There’s an upbeat and comical side to the blues, which comes out in the music of Louis Jordan. There’s a sophisticated and sensual side to the blues, which we hear in the singing of Nat King Cole and ...

Multi-Grammy Award-winning producer Ryan Truesdell reopens the Gil Evans Project vaults to release a new album of material recorded live at the beloved (now shuttered) New York City club, Jazz ...

Shades of Sound is not about Ryan Truesdell recreating the past. There are excellent reasons to listen to recreations of the music of Gil Evans. As critic Bill Mathieu wrote of Evans, "The mind reels ...

Few people have a better right to remember Gil Evans than these musicians. The serrated wail of this band enraptured, touched and torched the listeners. It is easy to see why musicians from the Monday ...

Ryan Truesdell presents the Gil Evans Project in an exciting pre-release concert series at Birdland in New York City, celebrating the upcoming album Shades of Sound: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz ...