Sorry! You're right. Anyway, if you like Gil with Miles, you'll like him with Helen Merrill.
― dow, Sunday, 2 February 2020 05:56 (four years ago) link
if you haven't listened to any gil evans in a while, i think today is a fine day to remedy that.
out of the cool definitely one of the more significant albums of the 60s. i want to poll it. gil in those days was just about as godlike as it gets, i reckon.
scott unsurprisingly otm—
i play guitar forms - the album he made with kenny burrell - a bunch after all these years.
this is some deepness...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gerLli270Zg
kenny burrell "lotus land" (1965)
outside of this, miles, and that one astrud gilberto did he do any other full album collaborations?
also the essentials are on spotify (mostly verve material) but what a bunch of disappointment otherwise. 90% of his catalogue is in purgatory.
― ''i am the kanye west kanye west thinks he is.'' (Austin), Friday, 31 March 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDOIfdvHIh0
Yes, Loftus Land of that one is an exquisite piece of music. Also Gil Evans was a marvel and his 50's/60'a albums were out of this world.
― calzino, Friday, 31 March 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
kenny burrell "lotus land" (1965)outside of this, miles, and that one astrud gilberto did he do any other full album collaborations?
Satin Doll, Kamiko Kasai with Gil Evans Orchestra
― dow, Friday, 31 March 2023 17:20 (one year ago) link
Hadn't heard this Burrell album! 'Lotus Land' could easily fit on *The Individualism Of* album, and there's no higher praise. That and *Out of the Cool* are both genius records.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 31 March 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
xpost more collabs: Also, several favorable mentions on here of Paris Blues, his duet album w Steve Lacey, which is good, though Gil asks that we excuse his "arranger's piano," which does sound like rusty bedsprings for Steve's soprano sax acrobatics, but I enjoy that affect. Otherwise,
The only Gil I haven't liked (also haven't listened in forever) is another from the late 80s, Golden Hair, with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere. "Glacial" and then some, putting me right to sleep as escape. Waking up long enough to know it's still playing. But 3 stars from Allmusic, so hey.--dow
― dow, Friday, 31 March 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Yeah, grab a coffee and listen.
― dow, Friday, 31 March 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
individualism been getting some extra love recently since wayne shorter passed. not that it wasn't always great, just surrounded by some heavier hitters.
thanks for stuff to look into. struggled w/steve lacy in the past, but perhaps reappraisal with a better attitude is needed.
this is a fucking bop icymi-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7JdtXrWQMastrud gilberto arr by gil evans - "maria quiet" (1965)
― ''i am the kanye west kanye west thinks he is.'' (Austin), Friday, 31 March 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
she's one of the best terrible singers ever, lol. love her voice.
― budo jeru, Saturday, 1 April 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
Good point.
― Little Big Man Yells at Red Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 April 2023 00:59 (one year ago) link