Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) [1] was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion.

2024年5月13日 · Gil Evans was one of jazz’s most important arrangers, and it was apparent from early on that Evans would pursue a career in music. Born on May 13, 1912, as a teenager, Evans was...

2025年3月16日 · Gil Evans was a Canadian-born composer and arranger who was one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz history. Evans had a long and productive career but remains best known for his celebrated collaborations with trumpeter Miles Davis.

2012年5月13日 · Gil Evans, one of the most important jazz arrangers of the 20th century, was born 100 years ago today. Evans is best known for music he wrote between 1957 and 1963 for his 19-piece orchestra,...

In 1957, Evans recorded his first album as a leader, Gil Evans Plus Ten, featuring soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. The writing is tailored for Lacy as definitively as Evans’s writing for Davis. This ability—writing for particular individuals—enhanced Evans’s reputation, and brought forth several new studio recording project including ...

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 ...

Gil Evans (May 13, 1912 in Toronto, Canada – March 20, 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He was active in the United States. He helped develop cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz …