Out of The Cool: 1 Background 5 Personnel
Out of The Cool: 1 Background 5 Personnel
Out of The Cool: 1 Background 5 Personnel
Out of the Cool is a jazz album by The Gil Evans Orches- 5. “Sunken Treasure” (Evans) – 4:16
tra, recorded in 1960 and released on the Impulse! label
the following year. The album was one of Impulse!'s first 6. "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver) – 6:57
four albums, released together, and featured a gatefold
design and high production values.[1]:237 Tracks 2, 4 and 5 recorded on November 18 and 30, 1960;
the remainder on December 10 and 15, 1960.
1 Background
5 Personnel
Gil Evans recorded the album a short time after complet-
ing a six-week job at the Jazz Gallery club in New York; • Gil Evans – piano
the personnel was largely the same, with Elvin Jones be- • Johnny Coles – trumpet (soloist)
ing added.[1]:235–6
• Phil Sunkel – trumpet
• Keg Johnson – trombone
2 Music
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
The first track, “La Nevada”, was also recorded by Evans • Tony Studd – bass trombone (soloist)
less than two years earlier for the album Great Jazz Stan-
dards; the version for Out of the Cool is given a consistent • Bill Barber – tuba
rhythmic structure by Elvin Jones playing shakers, giv- • Ray Beckenstein – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
ing the rest of the band greater freedom and leading to
a less boppish version than the earlier recording.[1]:236–7 • Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
“Where Flamingos Fly” has a melody stated by trom-
• Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxo-
bonist Jimmy Knepper, and uses an earlier Evans ar-
phone (soloist)
rangement done for vocalist Helen Merrill[1]:237 The mu-
sic on this album was part of a move by Evans towards • Bob Tricarico – flute, piccolo, bassoon
greater freedom in his compostitions and arrangements,
this “new work integrated the written and improvised, at • Ray Crawford – guitar (soloist)
times allowing the balance to shift imperceptibly”.[1]:238 • Ron Carter – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums, percussion
3 Reception • Charli Persip – drums
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