Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.
Gil Evans
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Gil Evans, né le 13 mai 1912 à Toronto, Canada et décédé le 20 mars 1988 à Cuernavaca, Mexique, est un pianiste de big band jazz : arrangeur, compositeur et chef d'orchestre. Naturalisé américain, il est un innovateur important dans différents... Wikipédia
Date/Lieu de naissance : 13 mai 1912, Toronto, Canada
Date de décès : 20 mars 1988, Cuernavaca, Mexique
Épouse : Anita Powell (m. 1963–1988) et Lilian Grace (m. 1949–1961)
Enfants : Miles Evans et Noah Evans
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1 mars 2024 · Gil Evans was a Canadian-born composer and arranger who was one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz history. Evans had a long and ...
The Evans family moved to Stockton, California in 1928, where Gil entered high school as a junior, and started teaching himself about music. He spent many hours ...
A superb jazz arranger and bandleader, Gil Evans rivaled Ellington and Mingus in his ability to provide imaginative frameworks for individual voices within a ...
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Grammy Award winning Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an ...
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Gil Evans was born on 13 May 1912 in Toronto, Canada. He was a composer, known for The Salton Sea (2002), Absolute Beginners (1986) and The Color of Money ...
Gil Evans is one of Canada's best-known jazz artists, even though he left the country as a teen and toiled in the shadow of giants for most of his career.