Toshiko Akiyoshi Smithsonian Interview Block 785 (Q18738)

Oh. Anyway, hes a classical composer, uh, African American, and he worked with Eric Dolphy; he also worked with Mingus. But, he said, yeah, well, Gil Evans, you can trace the direct influence back to a European classical composition, just like the Aranjuez, you know, the Concierto, certain things like that, theres already a European precedent, he just kind of recasts it in a jazz language. So ...