All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of The Gil Evans Orchestra’s Out of the Cool Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP, and Housed in Stoughton Gatefold Jacket

If one album evokes the style, the ethos, and the vibe of Creed Taylor’s Impulse! label it isThe Gil Evans Orchestra’s1961 masterpieceOut of the Cool. The 48 year old pianist, arranger and bandleader had done much to establish his reputation working with Miles Davis on hisBirth of the Coolsessions in the late 1940s and this album’s title is a nice nod to its antecedent. When Miles went to record for Columbia he called upon Evans for arrangements for hisMiles Ahead(1957),Porgy and Bess(1958), andSketches of Spain(1960) albums, the latter LP released four months beforeOut of the coolwas recorded.

It features Evans on piano with drummerElvin Jonesand bassistRon Carteras the rhythm section plus a fabulous horn section, withRay Beckinstein,Budd Johnson, andEddie Caineon saxophones; trombonistsJimmy Knepper,Keg Johnson, andTony Studd;Johnny ColesandPhil Sunkelon trumpet;Bill Barberon tuba; andBob Tricaricoon flute, bassoon, and piccolo. This album was a move towards greater freedom in Evans’ compositions and arrangements, but at the same time there are echoes of his recent work with Miles. It includes two great Evans compositions in “La Nevada” and “Sunken Treasure.” There’s also the lovely standard, “Where Flamingos Fly,” George Russell’s “Stratusphunk” and Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s, “Bilbao Song.”

Thisall-analog 180g vinyl LP reissuewasmastered from the original analog tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, pressed at QRP, and comes housed in a Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket.

Features:
All-analog 180g vinyl LP
Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises
Two monthly releases highlighting Verve’s historic and best jazz records
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog tapes
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jacket