Broadcast on 23-Aug-2010

Tonight's Feature is very special as it is one of the few recordings that arranger/composer Gil Evans did under his own name. We all know that he became famous for his four recordings with Miles Davis: "Miles Ahead","Porgy and Bess","Sketches of Spain" and finally "Quiet Nights" but him recordings under his own name were few although he made that up during his later years. This was done in 1964 in several sessions with a hand-picked band and featured some great solo performances by tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter.alto saxophonist Phil Woods, guitar master Kenny Burrell, trumpeters Thad Jones and Johnny Coles and drummer Elvin Jones, Gil Evans weaves his magic with his orchestrations and piano playing and proves himself to be a musical alchemist of the highest order. "The Individualism of Gil Evans" is an apt title for this masterpiece.