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Sir Richard John Evans FRSL FRHistS FBA FLSW (born September 29, 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008).
The Soulful Strings' repertoire consisted mainly of cover versions, [4] often given a musical interpretation that combined soul, jazz, funk and psychedelia. [1] Speaking to an interviewer from Berklee College of Music, where he later worked as a professor teaching jazz arrangements, [6] Evans attributed the ensemble's distinctive sound to his use of violas (rather than any violins) as lead ...
Sir Richard J. Evans (born 1947), British historian and commentator Richard Paul Evans (born 1962), American author of books with Christian themes; best known for 1995's The Christmas Box Dick Evans (politician) (1922–2008), Australian politician, NSW MLC
Great Jazz Standards is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1959 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Johnny Coles, Steve Lacy, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Budd Johnson, Ray Crawford, and Elvin Jones. [1]
There Comes a Time is an album by the jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1975 and performed by Evans with an orchestra featuring David Sanborn, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper and Ryo Kawasaki. [1]
Evans played three extremely brief solos: Duke Ellington's "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)," Richard Rodgers's "My Romance," which would remain an integral part of Evans's repertoire and be recorded by him many times in trio settings, and the original version of his own most widely recognized and recorded composition, "Waltz for Debby." [4]
Evans, David (2008). Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07448-6. Fuld, James J. (2000). The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-41475-2. Furia, Philip (1992). The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great ...
The first track, "La Nevada", was also recorded by Evans less than two years earlier for the album Great Jazz Standards; the version for Out of the Cool is given a consistent rhythmic structure by Elvin Jones playing shakers, giving the rest of the band greater freedom and leading to a less boppish version than the earlier recording.