Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Centennial Project, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012

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Ryan Truesdell conducts his Gil Evans Centennial Project onstage at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival.

Erik Jacobs for NPR

What if there were lost big-band masterpieces by the great composer/arranger Gil Evans which never made it to record? In fact, there are plenty of them, according to composer/arranger Ryan Truesdell. He's culled, researched, transcribed and completed a handful of the best for Evans' 100th birthday anniversary. It helps that he's the lead copyist for composer Maria Schneider; he's borrowed much of her orchestra to record and now perform this rich, intensely-hued material.

Set List

• "Dancing On A Great Big Rainbow"
• "How About You?"
• "Punjab"
• "Look To The Rainbow"
• "Concorde"
• "Ballad Of The Sad Young Men"
• "Sister Sadie"

Personnel

• Ryan Truesdell, arranger/conductor
• Steve Wilson, alto saxophone/woodwinds
• Charles Pillow, alto saxophone/woodwinds
• Rich Perry, tenor saxophone/woodwinds
• Donny McCaslin, tenor saxophone/woodwinds
• Scott Robinson, baritone saxophone/woodwinds
• Michael Rabinowitz, bassoon
• Adam Unsworth, french horn
• David Peel, french horn
• Tony Kadleck, trumpet
• Greg Gisbert, trumpet
• Laurie Frink, trumpet
• Ryan Keberle, trombone
• Marshall Gilkes, trombone
• George Flynn, trombone
• Marcus Rojas, tuba
• Ben Monder, guitar
• Frank Kimbrough, piano
• Jay Anderson, bass
• Michael Truesdell, percussion
• Lewis Nash, drums
• Dan Weiss, tabla
• Dave Eggar, tenor violin
• Gretchen Parlato, voice