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Jan 04 2013 - Gil Evans Project Earns 3 Grammy Nominations

Ryan Truesdell’s critically acclaimed, Fan-Funded release Gil Evans Centennial Project: Newly-discovered works of Gil Evans has earned many recent accolades, including:

3 GRAMMY nominations (Best Large Jazz Ensemble; Best Instrumental Arrangement- “How About You;" Best Arrangement Featuring a Vocalist- “Look to the Rainbow")
#1 jazz album of 2012, London Times (Clive Davis)
Album of the year (debut), Rhapsody Critic's Poll
Top 4 CDs of 2012, Jazz Times Critic's Poll
Top 10 jazz albums of 2012, NPR
Top 10 albums of 2012, all genres, NY Times (Nate Chinen)
Top 4 new albums of the year, Rhapsody Critic's Poll
Best jazz albums of 2012, Ottawa Citizen
Best jazz albums of 2012, iTunes
#1 Album of the year, critic Francis Davis
Les Coups De Coeur, Académie Charles Cros- one of France’s highest honors
Top 100 songs of 2012, all genres, NPR- “Punjab" (listed under Ryan Truesdell)
JazzFM Awards (UK) Nominee - Album of the Year
"Jazz's biggest critical favorite" [2012], JazzTimes
Top 10 picks of 2012, The Voice- Sacramento, CA
"One of the essential jazz recordings of the new millennium." -Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes)

We are very proud of this groundbreaking, historic project and very excited about these nominations and awards. This album, which features previously unrecorded arrangements and original compositions from jazz legend Gil Evans, was entirely fan-funded.

ArtistShare®, the first fan-funded internet platform and pioneer of the crowdfunding movement, has won 5 GRAMMY awards and earned 18 GRAMMY nominations since

2005.

For more information, please visit the Gil Evans Centennial Project Homepage.

Click here to purchase your copy of the Gil Evans Centennial Project CD today- it is is available at ArtistShare® and Amazon. It is also available on iTunes with full digital booklet.