Gil Evans
Friday 10 November 2006 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Julian Joseph is joined in the studio by musician and journalist Brian Priestly to discuss the career of Canadian-born pianist and composer Gil Evans, who first became interested in jazz after hearing some Louis Armstrong records at the age of 14 and taught himself composing and arranging.
Playlist
1.
Title: ELLA SPEED
Artist: GIL EVANS & TEN
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Copyright control
Album: Gil Evans & Ten
Label: Esquire
Number: 32070
2.
Title: ST LOUIS BLUES
Artist: GIL EVANS
Composer: WC Handy
Publisher: FD&H
Album: New Bottle Old Wine
Label: Manhattan
Number: CDP7468552
3.
Title: WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY
Artist: GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA
Composer: Harold Courtlander / El Thea / John Benson Brooks
Publisher: Connelly
Album: Out of the Cool
Label: Impulse
Number: IMP11862
4.
Title: LAS VEGAS TANGO
Artist: GIL EVANS & HIS ORCHESTRA
Composer: Gil Evans
Publisher: Solar Plexis
Album: The Individualism of Gil Evans
Label: Verve
Number: 8338042
5.
Title: ZEE ZEE
Artist: GIL EVANS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Composer: Gil Evans
Publisher: Solar Plexus
Album: Svengali
Label: WSMJazz
Number: 8122737202
6.
Title: LONDON
Artist: GIL EVANS
Composer: Gil Evans
Publisher: Solar Plexus
Album: The British Orchestra
Label: Mole Jazz
Number: CDMOLE8
7.
Title: UP FROM THE SKIES
Artist: GIL EVANS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Composer: Jimi Hendrix
Publisher: Schroeder
Album: The Rest of Gil Evans at the RFH London 1978
Label: Mole Jazz
Number: MOLE3
