LEADER 02087nam 22004213u 450 001 9910782692703321 005 20230617003515.0 010 $a1-55652-985-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000693007 035 $a(EBL)409118 035 $a(OCoLC)808773078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC409118 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000693007 100 $a20130418d2003|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aGil Evans$b[electronic resource] $eHis Life and Music 210 $aChicago $cChicago Review Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (418 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55652-493-5 327 $aFront 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aEvans, Gil, 1912-1988 -- Biography 606 $aEvans, Gil, 1912-1988 606 $aJazz musicians -- Canada -- Biography 615 4$aEvans, Gil, 1912-1988 -- Biography. 615 4$aEvans, Gil, 1912-1988. 615 4$aJazz musicians -- Canada -- Biography. 676 $a781.65092 700 $aStein Crease$b Stephanie$01539469 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782692703321 996 $aGil Evans$93790384 997 $aUNINA