Gil Evans : out of the cool : his life and music / Stephanie Stein Crease.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein Crease, Stephanie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz musicians--Canada--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

Evans, Gil, 1912-1988.

Evans, Gil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : A cappella, c2002.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-347), discography (p. 350-374), and index.

ISBN:

1-55652-985-6

OCLC:

808773078