For those of you in or around the NYC area (or for those die-hard Gil fans that are willing to make the journey), next week, Thursday through Sunday, May 17th - 20th we will celebrating Gil Evans' 100th birthday and the release of our new CD, CENTENNIAL: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans, at the Jazz Standard in NYC. Each night will feature different music from Gil Evans' six-decade-long career: some pieces we know and love, some which are recorded for the first time on the new CD, and some which have never before been recorded or performed. It will be a rare opportunity to hear this historic music performed live, by the wonderful musicians listed below. I hope you'll join us for as many nights as you can.
RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!
www.jazzstandard.net -- (212) 576-2232
Gig Details:
Thursday, May 17th, sets at 7:30 and 9:30pm ($25 per set -- no food/drink minimum)
Featuring music Evans wrote and arranged for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra in the 1940s/1950s
Friday, May 18th, sets at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30pm ($30 per set -- no food/drink minimum)
Featuring Evans' music for his albums New Bottle Old Wine and Great Jazz Standards, and unrecorded re-orchestrations done for a concert at the Apollo Theater in 1959
Saturday, May 19th, sets at 7:30, 9:30, and 11:30pm ($30 per set -- no food/drink minimum)
Featuring music from The Individualism of Gil Evans, including "Punjab," recorded for the first time on CENTENNIAL
Sunday, May 20th, sets at 7:30 and 9:30pm ($25 per set -- no food/drink minimum)
Featuring Evans' beautiful arrangements written for vocalists such as Astrud Gilberto, Lucy Reed, and Helen Merrill, performed by Kate McGarry
COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
Conductor -- Ryan Truesdell
Woodwinds - Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Donny McCaslin, Scott Robinson, Brian Landrus, Charles Pillow, Michael Rabinowitz, Alden Banta, Jesse Han, Christopher Matthews, Steve Kenyon
Brass - Adam Unsworth, Dave Peel (French horns); Augie Haas, Greg Gisbert, Laurie Frink (trumpets); Ryan Keberle, Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn (trombones); Marcus Rojas (tuba)
Rhythm/Etc. - James Chirillo, Romero Lubambo (guitar); Frank Kimbrough (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Lewis Nash (drums), Dan Weiss (tabla), Mike Truesdell (percussion), Aristedes Rivas (tenor violin), Kate McGarry, Wendy Gilles (voice)
