The Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool (SHM-SACD single layer)

Relaxed West Coast cool jazz meets the rhythmic pulse of the streets of Las Vegas. „Out Of The Cool” from 1960 was Gil Evans’ first recording after three albums with Miles Davis. Evans concentrates on the rhythm section around Elvin Jones, Charlie Persip, Ron Carter and Ray Crawford. The horn section consists of Ray Beckinstein, Budd Johnson and Eddie Caine on saxophone, trombonists Jimmy Knepper, Keg Johnson, bass trombonist Tony Studd, Johnny Coles and Phil Sunkel on trumpet, Bill Barber on tuba and Bob Tricarico on flute, bassoon and piccolo.

Musically, the album is wonderfully varied, with Evans’ compositions „La Nevada” and „Sunken Treasure” taking centre stage. They are complemented by the standard „Where Flamingos Fly”, Kurt Weill’s „Bilbao Song” and George Russell’s classic „Stratusphunk”.

This is a set that is not only great, but extremely entertaining.

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal’s SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums’ master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L’Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. – Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector’s items for the Japanese market.

Lista pieselor

1. La Nevada

2. Where Flamingos Fly

3. Bilbao Song

4. Stratusphunk

5. Sunken Treasure