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Gil Evans

real name Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (born Green)

Canadian‐American jazz pianist and composer

Toronto, Canada · 1912-05-13 – 1988-03-20

Gil Evans is credited on 2,041 releases across 355 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,041

Credits

355

Albums

8

Decades active

654

In collections

Biography

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Born May 13, 1912, Toronto, Canada, died March 20, 1988, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Grammy Award winning Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis.
With his second wife Anita Evans became parents of Noah Evans and Miles Evans.

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Credited work

2,041 releases · 355 albums · active 1951–2026

  • Performance · 5,105
  • Other credits · 342
  • Production · 65
  • Engineering · 4

Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Sweet Basil · A&R Studios

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