{"product_id":"the-gil-evans-orchestra-out-of-the-cool-45rpm-analogue-productions-reissue","title":"The Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool (45RPM Analogue Productions Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e— 45RPM, 2LP reissued on heavyweight 180g vinyl.\u003cbr\u003e— Housed in Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets.\u003cbr\u003e— Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking jazz recording by the longtime Miles Davis collaborator Gil Evans highlights the latter's supreme and influential skills as a jazz orchestrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis album is a brilliant example of Evans' ability to make a large orchestra sound like a smaller jazz combo using orchestrations that infuse the larger unit with the immediacy and spontaneity of the smaller. \u003cem\u003eOut Of The Cool\u003c\/em\u003e features some of Evan's finest compositions, including the famous \"La Nevada\" as well as a magnificent performance of George Russell's \"Sratosphunk.\" Soloists include Budd Johnson (tenor), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Ray Crawford (guitar), Elvin Jones (drums), Ron Carter (bass) and Jimmy Knepper (trombone). The ensemble is superbly recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder. A must-have for all lovers of jazz. — (via Label)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut of the Cool\u003c\/em\u003e, released in 1960, was the first recording Gil Evans issued after three straight albums with Miles Davis — Sketches of Spain being the final one before this. Evans had learned much from Davis about improvisation, instinct, and space (the trumpeter learned plenty, too, especially about color, texture, and dynamic tension). Evans orchestrates less here, instead concentrating on the rhythm section built around Elvin Jones, Charlie Persip, bassist Ron Carter, and guitarist Ray Crawford. The maestro in the piano chair also assembled a crack horn section for this date, with Ray Beckinstein, Budd Johnson, and Eddie Caine on saxophones, trombonists Jimmy Knepper, Keg Johnson, and bass trombonist Tony Studd, with Johnny Coles and Phil Sunkel on trumpet, Bill Barber on tuba, and Bob Tricarico on flute, bassoon, and piccolo. The music here is of a wondrous variety, bookended by two stellar Evans compositions in \"La Nevada,\" and \"Sunken Treasure.\" The middle of the record is filled out by the lovely standard \"Where Flamingos Fly,\" Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht's \"Bilbao Song,\" and George Russell's classic \"Stratusphunk.\" The sonics are alternately warm, breezy, and nocturnal, especially on the 15-plus-minute opener which captures the laid-back West Coast cool jazz feel juxtaposed by the percolating, even bubbling hot rhythmic pulse of the tough streets of Las Vegas. The horns are held back for long periods in the mix and the drums pop right up front, Crawford's solo — drenched in funky blues — is smoking. When the trombones re-enter, they are slow and moaning, and the piccolo digs in for an in the pocket, pulsing break. Whoa. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/out-of-the-cool-mw0000649500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere appear to be two recent Universal reissues of \u003cem\u003eOOTC\u003c\/em\u003e, one with the five original tracks and one adding the interesting but relatively conventional Evans score of Horace Silver's ‘Sister Sadie’ done at the same time. This public domain release has all that plus nearly 30 minutes of bonus material. The basic album is important as the first to show Evans leading a band that performed live, thus reflecting more reliance on soloists which, however, justifies the spaciness of the charts. Ballads featuring Knepper (‘Where Flamingos Fly’) and Coles (‘Sunken Treasure’) are glorious, while the episodic 12-bars ‘Stratusphunk’ (by George Russell) and ‘La Nevada’ (140 per cent longer than the studio recording) retain interest every step of the way. Happily, the bonus tracks begin with that previous ‘La Nevada’ and the 1956 ‘Flamingos’ chart backing Helen Merrill (done with a smaller band, but managing a surreptitious quote from ‘Blues For Pablo’). Contrary to the annotation, Gil actually played no part in the last three bonus tracks (from Into The Hot) beyond inviting trumpeter-composer Johnny Carisi, who wrote ‘Israel’ for Birth Of The Cool and ‘Springsville’ for Miles Ahead, to contribute new material. And fascinating it is, more through-composed than Gil's own work but deserving not to be forgotten. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.jazzwise.com\/reviews\/gil-evans-out-of-the-cool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJazzWise\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/77m6MfPZux3svsluyephB7?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\u0026amp;si=1fd0684538cd433c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Analogue Productions\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 x Vinyl, 12\", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2022 \/ Originally Released: 1961\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Hard Bop, Contemporary Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analogue Productions \/ Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67943540457630,"sku":"753088000478","price":60.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/AVER_21101__161653__01112021104320-7254.jpg?v=1793950637","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/the-gil-evans-orchestra-out-of-the-cool-45rpm-analogue-productions-reissue","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}