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Lines of Color

{{Infobox album

| name = Lines of Color

| type = live

| artist = Ryan Truesdell's
Gil Evans Project

| cover = Lines of Color cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2015|03}}

| recorded = May 13–18, 2014

| venue = Jazz Standard, New York City

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = {{Flatlist|

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| producer = Ryan Truesdell and Dave Rivello

| prev_title = Centennial

| prev_year = 2013

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{{Album ratings

|rev1=All About Jazz

|rev1score={{Rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2=Exclaim!

|rev2Score=9/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/ryan_truesdell_gil_evans_project-lines_of_color|title=Exclaim! Review|publisher=Exclaim.ca|last=Hall|first=Glen|date=24 March 2015|access-date=8 March 2019}}}}

Lines of Color is a live tribute album by the Gil Evans Project which is led by Ryan Truesdell.{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Martin |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/lines-of-color-live-at-jazz-standard-review-a-jazz-masters-long-lost-arrangements-come-to-life-1431985355 |title='Lines of Color: Live at Jazz Standard' Review: A Jazz Master's Long Lost Arrangements Come to Life |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=February 16, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/gil-evans-project-lines-of-color-live-at-the-jazz-standard/|title=Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color: Live at the Jazz Standard}} It was recorded in concert at the Jazz Standard in New York in May 2014. It earned the group a 58th Annual Grammy Awards nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.{{cite news |last=Barton |first=Chris |date=December 7, 2015 |title=Grammys 2016: As the jazz nominations show, buzz helps |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-jazz-20151207-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times }}

Reception

Dan Bilawsky of All About Jazz rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.{{cite web|last=Slavin |first=Jeff |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lines-of-color-ryan-truesdell-blue-note-artistshare-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php |title=Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project: Lines Of Color |date=21 March 2015 |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |access-date=2019-03-08}} The website's Dan McClenaghan gave Lines of Color' 5 out of 5 stars.{{cite web|last=Slavin |first=Jeff |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/lines-of-color-ryan-truesdell-blue-note-artistshare-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php |title=Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans Project: Lines of Color |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |access-date=2019-03-08}}

Track listing

  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{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/lines-of-color-the-gil-evans-project-live-at-jazz-standard/957029681 |title=Lines of Color (The Gil Evans Project: Live at Jazz Standard) by Gil Evans Project & Ryan Truesdell on iTunes |date=17 March 2015 |publisher=iTunes |access-date=2019-03-08}}

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

Rhythm

Plus

  • Lois Martin – viola
  • Wendy Gilles – voice{{Cite web|title=Lines of Color: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard |url=http://gilevansproject.com/portfolio/lines-of-color-gil-evans-project-live-at-jazz-standard/ |access-date=2020-03-05 |website=Gil Evans Project}}

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References

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Category:2015 live albums

Category:Live jazz albums

Category:2010s tribute albums

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