Gil Evans Orchestra - Blues in Orbit (1971)

24 Dec, 01:12
change text size:

Artist: Gil Evans Orchestra
Title: Blues in Orbit
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Enja [ENJ-2130 2]
Genre: Jazz, Cool, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 36:12
Total Size: 217 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. Thoroughbred (Harper) - 4:57
02. Spaced (Evans) - 3:05
03. Love in the Open (Smith) - 6:49
04. Variation on the Misery - 3:03
05. Blues in Orbit (Russell) - 6:50
06. Proclamation (Evans) - 1:48
07. General Assembly (Davis-Evans) - 7:13
08. So Long (Evans) - 2:27

personnel :

#2-4,6-8:
Snooky Young, Mike Lawrence - trumpets
Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Knepper - trombones
Julius Watkins - French horn
Howard Johnson - tuba
Hubert Laws - flute
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
Gil Evans - piano, electric piano
Joe Beck - guitar
Gene Bianco - harp
Herb Bushler - bass
Sue Evans - percussion
Elvin Jones - drums
Recorded in New York in 1969.
#1,5:
Ernie Royal, Johnny Coles - trumpets
Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland - trombones
Ray Alonge - French horn
George Marge - flute, tenor saxophone
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone
Gil Evans - piano, electric piano
Joe Beck - guitar
Herb Bushler - bass
Donald McDonald - percussion
Alphonse Mouzon - drums
Recorded in New York in 1971.

Arranger Gil Evans's first recording as a leader in five years found him leading an orchestra that could be considered a transition between his 1950s groups and his somewhat electric band of the 1970s. Several of these charts, particularly his reworking of George Russell's "Blues in Orbit," are quite memorable, and Evans utilizes his many interesting sidemen, including the distinctive voices of trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, Howard Johnson on tuba and baritone, tenor-saxophonist Billy Harper and guitarist Joe Beck, in unexpected and unpredictable ways. A near-classic release which has been made available on CD by Enja.~ Scott Yanow

EAC Log

MY BLOG

IsraCloud