medjuck Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 While perusing Discogs I came across this: : https://www.discogs.com/release/7920632-Gil-Evans-Favorite-Catalina-Melodies Anyone know anything about? Is it even "the" Gil Evans? No mention of it in any of the 3 books I have about Gil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Doesn't look like him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 (edited) My guess would be that it is indeed ANOTHER Gil Evans. Would Gil have then been in California? Edited May 14 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 According to Stephanie Crease's bio he "wrote to the Carpenters in April 1949...'we're on our way to California'". She later says that "Between 1950 and 1951 Gil worked at a strip club in Greenwich Village..." So it's not impossible (though unlikely). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles65 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 (edited) I have a copy of that record. I'll see if I can make an mp3 of it in the weekend. The label is signed Gil Evans. Listening to it is suffering for science. Edited May 15 by miles65 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 49 minutes ago, miles65 said: I have a copy of that record. I'll see if I can make an mp3 of it in the weekend. The label is signed Gil Evans. Listening to it is suffering for science. Save your ears: turns out that there was a guy named Gil Evans in residence at the casino 1947-50. Did you obtain it thinking it might be our Gil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles65 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 7 minutes ago, medjuck said: Save your ears: turns out that there was a guy named Gil Evans in residence at the casino 1947-50. Did you obtain it thinking it might be our Gil? Yes I did. A dud if ever there was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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