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Ryan Truesdell conducts the Gil Evans Centennial Project at Newport. Erik Jacobs for NPR hide caption

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Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Centennial Project On JazzSet

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Ryan Truesdell conducts his Gil Evans Centennial Project onstage at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. Erik Jacobs for NPR hide caption

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Ryan Truesdell has turned unheard Gil Evans scores into richly textured works on Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans. Dina Regine hide caption

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Digging Up The 'Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans'

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Gil Evans in the studio with Miles Davis, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives hide caption

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Gil Evans, Essential Jazz Arranger, At 100

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In 1974 Gil Evans recorded an album of Jimi Hendrix's music; the two had planned to collaborate before Hendrix's early death. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption

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Gil Evans: Distinction in Arranging

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