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Gil Evans, Out of the Cool
Stephanie Stein Crease
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Description for Gil Evans, Out of the Cool
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 27 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AS; AVG; BG; YNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award The life (1912–1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. 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 Aaron Copland as one of the giants of American music. His unflagging creativity galvanized the most prominent jazz musicians in ... Read more
Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award The life (1912–1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. 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 Aaron Copland as one of the giants of American music. His unflagging creativity galvanized the most prominent jazz musicians in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781556524936
SKU
V9781556524936
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Ref
99-38
About Stephanie Stein Crease
Stephanie Stein Crease is a music journalist with extensive experience in the recording industry. Her previous book, Gil Evans: Out of the Cool, won the 2002 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and was nominated for Best Jazz Book by the Jazz Journalists Association. She lives in New York City.
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"A beautifully constructed biography."
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