Released 1971 Producer Sam Gordon Release date 1971 | Length 36:20 | |
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Recorded 1969 and 1971, New York City Blues in Orbit(1969-71) Where Flamingos Fly(1971) Similar Paris Blues, There Comes a Time, Priestess, Parabola, Where Flamingos Fly |
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Blues in Orbit is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1969 and 1971 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Jimmy Cleveland, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, and Joe Beck. The album was originally released on the short-lived Ampex label as Gil Evans but received wider release on the Enja label under this title.
Contents
Blues in orbit
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "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... A near-classic release ".
Track listing
All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated
- "Thoroughbred" (Billy Harper) - 4:57
- "Spaced" - 3:04
- "Love In the Open" (Warren Smith) - 6:49
- "Variation on the Misery" - 3:03
- "Blues In Orbit" (George Russell) - 6:49
- "Proclamation" - 1:48
- "General Assembly" (Miles Davis, Gil Evans) - 7:12
- "So Long" - 2:27
Personnel
Songs
1Thoroughbred5:02
2Spaced3:10
3Love in the Open6:50