Release Date: 02 October 2026
Label: Soundsgood
Packaging Type: Gate Fold
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563187087
Description
The complete album + bonus track - special gatefold edition pressed on 180g vinyl. Critically acclaimed, Gil Evans' 1961 album Out of the Cool is widely regarded as his finest work as a leader in his own right, apart from his collaborations with Miles Davis ('Birth ofThe Cool', 'Sketches of Spain', 'Porgy & Bess' Miles Ahead') and is considered a masterpiece of modern jazz orchestration, ranking among the best postwar jazz recordings.
Gil Evans began recording his own albums during 1958-59 thanks to the success of his first collaboration with Miles Davis, Miles Ahead, in 1957. Out of the Cool was recorded a short time after Evans completed a six-week engagement at the Jazz Gallery club in New York City; the personnel was largely the same he had used there (including such stars as Jimmy Knepper, Budd Johnson, Johnny Coles and Ron Carter), with the addition of Elvin Jones.
Tracklisting
Oliver Nelson
Bill Evans & Jim Hall
Julie London
Bill Evans, Shelly Manne & Monty Budwig
Mal Waldron & Booker Ervin
Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon Quartet
McCoy Tyner
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
