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Sorry. I have been reading a website about Gil Evans. It makes Blue Note look fucking tiny. Really. Blame "Miles Davis?" No: Blame Bill Clinton for being such a hack on sax.
I'm just kidding around, Cryptical Envelopment. This is a great post -- I can't wait to send the link to my dad (he's the man! I mean, he's a serious bebop fan. But he's the man! too).
I can't believe how thorough this is. Just goes to show you how much the French love America.
He must've been tuning to a baroque A or something. You know, around 438 Hz instead of the current way-too-bright >440 Hz A. Or a baroque B flat, being a trumpeter.
Maybe that's why everything sounds so appropriate on Sketches of Spain. Who'd a thunk jazz could evoke the renaissance?