GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA "OUT OF THE COOL", AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, RVG, LE, NE, SO/NEW

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                                                                                       THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA "OUT OF THE COOL"
2009 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS THE IMPULSE! REISSUES, 2 LP, 45 RPM, 180G VINYL, PACKAGED IN EXTRA-THICK CARD-STOCK GATEFOLD JACKETS, SOLD-OUT                       LIMITED EDITION, #98 OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 1,500 NUMBERED COPIES, ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, CATALOG NUMBER A-4.
"'OUT OF THE COOL' FROM 1961 IS UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS GIL EVANS' MASTERPIECE, COMPARABLE TO DUKE ELLINGTON IN TERMS OF ORCHESTRATION, AND PART OF THE ESSENTIAL JAZZ FOR ANY MUSIC LOVER. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS RECORDING WITH MILES DAVIS ON MASTERPIECES LIKE 'MILES AHEAD', 'PORGY AND BESS' AND 'SKETCHES OF SPAIN', THIS WAS HIS FIRST POST-MILES RECORD AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS. LISTEN TO LA NEVADA...AND LET IT IMMERSE YOU IN BEAUTY, STYLE, RYTHM...JAZZ TO DIE FOR!"
"THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ SELECTED THIS ALBUM AS PART OF ITS SUGGESTED "CORE COLLECTION", CALLING IT 'EVANS ' MASTERPIECE UNDER HIS OWN NAME AND ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF JAZZ ORCHESTRATION SINCE THE EARLY ELLINGTON BANDS."
"A GROUNDBREAKING JAZZ RECORDING BY THE LONGTIME MILES DAVIS COLLABORATOR GIL EVANS HIGHLIGHTS THE LATTER'S SUPREME AND INFLUENTIAL SKILLS AS A JAZZ ORCHESTRA. THIS ALBUM IS A BRILLIANT EXAMPLE OF EVANS' ABILITY TO MAKE ORCHESTRA SOUND LIKE A SMALLER JAZZ COMBO USING ORCHESTRATIONS THAT INFUSE THE LARGER UNIT WITH THE IMMEDIACY AND SPONTANEITY OF THE SMALLER. 'OUT OF THE COOL' FEATURES SOME OF EVAN'S FINEST COMPOSITIONS, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS "LA NEVEDA" AS WELL AS A MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE OF GEORGE RUSSELL'S "STRATUSPHUNK". SOLOISTS INCLUDE BUDD JOHNSON (TENOR), JOHNNY COLES (TRUMPET), RAY CRAWFORD (GUITAR), ELVIN JONES (DRUMS), RON CARTER (BASS) AND JIMMY KNEPPER (TROMBONE). THE ENSEMBLE IS SUPERBLY RECORDED BY THE LEGENDARY RUDY VAN GELDER. A MUST-HAVE FOR ALL LOVERS OF JAZZ."
                                                                                                            1) LA NEVEDA                                                                                                             2) WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY                                                                                                             3) BILBAO SONG                                                                                                             4) STRATUSPHUNK                                                                                                             5) SUNKEN TREASURE