Gil Evans

Gil Evans was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader best known for his collaborations with Miles Davis and for innovative orchestral jazz arrangements.

Notable collaborator with Miles Davis; influential arranger and bandleader active from the mid-20th century; worked in orchestral/cool jazz idioms.

The available review focuses on Jimmy Knepper (trombone), his history with Charles Mingus, and a farewell framed around the album Out of the cool (where flamingos fly). The reviewer mixes anecdote, elegy and wry commentary. Rating in the review is middling (3/5).

For:Jazz listeners, fans of orchestral arranging, followers of Gil Evans and Miles Davis