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Evans, Gil (1912–1987)

Canadian-born jazz musician. He was a pianist and arranger whose landmark orchestrations for Miles Davis include ‘The Birth of the Cool’, ‘Porgy and Bess’, and ‘Sketches of Spain’.

He was born in Toronto.

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Davis, Miles			What it doesn't say (Bley being a great deflector of compliments), is that she's widely accepted as being in the same league for large-scale jazz composition as legends like Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Gil Evans and George Russell - artists who could intuitively cross composition and improvisation, pop music and art music, and compose with particular favourite improvisers in mind. The world of Carla Bley by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk A guest on records by Sting, George Michael and Carmel, Guy has also featured in the bands of jazz greats Quincy Jones, Gil Evans and Clark Terry. Piano man Stan at LBT; Dance Jazz by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Shorter created a series of works that completely integrated his quartet with the orchestra, works that reminded this listener at least of trumpeter Miles Davis's collaboration with composer/ orchestrator Gil Evans in the 1950s (Shorter would play with Davis later in his career). The Shorter version remains the best; Culture Diary MUSIC Wayne ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			Gidzenko, Yuri Pavlovich Gielen, Michael Gielgud, John Gierek, Edward Giesebrecht, Friedrich Wilhelm Benjamin von Giessen GIF Giffard, Henri Gifford, Frank Gifford, Sanford Gifford, William Gifu giga giga- gigabyte Giganotosaurus carolinii gigantism Giggs, Ryan Joseph Gigli, Romeo GIGO Gigout, Eugène gigue GII Gijón Gil Blas de Santillane Gil Evans Gila Gila Bend gila monster Gilan Gilbert Gilbert and Ellice Islands Gilbert and George Gilbert of Sempringham, St Gilbert's Act Gilbert, Alfred Gilbert, Anthony Gilbert, Cass Gilbert, G K Gilbert, Henry Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, John Gilbert, Kenneth Gilbert, W S Gilbert, Walter Gilbert, William Gilbreth, Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilchrist, Ellen Gilchrist, Percy Carlyle Gildas, St			Gijón Gijón Gijón Gijón, Asturias Gijón, Asturias Gijón, Asturias Gijón, Spain Gijón, Spain Gijón, Spain Gijrath Media Groep BV Gijs Scholten Van Aschat Gijsen, Marnix GIK Gikalo, Nikolai Gikalo, Nikolai Fedorovich GIKF Giki GIKIEST Gikuyu Gikuyu Gikuyu Gikuyus Gikuyus Gikuyus GIKV Gil Gil Gil Gil Blas de Santillane Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco Gil Evans Gil Gilbert, Enrique Gil Mantera's Party Dream Gil Robles, Jose Maria Gil Robles, José María Gil Scott-Heron Gil Vicente Gil Vicente Gil y Carrasco, Enrique Gil y Zarate, Antonio Gil y Zárate, Antonio Gil'ad Gil'ad Gil'adh Gil'adh Gil-Vernet technique Gila Gila Gila Gila Gila and Salt River Meridian Gila Bend Gila Bend Gila Bend, Arizona Gila Cliff Dwellings Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Gila County Gila County, Arizona Gila County, AZ Gila Desert

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Evans, Gil (1912–1987)

Evans, Gil
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