La Nevada
Context
A long piece of more than fifteen minutes by Gil Evans, it opens Out of the Cool, recorded at the Van Gelder studio in late 1960 and released by Impulse! in 1961. Elvin Jones plays shakers on it, which frees the orchestra; the Penguin Guide considers the album Evans's masterpiece under his own name.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Modern big bands, Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.