Ian Ernest Gilmore "Gil" Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He played an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz and jazz fusion, and collaborated extensively with Miles Davis.
Early life
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his name was changed early on from Green to Evans, the name of his stepfather. His family moved to Stockton, California where he spent most of his youth. After 1946, he lived and worked primarily in New York City, living for many years at Westbeth Artists Community.
Career
Between 1941 and 1948, Evans worked as an arranger for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. Evans' modest basement apartment behind a New York City Chinese laundry soon became a meeting place for musicians looking to develop new musical styles outside of the dominant bebop style of the day. Those present included the leading bebop performer, Charlie Parker, as well as Gerry Mulligan and John Carisi. In 1948, Evans, with Miles Davis, Mulligan, and others, collaborated on a band book for a nonet. These ensembles, larger than the trio-to-quintet "combos", but smaller than the "big bands" which were on the brink of economic inviability, allowed arrangers to have a larger pallette of colors by using French horns and tuba. Claude Thornhill had employed hornist John Graas in 1942, and composer-arranger Bob Graettinger had scored for horns and tubas with the Stan Kenton orchestra, but the "Kenton sound" was in the context of a dense orchestral wall of sound that Evans avoided.
No Blues is the fifth studio album by Welsh indie rock band Los Campesinos!. The album was produced by John Goodmanson and the band's guitarist, Tom Campesinos!. It is the band's first album without founding bassist Ellen Campesinos!, who left the group in late 2012.
The album was released on 29 October 2013 on Wichita Recordings, Turnstile Music and Heart Swells. It is the band's first album not to be distributed in North America by Arts & Crafts Productions.
The first single, "What Death Leaves Behind" was released as a free download on the band's SoundCloud page on 29 August 2013. The second single, "Avocado, Baby" was released on 8 October 2013.
Track listing
Reception
Initial critical response was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 79, based on 17 reviews. This was the band's highest Metacritic average since We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed in 2008. The A.V. Club named the album the 18th best album of 2013 in their annual year-end list.
No Blues is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.
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Personnel
References
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Gil Evans
ALBUMS
- The Mother of the Book released: 2009
- Columbia Jazz Profiles released: 2008
- The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions released: 2006
- Gil Evans & Ten released: 2006
- Plays Jimi Hendrix released: 2002
- Live at Umbria Jazz 87 Vol.1 released: 2000
- The Best of Miles Davis & Gil Evans released: 1997
- The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings released: 1996
- Verve Jazz Masters 23 released: 1994
- Rhythm-A-Ning released: 1993
- Bud And Bird released: 1992
- Last Session released: 1992
- Golden Hair released: 1991
- Helen Merrill With Gil Evans & Clifford Brown released: 1990
- There Comes A Time released: 1987
- Heroes released: 1980
- Svengali released: 1973
- The Individualism of Gil Evans released: 1964
- Great Jazz Standards released: 1959
- New Bottle Old Wine released: 1958
- Gil Evans & Ten released: 1957
- Last Session released:
- Live at Sweet Basil released:
- Live at the Public Theater, Volume 2: New York 1980 released:
- Live at the Public Theater, Volume 1 (New York 1980) released:
- Concierto de Aranjuez released:
- There Comes a Time released:
- Priceless Jazz Collection released:
- Paris Blues released:
- Where Flamingos Fly released:
- Strange Fruit released:
- The Gil Evans Orchestra Play the Music of Jimi Hendrix released:
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Released 1996- Springsville (master)
- The Maids of Cadiz (master)
- The Duke (master)
- My Ship (master)
- Miles Ahead (master)
- Blues for Pablo (master)
- New Rhumba (master)
- The Meaning of the Blues (master)
- Lament (master)
- I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (master)
- Springsville (remake take 7)
- The Maids of Cadiz (take 1)
- The Duke (take 11)
- My Ship (take 1)
- Miles Ahead (take 4)
- Blues for Pablo (take 1)
- New Rhumba (take 5)
- The Meaning of the Blues (rehearsal take)
- Lament (rehearsal take)
- I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (take 8)
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Born: 1912-05-13
Died: 1988-03-20
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Farewell Shalabiye
by: No BluesWay down in Columbus, Georgia
Want to be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Friends all turned their backs on me
Go and leave me if you wish to
Never let it cross your mind
If in your heart you love another
Leave me little darling, I don't mind
Last night as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke I was mistaken
I was peering through the bars
Many a night with you I've rambled
Many an hour with you I've spent
Thought I had your heart forever
Now I find it's only lent