Bilbao Song

Gil Evans Orchestra · 1960 · Chanson de Brecht et Weill, version orchestrale

Context

Third track of Out of the Cool (4 min 13 s), a song by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Recorded by Gil Evans's orchestra for Impulse! in Englewood Cliffs in late 1960.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• La Nevada (1960)
• Where Flamingos Fly (Gil Evans Orchestra) (1960)
• Stratusphunk (1960)

Sources

• EN: Out of the Cool

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