Lines of Color

2015 live album by Ryan Truesdell's , Gil Evans Project

Lines of Color

Live album by

Ryan Truesdell's
Gil Evans Project

Released| March 2015 (2015-03)
Recorded| May 13–18, 2014[1]
Venue| Jazz Standard, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label|

* Blue Note
* ArtistShare

Producer| Ryan Truesdell and Dave Rivello
Ryan Truesdell's
Gil Evans Project chronology
| Centennial
(2013)  | Lines of Color
(2015)  |

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
All About Jazz| [2]
Exclaim!| 9/10[3]

Lines of Color is a live tribute album by the Gil Evans Project which is led by Ryan Truesdell.[4][5] It was recorded in concert at the Jazz Standard in New York in May 2014.[1] It earned the group a 58th Annual Grammy Awards nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.[6]

## Reception

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Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.[2] The website's Dan McClenaghan gave Lines of Color' 5 out of 5 stars.[7]

## Track listing

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1. "Time of the Barracudas" (Gil Evans and Miles Davis) - 8:54
2. "Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 6:19
3. "Avalon Town" (Grant Clarke and Nacio Herb Brown) - 4:13
4. "Concorde" (John Lewis) - 7:49
5. "Cant We Talk It Over" (Ned Washington and Victor Young) - 4:13
6. "Gypsy Jump" (Gil Evans) - 3:19
7. "Greensleeves" (traditional) - 4:35
8. "Easy Living Medley" - 9:41
"Easy Living" (Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger),
"Everything Happens To Me"(Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer) and
"Moon Dreams"(Johnny Mercer and Chummy MacGregor)
9. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 5:26
10. "Sunday Drivin'" (C J Norwood and John Benson Brooks) - 3:24
11. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton) - 3:48

Track listing adapted from the iTunes Store[8]

## Personnel

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* Ryan Truesdell – conductor

Woodwinds

* Alden Banta – bassoon/bass clarinet/baritone sax
* Brian Landrus – baritone/clarinet/bass clarinet
* Dave Pietro – alto/flute/alto flute/clarinet
* Donny McCaslin – /flute/clarinet
* Jesse Han – flute
* Jessica Aura Taskov – flute
* Scott Robinson – tenor/clarinet/bass clarinet
* Steve Kenyon – flute/clarinet
* Steve Wilson – soprano/alto/alto flute/clarinet
* Tom Christensen – alto flute/oboe/English horn

Brass

* Augie Haas – trumpet
* Greg Gisbert – trumpet
* Mat Jodrell – trumpet
* Marshall Gilkes – trombone
* Ryan Keberle – trombone
* George Flynn – bass trombone
* Adam Unsworth – French horn
* David Peel – French horn
* Marcus Rojas – tuba

Rhythm

* Frank Kimbrough – piano
* James Chirillo – guitar
* Jay Anderson – bass
* Lewis Nash – drums

Plus

* Lois Martin – viola
* Wendy Gilles – voice[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Lines of Color: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard". Gil Evans Project. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
2. ^ a b Slavin, Jeff (21 March 2015). "Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project: Lines Of Color". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
3. ^ Hall, Glen (24 March 2015). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
4. ^ Johnson, Martin (May 18, 2015). "'Lines of Color: Live at Jazz Standard' Review: A Jazz Master's Long Lost Arrangements Come to Life". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
5. ^ "Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color: Live at the Jazz Standard".
6. ^ Barton, Chris (December 7, 2015). "Grammys 2016: As the jazz nominations show, buzz helps". Los Angeles Times.
7. ^ Slavin, Jeff (26 March 2015). "Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
8. ^ "Lines of Color (The Gil Evans Project: Live at Jazz Standard) by Gil Evans Project & Ryan Truesdell on iTunes". iTunes. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-08.

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