Lines of Color

2015 live album by Ryan Truesdell's , Gil Evans Project
Lines of Color
Live album by
Ryan Truesdell's
Gil Evans Project
ReleasedMarch 2015 (2015-03)
RecordedMay 13–18, 2014[1]
VenueJazz Standard, New York City
GenreJazz
Label
  • Blue Note
  • ArtistShare
ProducerRyan Truesdell and Dave Rivello
Ryan Truesdell's
Gil Evans Project chronology
Centennial
(2013)
Lines of Color
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[2]
Exclaim!9/10[3]

Lines of Color is a live tribute album by the Gil Evans Project which is led by Ryan Truesdell.[4][5] It was recorded in concert at the Jazz Standard in New York in May 2014.[1] It earned the group a 58th Annual Grammy Awards nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.[6]

Reception

Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.[2] The website's Dan McClenaghan gave Lines of Color' 5 out of 5 stars.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Time of the Barracudas" (Gil Evans and Miles Davis) - 8:54
  2. "Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 6:19
  3. "Avalon Town" (Grant Clarke and Nacio Herb Brown) - 4:13
  4. "Concorde" (John Lewis) - 7:49
  5. "Cant We Talk It Over" (Ned Washington and Victor Young) - 4:13
  6. "Gypsy Jump" (Gil Evans) - 3:19
  7. "Greensleeves" (traditional) - 4:35
  8. "Easy Living Medley" - 9:41
    "Easy Living" (Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger),
    "Everything Happens To Me"(Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer) and
    "Moon Dreams"(Johnny Mercer and Chummy MacGregor)
  9. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 5:26
  10. "Sunday Drivin'" (C J Norwood and John Benson Brooks) - 3:24
  11. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton) - 3:48

Track listing adapted from the iTunes Store[8]

Personnel

  • Ryan Truesdell – conductor

Woodwinds

  • Alden Banta – bassoon/bass clarinet/baritone sax
  • Brian Landrus – baritone/clarinet/bass clarinet
  • Dave Pietro – alto/flute/alto flute/clarinet
  • Donny McCaslin – /flute/clarinet
  • Jesse Han – flute
  • Jessica Aura Taskov – flute
  • Scott Robinson – tenor/clarinet/bass clarinet
  • Steve Kenyon – flute/clarinet
  • Steve Wilson – soprano/alto/alto flute/clarinet
  • Tom Christensen – alto flute/oboe/English horn

Brass

Rhythm

Plus

  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Wendy Gilles – voice[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lines of Color: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard". Gil Evans Project. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. ^ a b Slavin, Jeff (21 March 2015). "Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project: Lines Of Color". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  3. ^ Hall, Glen (24 March 2015). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ Johnson, Martin (May 18, 2015). "'Lines of Color: Live at Jazz Standard' Review: A Jazz Master's Long Lost Arrangements Come to Life". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color: Live at the Jazz Standard".
  6. ^ Barton, Chris (December 7, 2015). "Grammys 2016: As the jazz nominations show, buzz helps". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Slavin, Jeff (26 March 2015). "Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  8. ^ "Lines of Color (The Gil Evans Project: Live at Jazz Standard) by Gil Evans Project & Ryan Truesdell on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-08.


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