The Individualism of Gil Evans
by Gil Evans
- Type: Album
- Released: 1964
- Label: Verve
- Country: Canada
- Length: 29:27
- Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Osie Johnson, Bob Tricarico, Tony Studd, Johnny Coles, Julius Watkins, Eric Dolphy, Milt Hinton, Louis Mucci, Wayne Shorter, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Cleveland
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A masterpiece from one of jazz's greatest and most distinctive orchestrators. Featuring an all-star cast of modernists like Wayne Shorter, Eric Dolphy, and Steve Lacy, the album showcases Evans's singular genius for creating lush, impressionistic, and harmonically advanced soundscapes. Each piece is a world unto itself, a testament to his unique ability to use the jazz orchestra as a painter uses a canvas.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, classic, sophisticated, expansive, elegant
Tracklist
- The Barbara Song (9:58)
- Las Vegas Tango (6:35)
- Flute Song (5:20)
- Hotel Me (4:05)
- El Toreador (3:29)
Credits
- Gil Evans - primary artist, arranged by, conductor, piano, written-by
- Ben Tucker - bass
- Gary Peacock - bass
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Richard Davis - bass
- Ron Carter - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
- Osie Johnson - drums
- Bob Simpson - engineer
- Phil Ramone - engineer
- Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
- Val Valentin - engineer [director of engineering]
- Donald Corrado - french horn
- Gil Cohen - french horn
- Jim Buffington - french horn
- Julius Watkins - french horn
- Ray Alonge - french horn
- Robert Northern - french horn
- Barry Galbraith - guitar
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Bob Maxwell - harp
- Margaret Ross - harp
- Gene Lees - liner notes
- Creed Taylor - producer
- Al Block - reeds, woodwind
- Andy Fitzgerald - reeds, woodwind
- Bob Tricarico - reeds, woodwind
- Eric Dolphy - reeds, woodwind
- Garvin Bushell - reeds, woodwind
- George Marge - reeds, woodwind
- Jerome Richardson - reeds, woodwind
- Steve Lacy - reeds, woodwind
- Wayne Shorter - reeds, woodwind
- Frank Rehak - trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
- Tony Studd - trombone
- Bernie Glow - trumpet
- Ernie Royal - trumpet
- Johnny Coles - trumpet
- Louis R. Mucci - trumpet
- Bill Barber - tuba
- Bertolt Brecht - written-by
- Kurt Weill - written-by
- Miles Davis - written-by