Hi Alex, fantastic work! It sounds very interesting, is enchanting and very much Gil Evans-like. I listen to the music of Gil for more than 40 years since I got attracted to it through Birth of the Cool. I'm an old time friend of Johannes (since Kindergarten) who made me aware of your blog a few years ago. I do not have the musical knowledge nor talent to contribute anything valuable, but I enjoy listening to your explanation of Gil's music and your interviews. Keep doing it. Very much appreciated. Best regards from the coast of the Baltic sea. Peter.
I enjoy your insights into Gil's writing. Its great of you to share here with others. Your experiment worked! It sounds like a Gil Evans arrangement and I can reference in my head, the arrangements on the Miles Ahead album where you used those techniques in this. Maybe sometimes a little to literal to my taste but very well done. Arrangers like Gil and Frank Foster and Thad each have their own style of writing I'm curious to hear your own writing. I hope you dedicate an episode to your own writing so we could hear it. Keep up the good work.
A bridge from here, a color from there... I think that's a great and totally valid way to work. The real name of the game is knowing what to do with the stuff, whether you made it up, got it from another source or whatever. Thanks a million!
This is really interesting! I have been following your posts for a couple of years. I have a rehearsal group that has expanded to a little big band. I have been employing the approach to arranging you have outlined on this channel. It has gone well so far, I think. One issue is writing everything all the time because you can. LOL This is a great example of not doing just that and to great affect. I have an adaptation of your arrangement of Infant Eyes I am currently working on. I think I will try to explore this approach. Currently a dense arrangement. We have a great tenor saxophonist who can say a lot with just bass and drums...hmmmm Thank you for the ongoing learning opportunities!!
Thanks for your comments. I’m glad you’re finding it helpful 😀. In the companion video I go into more detail on that arrangement. Your big band sounds like great fun. Good on you. Let us know if you finish the infant eyes arrangement, and have it somewhere we can listen to it.
Oh thank you Charles. You will really love the video where I outline the arrangement in more detail. Have a look for it on my channel, I cover form, harmony, motifs and orchestration
Very cool. Gil arranged this tune on the Teddy Charles Tentet album. Of course this is from the Birth of the Cool era and uses that instrumentation. I bought the LP when it came out in 1956 and played it to death. Lots of other great writing on that album. ruclips.net/video/t1ISjF3fS2M/видео.html
It was an honor being a part of this! Great work as always Alex!
Thank you so much for playing Gabriel!
Hi Alex, fantastic work! It sounds very interesting, is enchanting and very much Gil Evans-like. I listen to the music of Gil for more than 40 years since I got attracted to it through Birth of the Cool. I'm an old time friend of Johannes (since Kindergarten) who made me aware of your blog a few years ago. I do not have the musical knowledge nor talent to contribute anything valuable, but I enjoy listening to your explanation of Gil's music and your interviews. Keep doing it. Very much appreciated. Best regards from the coast of the Baltic sea. Peter.
Thank you very much!
Solid!
I enjoy your insights into Gil's writing. Its great of you to share here with others. Your experiment worked! It sounds like a Gil Evans arrangement and I can reference in my head, the arrangements on the Miles Ahead album where you used those techniques in this. Maybe sometimes a little to literal to my taste but very well done. Arrangers like Gil and Frank Foster and Thad each have their own style of writing I'm curious to hear your own writing. I hope you dedicate an episode to your own writing so we could hear it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep it in mind.
A bridge from here, a color from there... I think that's a great and totally valid way to work. The real name of the game is knowing what to do with the stuff, whether you made it up, got it from another source or whatever. Thanks a million!
Haha thank you. Yes, it's not my preferred way of working. But it made for an interesting project.
Wonderful, as always!
Thanks Ross!
Very nice work! I very much enjoyed listening to it.
Thanks for listening
Wow! This is great. I love those last 3 bars.
Thank you
You really captured the whle Gil Evans orchestration vibe. Congrats
Thanks!
Lovely arrangement!
this was crazy good
Thank you 😃
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Thank you! 😀
This is killing
Thanks Ben!
This is really interesting! I have been following your posts for a couple of years. I have a rehearsal group that has expanded to a little big band. I have been employing the approach to arranging you have outlined on this channel. It has gone well so far, I think. One issue is writing everything all the time because you can. LOL This is a great example of not doing just that and to great affect. I have an adaptation of your arrangement of Infant Eyes I am currently working on. I think I will try to explore this approach. Currently a dense arrangement. We have a great tenor saxophonist who can say a lot with just bass and drums...hmmmm Thank you for the ongoing learning opportunities!!
Thanks for your comments. I’m glad you’re finding it helpful 😀. In the companion video I go into more detail on that arrangement. Your big band sounds like great fun. Good on you. Let us know if you finish the infant eyes arrangement, and have it somewhere we can listen to it.
@@gilevansinsideout Alex, I will be sure to post it to you once recorded.
It is obvious that you definitely did it, Alex! Impressing work and absolutely okay to borrow some material from our master :-)
Glad you liked it!
Lovely! Definitely captures the spirit.
Thank you very much!
That is fantastic! I’ve been watching your channel with great interest! Thank you for sharing this information
Oh thank you Charles. You will really love the video where I outline the arrangement in more detail. Have a look for it on my channel, I cover form, harmony, motifs and orchestration
Very cool. Gil arranged this tune on the Teddy Charles Tentet album. Of course this is from the Birth of the Cool era and uses that instrumentation. I bought the LP when it came out in 1956 and played it to death. Lots of other great writing on that album. ruclips.net/video/t1ISjF3fS2M/видео.html
Thanks Bruce. Well done on buying the original! :D