Gil Evans - The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions (2006)

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Title: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Capitol Catalog
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:16:04
Total Size: 176 mb | 448 mb
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Tracklist:

01. St. Louis Blues (2006 Remastered)
02. King Porter Stomp [feat. Cannonball Adderley]
03. Willow Tree (2006 Digital Remaster)
04. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (2006 Digital Remaster)
05. Lester Leaps In (2006 Digital Remaster)
06. 'Round Midnight (2006 Digital Remaster)
07. Manteca (2006 Digital Remaster)
08. Bird Feathers (2006 Digital Remaster)
09. Davenport Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)
10. Straight No Chaser (Remastered)
11. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (2006 Digital Remaster)
12. Joy Spring (2006 Digital Remaster) [Explicit]
13. Django (2006 Digital Remaster)
14. Chant Of The Weed (2006 Digital Remaster)
15. La Nevada (Theme) (2006 Remastered)

This Capitol Catalog reissue combines two Gil Evans albums recorded originally for World Pacific in 1958 & 1959. Among the personnel for both albums are Johnny Coles (trumpet); Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland (trombones); Steve Lacy (soprano sax); Cannonball Adderley (alto sax); Budd Johnson (tenor sax, clarinet); Gil Evans (piano); Chuck Wayne, Ray Crawford (guitars); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Blakey, Elvin Jones (drums).

Tracks 1-8('New Bottle, Old Wine') were recorded at Judson Hall, New York city on April 9 & May 2/21/26, 1958. Tracks 9-15('Great Jazz Standards') were recorded at Webster Hall, New York City in early 1959.

Gil Evans arrangements of these jazz classics are inventive and exhilarating with fine solos and highlights include Jelly Roll Morton's 'King Porter Stomp', Fats Waller's 'Willow Tree', Thelonious Monk's 'Straight No Chaser' & Clifford Brown's 'Joy Spring'.