Gil evans arrangements pdf

You can also listen to audio examplesmp3, most of them with sampled instruments. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. Im unfortunately not able to send printed sets at present. Join the western washington symphony orchestra and faculty soloists david feingold, melissa plagemann, and kevin woods for a performance of the cornerstone miles davisgil evans album sketches of spain alongside the original masterworks by rodrigo and falla on which it is based. The single petal of a rose duke ellington pdf songsong brad mehldau pdf sunday stephen sondheim arr. He spent six years as a featured soloist with that band and its successor, mel lewis and the jazz orchestra now the vanguard jazz. Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist look to the rainbow uk jazzfm awards nomination. Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. Nelson, oliver blues and the abstract truth 4 horn comboeasy. Sketches of miles davis and gil evans it is may 1957 and the tape is running in columbias 30th street studio. By popular request, the study scores by legendary gil evans are finally available. By participating in this project, you will receive a study score for each of the previously unavailable works you select from the participant offers section. Proquest dissertations bibliotheque et archives canada. Jason robert brown to be free alan menken from disneys aladdin.

Techniques for contemporary large jazz ensemble composition tyler dennis. As recorded by miles davis and gil evans on 1958s porgy and bess. Miles had an uncanny ability for choosing the best people to extend his sound and vocabulary, and gil evans might have done more to contribute to that legacy than anyone. Study scores for gil evans newly rediscovered, original arrangements are now available exclusively. The real cool book is the only collection of transcribed west coast, 1950s cool jazz charts for fivehorn jazz octet ever published by gerry mulligan, miles davis, shorty rogers, gil evans, lennie niehuas, etc. His album bud and bird won the gammy award for best jazz instrumental performance in 1989. The following video is a recording and transcription of gils arrangement on the old standard my ship. Other arrangers of note include vic schoen, pete rugolo, oliver nelson, johnny richards, billy may, thad jones, maria schneider, bob brookmeyer, lou marini, nelson riddle, ralph burns, billy byers, gordon. Ryan truesdell is an indisputable gil evans specialist, paying tribute to the jazz maestro with a project that culminated in centennial, an album featuring evans compositions and arrangements recorded for the first time. Copyright 2017 ryan truesdell developed by andrew neesley.

Gil evans wrote and arranged some of the best albums for miles davis. To purchase or for more info go to jazz ensemble library grade 4 the landmark album by miles davis birth of the cool. Internet sources for big band arrangements fredonia. Arrangement by gil evans for the billy may orchestra box 812 ive got you under my skin score box 22.

Arranging for large jazz ensemble pdf book library. The university of southern mississippi the aquila digital. A sound cannot be ed and although his was widely reproduced in film music james bond movies, for example, commercial jingles and by other peoples bands, evans basically lived. First known as the awardwinning arranger for the claude thornhill orchestra, evans is perhaps best known as the arrangerconductor of four albums with miles davis, as well as for leading his own innovative orchestra. The gil evans collection by popular request, the study scores by legendary gil evans are finally available. The following video is a recording and transcription of gil s arrangement on the old standard my ship. In 1978 he joined the thad jonesmel lewis jazz orchestra. The scores to evans ingenious arrangements were lost shortly after the sketches studio sessions in 1960. Gil evans, a canadianborn pianist and composer, enormously expanded the vocabulary of the jazz orchestra, as writer gene lees pointed out, reducing the standard bigband instrumentation. Billy may arrangements guides to special collections in the music division of the library of congress music division, library of congress washington, d. Compositions are influenced by a persons background and everything with which an individual comes into contact. Boplicity be bop lives sheet music miles davis real. In 1969, when they independently released albums with electric instruments, they changed jazz forever. Scores and parts for gil evans newly rediscovered original arrangements are now available exclusively.

Create arrangements with texture and style with this complete guide to arranging for large horn sections. When stephanie stein crease was a child, and her older brother started bringing home records by gil evans and miles davis, her world turned. Born in plainfield, new jersey in 1929, bill evans began to study the piano at age six. Some of the arrangements have examples in pdf format. Gil was underpaid and often over looked because he was totally immersed in the music. Gil evans arrangement of my ship w transcription jazz. That said, this album is a miracle in itself, the result of a big gamble on the part of columbia records, who put together evans and davis, who hadnt worked together since recording. 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. The gorgeous lilt of evans still startling original arrangements for horns is preserved, not in the aspic of academia but in the living, breathing performances of a. Later, when gil evans worked with david bowie, elvis costello and sting, he showed the world how to combine jazz arrangements with rock n roll.

Where flamingos fly writtenby harold courlander, john benson brooks. Ironically, by the time of the second session, the evansarrangements of. The album features arrangements by davis and collaborator gil evans from. Large ensemble of the year ryan truesdells gil evans project. Now, for the first time, learn the same jazz ensemble arranging techniques taught by renowned berklee college of music faculty, and studied by. Sketches of miles davis and gil evans university of toronto. The gil evans orchestra out of the cool vinyl discogs. This arrangement at times reminds me of bob brookmeyers original ballad called first. Youll find a wide selection of gil evans sheet music, songbooks, and music books at sheet music plus.

Gil as recorded by miles davis and gil evans on the iconic po. The set features a typically unusual 11piece unit consisting of two trumpets, trombonist jimmy cleveland, bart varsalona on bass trombone, french horn player. Mulligan came back to the east coast with his brand new sextet and. Score and parts in pdf format via instant download. Fascinated by the colorful orchestrations found on miles ahead, porgy and bess and sketches of spain, recorded between 1957 and 1960, crease began a life long affair with the music of evans, a man noted critic gary giddins has called one of the great. In 1983, he formed the gil evans orchestra, collaborated with david bowie and recorded a live cd with sting, featuring big band arrangements of songs by the police. Jim mcneely was born in chicago, and moved to new york city in 1975. Davis biographer jack chambers described the album as a new score, with its own integrity, order and action. Study composition at the university of the arts in philadelphia. He made arrangements for a wide range of music, from classical to the rock of jimi hendrix. When gil evans collaborated with miles davis, they set the bar for innovation. This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion the collaboration between gil evans and miles davis that would produce porgy and bess and sketches of spain, two of davis best albums. Gil evans wrote a number of largeensemble arrangements in the late 1950s and early 1960s intended for recording sessions only. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with miles davis.

Gil evans sheet music and music books at sheet music plus. Boplicity by gil evansadapted by mike tomaro youtube. Their work coupled evanss classic big band jazz stylings and arrangements with daviss solo playing. May, 1912 march 20, 1988 was a canadianamerican jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. With the london jazz festival upon us, we head back to 1985 for this nme encounter with the great trumpeter, in our latest visit to rocks backpages, the worlds leading archive of vintage music.