In the few short weeks since LINES OF COLOR was released, we have already received rave reviews from the critics! Below are a few select quotes, but if you are interested in reading the full reviews, please click here for a complete list of quotes and articles. "Lines Of Color is nothing short ofexhilarating."
- Frank Alkyer, DOWNBEAT, Editor's Pick (March 2015) "The gorgeous lilt of Evans' still startling original arrangements for horns is preserved, not in the aspic of academia butin the living, breathing performances of a group of New York's finest musician ssuch as Evans might have selected himself."
- Cormac Larkin, THE IRISH TIMES (4 stars) "The orchestra's big sound is made unimposing by its abundance of warmth. An amazing album that repeatedly provides a sense of liftoff."
- Dave Sumner, BIRD IS THE WORM If you haven't yet picked up your copy of LINESOF COLOR, click here to do so today!
For those of you in or around New York City this month, the band will celebrate the release of LINES OF COLOR during our annual residency at Jazz Standard,Thursday through Sunday, May 14-17.
Each night, in addition to performing music from LINES OF COLOR and our first album, CENTENNIAL, we will also play a variety of music from Gil's careerstretching from the 1940s with his arrangements for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, to the late 1960s, and including music from classic records such as OUT OF THE COOL, THE INDIVIDUALISM OF GIL EVANS, NEW BOTTLE OLD WINE, LOOK TOTHE RAINBOW (Astrud Gilberto), GUITAR FORMS (Kenny Burrell), and more! We would love to see you there! Information is below.
A big thank you to everyone for your continued support in this project!
All the best,
Ryan Truesdell
GIL EVANS PROJECT, directed by Ryan Truesdell
LINES OF COLOR CD RELEASE - Jazz Standard, NYC
Thursday, May 14th through Sunday, May 17th
SETS: 7:30pm & 10:00pm (additional 11:45pm set on Fri & Sat)
COVER: $30 (Thurs/Sun), $35 (Fri/Sat) ** NO food/drink minimum **
All of the tracks on the CD were recorded Live at Jazz Standards, New York City, May 13-18, 2014.
Gil Evans wrote "Sunday Driving" in 1947, when he was writing for the Thornhill Orchestra. This coincided with
the period when Lee Konitz (Alto Sax) joined the Orchestra.
The night that the Gil Evens Project recorded "Sunday Driving," Lee Konitz was in the audience.
Dave Pietro played the Alto Sax parts that were written for Lee.