Gil Evans Featuring the JMU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Band
Thu, 11 Oct 12 8:00 PM
Concert Hall, Forbes Center for the Performing Arts
Celebrate the legacy and music of one of the most significant arrangers in jazz. Gil Evans (1912-1988) worked as a pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader for more than half a century. He played a key role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz and jazz fusion, creating music for artists ranging from Claude Thornhill and Tommy Dorsey to Jimi Hendrix and Sting. Evan's classic recordings with Miles Davis ("Birth of the Cool," "Miles Ahead," "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain") are among the great collaborations in 20th century music alongside the work of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, and Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine.
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