Gil Evans – New Bottle Old Wine – Pure Pleasure LP

Description

If you have admired Gil Evans’ arrangements on the Miles Davis recordings, you owe it to yourself to check this out. These recordings help make the case that Gil Evans was one of the great jazz arrangers of all time. Gil Evans always manages to communicate with sophistication and nuance, and on these sessions he manages to have fun as well. This is an LP of Gil Evans rearranging classic jazz standards like “St. Louis Blues,” “King Porter Stomp” and “Lester Leaps.” It’s an LP you can enjoy as a peek into modern jazz of the late ’50s, or as a set of very interesting big band orchestrations.

Features:
180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
Pressed at Pallas in Germany

Musicians:
Julian Cannonball Adderley, alto sax
Frank Rehak, trombone
John Coles, trumpet
Chuck Wayne, guitar
Gil Evans, piano, arrangements

Selections:
1. St. Louis Blues
2. King Porter Stomp
3. Willow Tree
4. Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
5. Lester Leaps In
6. ‘Round About Midnight
7. Manteca!
8. Bird Feathers