Where Flamingos Fly (Gil Evans Orchestra)

Gil Evans Orchestra · 1960 · Mélodie au trombone de Jimmy Knepper

Context

Second track of Out of the Cool (5 min 14 s). Jimmy Knepper's trombone states the melody, over an arrangement taken from a version written by Gil Evans for the singer Helen Merrill. Recorded 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)
• Bilbao Song (1960)
• Stratusphunk (1960)

Sources

• EN: Out of the Cool

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