Description
Blue Note, 1959
The brilliant arranger, composer, and pianist Gil Evans had already collaborated with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead and made his own debut album Gil Evans & Ten for Prestige when he signed with World Pacific Records in 1958 and made the first of two albums for the label: New Bottle Old Wine with featured soloist Cannonball Adderley. The next year Evans was back in the studio to record the follow-up Great Jazz Standards with two different ensembles featuring the likes of trumpeter Johnny Coles, trombonists Curtis Fuller and Jimmy Cleveland, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Budd Johnson, guitarist Ray Crawford, drummer Elvin Jones, and others. As the title promises, the album presents a program of great jazz standards leading off with Bix Beiderbeckes Davenport Blues, a showcase for Coles, before launching into a shimmering version of Thelonious Monks Straight No Chaser where Coles, Lacy, Fuller, and Evans all get the spotlight. A stunning presentation of Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolfs Ballad of the Sad Young Men and a no-nonsense take on Clifford Browns Joy Spring close out the first side. On the flipside, John Lewis Django gets an impressionistic arrangement full of surprises, while a modernistic version of Don Redmans Chant of the Weed is a solo vehicle for Johnsons clarinet. The album culminates with a soaring performance of the Evans original Theme, later known as La Nevada.
Tracklist & Credits
This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.
Tracklist:
A1: Davenport Blues
A2: Straight No Chaser
A3: Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
A4: Joy Spring
B1: Django
B2: Chant Of The Weed
B3: Theme
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