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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454175503321

Autore

Stein Crease Stephanie

Titolo

Gil Evans [[electronic resource] ] : His Life and Music

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, 2003

ISBN

1-55652-985-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Disciplina

781.65092

Soggetti

Evans, Gil, 1912-1988 -- Biography

Evans, Gil, 1912-1988

Jazz musicians -- Canada -- Biography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Table of Contents; Stockton; Prince of Swing; Hollywood; Thornhill-His Band and His Sound; Wartime; 52nd Street Annex; Moon Dreams; Jambangle; Out of the Cool; Svengali; Sweet Basil; Epilogue (Parabola); Notes; Bibliography; Selected Discography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The life (1912?1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. 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 Aaron Copland as one of the giants of American music. His unflagging creativity galvanized the most promine