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'Centennial' Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans
Tracks on the album
1. 'Punjab'
2. 'Smoking My Sad Cigarette'
3. 'The Maids of Cadiz'
4. 'How About You'
5. 'Barbara Song'
6. 'Who'll Buy My Violets'
7. 'Dancing On A great Big Rainbow'
8. 'Beg Your Pardon'
9. 'Waltz/Variation On The Misery/So Long'
10. 'Look To The Rainbow'
All music arranged by Gil Evans
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Artist Biography
Ian Ernest Gilmore "Gil" Evans (né Green) (May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, active in the United States. He played an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz and jazz fusion, and collaborated extensively with Miles Davis.
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Oops. I goofed! I should have said "Moon Dreams", in reference to Gil's stunning work on "The Complete Birth Of The Cool". Sorry.
Gil was and remains a man ahead of his time - an astonishingly creative, lateral thinker for whom there were never any musical boundaries. Though sadly missed, how fortunate jazz has been to have this extraordinarily gifted soul within its realm. Oh those heartbreakingly tender dissonances on pieces including "Moonbeams" along with the exotica of "Sketches Of Spain".
Gil has moved on, yet has generously bestowed upon us sounds of incomparable beauty. Thankyou Mr Evans.
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