Gil Evans Orchestra Live at the North Sea Jazz Fest The Hague - 1978 (audio only)

Gil Evans Orchestra Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands, July 14, 1978. FM broadcast. Partial concert. -Setlist: 01. intro 02. Thoroughbred 03. tune up 03. Relaxing at Camarillo -Lineup: Gil Evans - keyboards Steve Lacy - soprano sax Arthur Blythe - alto sax Lew Soloff - trumpet Earl McIntyre - tuba Peter Levin -synthesizer, clarinet, french horn Jeff Berlin - bass Sue Evans - percussion -Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988): Canadian-born, but raised in California’s agricultural Central Valley, Gil Evans’ tonal colors are unique with an eerie, disquieting quality. His laid-back charts for Claude Thornhill in the ’40s helped lay the foundation for Cool jazz, and his apartment was a meeting place for like-minded moderns such as Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, and John Lewis. They all got together on the classic Birth of the Cool LP. That Miles Davis album was a popular bust but was hugely
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