Terence Blanchard plays the role of Miles Davis' trumpet with commitment and emotion at Monterey. Cole Thompson hide caption
Gil Evans
Ryan Truesdell conducts the Gil Evans Centennial Project at Newport. Erik Jacobs for NPR hide caption
Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Centennial Project On JazzSet
Ryan Truesdell conducts his Gil Evans Centennial Project onstage at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. Erik Jacobs for NPR hide caption
Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Centennial Project, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
Ryan Truesdell has turned unheard Gil Evans scores into richly textured works on Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans. Dina Regine hide caption
Gil Evans in the studio with Miles Davis, circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives hide caption
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