of that GIFT.”

    ~ Kurt Langner
     
    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE, my friend

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Happy 4th of July ~ LET FREEDOM RING Gil!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FREEDOM ...

    “The WILL OF THE PEOPLE is the only legitimate foundation

    of ANY GOVERNMENT, and to protect ITS FREE

    EXPRESSION should be our first object.”

     ~ Thomas Jefferson

    EVERYTHING THAT IS REALLY GREAT AND INSPIRING IS

    CREATED BY THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CAN LABOR

    IN FREEDOM!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    It's Time to Give the Man SOME RESPECT Gil!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...

    "I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."

    "I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

    "I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap."

    "I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender."

    "My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive."

    "What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

    "This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me."

    ~ Rodney Dangerfield

    A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    It's Time to Give the Man SOME RESPECT Gil!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...

    "I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."

    "I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."

    "I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap."

    "I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender."

    "My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive."

    "What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

    "This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me."

    ~ Rodney Dangerfield

    A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    LOVE is all you need Gil!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...

    "LOVE is LIFE.

    And if you MISS LOVE,

    you MISS LIFE."

    ~ Leo Buscaglia

    LOVE IS THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUL!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Have a GREAT WEEKEND Gil!
     
    We can change the world with Kindness and Love!

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ON THE POWER OF KINDNESS ...

    "You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of

    this WORLD'S HAPPINESS.

    How?

    By giving A FEW WORDS OF SINCERE APPRECIATION to

    someone who is LONELY or DISCOURAGED.

    Perhaps you will forget tomorrow what KIND WORDS you say

    today, but the recipient may cherish them OVER A LIFETIME."

    ~ Dale Carnegie

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
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