Castles Made of Sound
Subtitle: The Story of Gil Evans
Publisher: Da Capo; Da Capo Press
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780306809453
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Jazz; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; Biography / Autobiography; Music; Composers & Musicians - Jazz; Canada; Jazz musicians; Genres & Styles - Jazz
First sentence: WE CAN BE CERTAIN at least of his name: Ian Ernest Gilmore Green-though his friends used to call him Buster, and he settled later on Gil Evans.
Description: "Gil Evans was once described by Miles Davis as "the greatest musician in the world," yet for decades he remained an industry secret, one of the least publicized revolutionaries in jazz. Behind the scenes, Evans worked with such varied artists as Claude Thornhill, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Herbie Hancock, David Bowie, and Sting, arranging their music, energizing their bands, and generally throwing their stages and studios into momentary disarray.

His whimsical and unscripted genius lay at the source of some of the most sophisticated work these musicians ever played or recorded. Best known - and eternally revered - for his collaborations with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain, Evans's magic touch (if not always his name) has been on the sheet music of more tunes than his fans might ever imagine."--BOOK JACKET.