![]() This daring is well reflected in the music. Evans brought in minimal sheet music and arranged on the spot. The recording sessions came after a six-week run for the band at The Jazz Gallery in New York. In contrast to the finely wrought, pristine, impressionistic beauty of Sketches of Spain, Out of the Cool is limber and loose, even jaunty. Evans’s work with Miles had reset the template and expectations for what orchestral jazz could be and Out of the Cool took matters several steps further. Among the other early releases were classics like Oliver Nelson’s Blues and the Abstract Truth, which also offered a modern context for large ensembles, and Ray Charles’ Genius + Soul = Jazz, one of the legend’s finest recordings, and an album that featured members of Count Basie’s band. ![]() One of them was refining large ensemble music. ![]() It was one of the first four releases for the then-new label, Impulse! Although the imprint would soon become known as the home of John Coltrane and many others pushing the sound of jazz to its outer limits, in the early days, the label had different prerogatives. Out of the Cool was recorded in November and December 1960 and issued in early 1961.
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