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Gil Evans: Birth Of The Cool At 72

Brian Case, Melody Maker, 20 October 1984

The film version of Colin MacInnes' classic Fifties novel, Absolute Beginners, has attracted a wealth of talent including Elvis Costello, Mick Jagger and American jazz giant GIL EVANS, who talks to Brian Case over a bottle of bourbon at Ronnie Scott's

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