I was never aware of that track. It is a shame that Evans was so under recorded but there are a number of really obscure arrangements that never saw tgw light of day. I am aware that he wrote charts for a wealthy Turkish jazz musician in the late forties which are all but ignored. My recollection was that this was the fulfilment of a hobby. There are also a number of charts written for Benny Goodman's tour of Russia qhich were never used and ditched alongside some Tadd Dameron pieces which were rarely played albeit they made it to both a BG and Dameron big band session. I believe the Evans charts are still wiith the Goodman estate which also included a lot of Henderson arrangements which BG never recorded.
The likes of Ryan Truesdell have rescued some Evans charts from both end of his career starting with Claude Thornhill. I was aware that Evans had done alot of comnercial work too and not all of which was jazz. Pre Thornhill he had led a band which was later taken over by Skinnay Ennis which was a sweet band akin to Hal Kemp's. Never heard many of these 1930,s arrangements but imagine they have nothing to do with jazz / swing and would be far removed from the work of his influences Louis Armstrong and Red Nichols.
The Mathis track is very typical of Gil Evans from.that era. Thanks for posting
The likes of Ryan Truesdell have rescued some Evans charts from both end of his career starting with Claude Thornhill. I was aware that Evans had done alot of comnercial work too and not all of which was jazz. Pre Thornhill he had led a band which was later taken over by Skinnay Ennis which was a sweet band akin to Hal Kemp's. Never heard many of these 1930,s arrangements but imagine they have nothing to do with jazz / swing and would be far removed from the work of his influences Louis Armstrong and Red Nichols.
The Mathis track is very typical of Gil Evans from.that era. Thanks for posting
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