Gerry mulligan brought baritone sax and gil evans used string instruments in arrangements. The following video is a recording and transcription of gils arrangement on the old standard my ship. Impulse records simply used evanss name to promote music that was more avant garde than its standard fare. Youll find a wide selection of gil evans sheet music, songbooks, and music books at sheet music plus. If you could see me now gil evans, gil evans, gil evans. The funky rich brasses behind miles that gil evans puts down are impeccable. Find gil evans discography, albums and singles on allmusic. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. It features a brilliant orchestral arrangement of this tune by gil evans. Summertime gil evans musical instruments african american music. Gil evans sheet music and music books at sheet music plus. Partitions jazz blues gratuites, free jazz sheet music, partituras gratis. Download and print summertime sheet music for piano solo by george gershwin.
The sixth album, into the hot, though billed as the gil evans orchestra, isnt at all. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere. Gil evans in the good old summertime piano sheet music. This gershwin classic has a refreshing sound, as the chorale intro slips into a slow swing feel reminiscent of the legendary miles davisgil evans arrangement. The album features arrangements by davis and collaborator gil evans from.
Evanss arrangement centers around a repeated line or riff, which changes color and texture throughout as davis improvises over the melody. Alto saxophone or clarinet eb, piano or organ intermediate 1 pdf 3 mp3 playalong interpreted arranger. May, 1912 march 20, 1988 was a canadianamerican jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. Summertime gil evans musical instruments african american. The second album collaboration between trumpeter miles davis and arranger gil evans stands as a landmark in his prolific canon. Large ensemble of the year ryan truesdells gil evans project. Gil as recorded by miles davis and gil evans on the iconic po. In the good old summer time was one of the big hits of the era, selling popular sheet music and being recorded by various artists of. All sheet music purchased will be sent as pdf files via internet. Shop our newest and most popular gil evans sheet music such as boplicity, petits machins, or click the button above to browse all gil evans sheet music.
Manuscript for summertime, recorded by davis and gil evans in 1959. I have an original and a test pressing of this, and while the original is great, the alto analogue is even better. May 01, 2014 miles had an uncanny ability for choosing the best people to extend his sound and vocabulary, and gil evans might have done more to contribute to that legacy than anyone. Miles had an uncanny ability for choosing the best people to extend his sound and vocabulary, and gil evans might have done more to contribute to that legacy than anyone. Summertime by composer performer, evans, gil, jazz. Note this tune is dissected in our free 7day beginning chord melody course. Gene harris summertime cover by jack richard wardle. Evans had learned much from davis about improvisation, instinct, and space the trumpeter learned plenty, too, especially about color, texture, and dynamic tension. Long long summer lalo schifrindizzy 2 189 20200511 20200512 halfnelson the awakening by. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, miles davis recorded a series of albums with gil evans, often playing flugelhorn as well as trumpet. Print and download in the good old summertime sheet music in pdf. Arranger rich derosa brings a big sound to the young jazz band. Evans s arrangement centers around a repeated line or riff, which changes color and texture throughout as davis improvises over the melody. Also has quite a few charts for 35 horns for popular rock.
The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. This beautifully laidback version of summertime is delivered by davis on muted trumpet, set over a gently swinging and hypnotic accompaniment which is anchored by bassist paul chambers and drummer jimmy cobb. Jazz at 100 the jazz messenger the porgy and bess show wtju. Moderately slow swing j moderately slow swing j and ira gershwin swing the 8ths. Sheet music is available for piano, voice, guitar and 26 others with 19 scorings and 7 notations in 26 genres. The first, miles ahead 1957, showcased his playing with a jazz big band and a horn section beautifully arranged by evans. Learn how to play gil evans songs for piano online. The great jazz standard summertime for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf with.
The great jazz standard summertime for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf with chord melody, solo, and more. Summertime alto sax as recorded on jazz tastic initial level transcription by wolfgang m. Gil evans was born on may, 1912 in toronto, canada as ian ernest gilmore green. This gershwin classic has a refreshing sound, as the chorale intro slips into a slow swing feel reminiscent of the legendary miles davis gil evans arrangement. In the good old summer time was one of the big hits of the era, selling popular sheet music and being recorded by various artists of the day, including john philip sousas band in 1903. Gil evans arrangement of my ship w transcription jazz. By dorothy heyward, du bose heyward, george gershwin 18981937, and ira gershwin.
Miles davis and gil evans had worked together on davis landmark 1949 album. Out of the cool gil evans orchestra, gil evans songs. Songbooks, notebooks, music theory, sheet music and more at jazzinotes. Summertime by miles davis score and parts sheet music for. The music for summertime, of course, comes from porgy and bess, and that album is a deserved classic. George gershwin sheet music world free sheet music pdf. George gershwin summertime sheet music for piano solo pdf. Porgy and bess cl 1274 is a studio album by jazz musician miles davis, released in march 1959 on columbia records. Gil evans porgy and bess score pdf pdf pro downloader. Porgy and bess gershwin, george since this work was first published after 1924 with the prescribed notice, it is unlikely that this work is public domain in the usa. Davis biographer jack chambers described the album as a new score, with its own integrity, order and action. George evans in the good old summertime sheet music for. The result was birth of the cool gil evans continued relationships w davis to write sketches of spain and porgy and bess their relationship was beneficial to both of them. Find summertime, by composer performer, evans, gil, jazz ensemble big band and more at marina music to use this site, you must first enable javascript.