Archival Tape Edition No. 19 

"Out of the Cool" by The Gil Evans Orchestra, recorded in 1960 and released on the Impulse! label the following year. The album was one of Impulse!'s first four albums, released together. Gil Evans recorded the album a short time after completing a six-week job at the Jazz Gallery club in New York City; the personnel was largely the same, with Elvin Jones being added.
The music on this album was part of a move by Evans towards greater freedom in his compositions and arrangements, this "new work integrated the written and improvised, at times allowing the balance to shift imperceptibly".
The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection", calling it "Evans' masterpiece under his own name and one of the best examples of jazz orchestration since the early Ellington bands".

MUSICIANS

• Gil Evans – piano
• Johnny Coles – trumpet (soloist)
• Phil Sunkel – trumpet
• Keg Johnson – trombone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Tony Studd – bass trombone (soloist)
• Bill Barber – tuba
• Ray Beckenstein – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (soloist)
• Bob Tricarico – flute, piccolo, bassoon
• Ray Crawford – guitar (soloist)
• Ron Carter – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums, percussion
• Charlie Persip – drums

Label: Impulse! Records
Production: Creed Taylor

*The total circulation of this Mastercut release is strictly limited to a maximum total of 999 records.
As of today, the following different editions have been released:
Premier Cut: 01-99