Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra Sacd

On May 19, 1961, Miles Davis was showcased at a Carnegie Hall concert, performing with his quintet of the time (tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb) and, for the first time in public, the Gil Evans Orchestra. Although thought of by some later on as being in an off period since he was between innovations, Miles' trumpet chops were actually in prime form during 1961-63, as he shows throughout the date. All of the music on this 1998 two-CD set has been out before, either on the original LP of the same name or on the later album More Music From the Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert, but this is the first time that the two sets have been reproduced in their original order.

Gil Evans & Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere - Golden Hair (1989) {EmArcy 838 773-2}
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© 1989 EmArcy / PolyGram | 838 773-2
Jazz / Modern Big Band / Progressive Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz

The second of two album to come out of the Nov 1987 sessions featuring the great Gil Evans with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere. The first album is RHYTHM-A-NING. Laurent Cugny was born in 1955, he is one of the best French jazz musician and known as a specialist of Gil Evans' music. Laurent wears two hats: he is, on one side, a musician and, on the other, a musicologist and a professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University. Self-taught musician, he started playing the piano when he was ten and played in amateur groups at the age of eighteen. He created several groups while he was studying economics and film studies. In 1979, he created the Big Band Lumiere and won the same year the third prize of piano at the National Jazz Competition in La Defense. In 1980, he also received prizes for its compositions and for the Big Band Lumiere.

Gil Evans - Tokyo Concert 1976 (2010) {Japan Studio Songs Remaster, YZSO-10013}
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© 1976, 2010 Studio Songs Japan | YZSO-10033
Jazz / Progressive Jazz / Post Bop

Reissue release from Gil Evans featuring his performance at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo on May 24 and June 8, 1976. Remastered by Ryo Kawasaki. A typical Gil Evans set - none the worse for that - but a slightly short album at 34 minutes. This is the first official release approved by Gil's widow Anita Evans. Ryo Kawasaki, who appears as a soloist on this album, is being remastered.