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Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color
Ryan Truesdell
composer / conductor
Gil Evans
composer / conductor1912 - 1988
Il repertorio rimane saldamente legato a brani che sono stati arrangiati da Gil Evans nel corso della sua lunga carriera. In due casi i brani scelti per questo album sono vere e proprie composizioni di Evans e, specialmente nel caso di quel "Times of the Barracudas" posto giustamente in apertura, è proprio qui che l'orchestra di Truesdell raggiunge il suo massimo. Il sottile confine fra tradizione e modernità, in questo caso, oscilla nel modo giusto e non si lascia trascinare all'indietro.
In altri brani, a cominciare da uno scintillante "Davenport Blues" carico di retorica trombettistica, fa capolino uno dei rischi impliciti di tutte le operazioni di rilettura: se si guarda troppo all'indietro ci si ritrova con una sorta di torcicollo che penalizza un po' il risultato finale. Un rischio che Gil Evans non ha mai corso, proprio perché per lui era essenziale avanzare innovando.
L'orchestra è composta da musicisti di grande classe fra i quali spiccano i saxofonisti
Dave Pietro
saxophone, alto
Donny McCaslin
saxophone, tenorb.1966
Frank Kimbrough
piano1956 - 2020
Track Listing
Time Of The Barracudas; Davenport Blues; Avalon Town; Concorde; Can't We Talk It Over; Gypsy Jump; Greensleeves; Easy Living Medley: Easy Living/Everything Happens To Me/Moon Dreams; Just One Of Those Things; Sunday Drivin'; How High The Moon.
Personnel
Ryan Truesdell
composer / conductorJesse Han: flute (8); Jessica Aura Taskov: flute (8); Steve Kenyon: flute (8), clarinet (5, 6); Steve Wilson: soprano saxophone (2, 7, 9), alto saxophone (3, 6, 10, 11), alto flute (1, 4), clarinet (3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11); Dave Pietro: alto saxophone (3-8, 10, 11), flute, (2), alto flute (1), clarinet (5, 6, 8); Donny McCaslin: tenor saxophone (1, 3, 6-8, 10, 11), flute (4, 9), clarinet (6-8); Scott Robinson: tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), clarinet (6), bass clarinet (5, 6, 8, 11); Brian Landrus: baritone saxophone (3, 6, 8, 10, 11), clarinet (6), bass clarinet (5, 6, 8); Tom Christensen: alto flute (1), oboe (4, 7); English horn (4, 7); Alden Banta: bassoon (1, 4, 7), bass clarinet (2), baritone saxophone (7); Adam Unsworth: French horn; David Peel: French horn (2-6, 8, 10); Augie Haas: trumpet (2-11); Greg Gisbert: trumpet (2-11); Mat Jodrell: trumpet (2-6, 8, 10, 11); Ryan Keberle: trombone (2, 3, 5-11); Marshall Gilkes: trombone; George Flynn: bass trombone (2, 4, 7, 9); Marcus Rojas: tube (2, 4, 5, 7-10); James Chirillo: guitar (2-6, 8-10); Frank Kimbrough: piano; Jay Anderson: bass; Lewis Nash: drums; Wendy Gilles: vocals (5, 8, 10); Lois Martin: vocals (4).
Album information
Title: Lines Of Color | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: ArtistShare
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