Gil Evans by Stephanie Stein Crease

Gil Evans by Stephanie Stein Crease

Upon Gil Evans's death in 1988, Gary Giddins wrote 'Many considered him the greatest living American composer, period'. After his early years in California, Evans settled in New York City in 1946, where his apartment became a meeting ground for the greatest jazz innovators. The result was the 'Birth of the Cool' scores, Evans's four-decade-long collaboration with Miles Davis, and a host of brilliant records, both with Davis and with his own ensembles. Written with the co-operation of Evans's friends, colleagues, and family. This is an authoritative portrait of the man.

The first serious English language biography of arranger Evans has been worth the wait.. -- Jazzwise, April 2002. A book full of information and an essential read... -- Allegedly Hot News Int'l, November 2002.

Stephanie Stein Crease is the author of Music Lessons: Guide Your Child to Play a Musical Instrument, and Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz. She is a music journalist who has contributed to the New York Times, Down Beat, JAZZIZ, Pulse, and The Oxford Companion to Jazz.