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Gil Evans's New York Orchestra

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The American composer, arranger and keyboard player Gil Evans died in March.
The concert which he was to have given with his New York Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in May went ahead in spite of his death and became a tribute to this much-loved musician. Charles Fox introduces a recording of that concert in which the soloists included
LEW SOLOFF (trumpet)
CHRIS HUNTER (alto saxophone)
GEORGE ADAMS (tenor saxophone) HIRAM BULLOCK (guitar) and Gil's son, MILES (trumpet)
8.10-8.20* During the interval, extracts from conversations between Charles Fox and Gil Evans in 1978 and 1983.

Contributors

Introduces:
Charles Fox
Unknown:
Lew Soloff
Unknown:
Chris Hunter
Tenor:
George Adams
Guitar:
Hiram Bullock
Unknown:
Charles Fox
Unknown:
Gil Evans
Source: Radio Times

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