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Gil Evans

1912 - 1988

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Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gil Evans has received more than 635,591 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gil Evans is the 568th most popular musician (down from 514th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Canada (down from 126th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gil Evans ranks 568 out of 3,175. Before him are Randy Rhoads, Coleman Hawkins, Tito Puente, Gaspara Stampa, Marty Friedman, and Dido. After him are Giovanni Sgambati, Smokey Robinson, King Oliver, Wendy Carlos, Ace Frehley, and Jean-Delphin Alard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Gil Evans ranks 126. Before him are Maria Montez, Richard Brooks, Marta Eggerth, Thorbjørn Egner, Võ Chí Công, and Folco Lulli. After him are Kathleen Ferrier, Fritz Klingenberg, Margaret Scriven, Martha Scott, Josef Blösche, and Jure Francetić. Among people deceased in 1988, Gil Evans ranks 79. Before him are Ilona Elek, Raymond Dart, Mikha'il Na'ima, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Abdulrahman Fawzi, and Giacinto Scelsi. After him are Françoise Dolto, Antal Doráti, Raymond Williams, Alec Issigonis, Henry Koster, and Divine.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gil Evans ranks 137 out of 1,622. Before him are Arthur Hiller (1923), Ian Stevenson (1918), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Louis Riel (1844), and Rocky Johnson (1944). After him are Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), James Craig Watson (1838), Peter Cullen (1941), Raymond Burr (1917), and Jordan Peterson (1962).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Gil Evans ranks 10. Before him are Neil Peart (1952), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Robbie Robertson (1943), and Loreena McKennitt (1957). After him are David Foster (1949), Diana Krall (1964), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), and Bob Rock (1954).

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