Released September 1959 Producer Richard Bock | Release date September 1959 Label Pacific Jazz | |
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Recorded Early 1959New York City Similar Gil Evans albums, Jazz albums |
Great Jazz Standards is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1959 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Johnny Coles, Steve Lacy, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Budd Johnson, Ray Crawford, and Elvin Jones.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Highly recommended".
Track listing
- "Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:26
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:19
- "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 4:00
- "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 2:48
- "Django" (John Lewis) - 8:06
- "Chant Of The Weed" (Don Redman) - 4:25
- "La Nevada" [a.k.a. "Theme"] (Gil Evans) - 6:17
Recorded on February 5, 1959 (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) and early 1959 (tracks 1, 2 & 5)
Personnel
Songs
1Davenport Blues4:25
2Straight - no Chaser6:19
3Ballad of the Sad Young Men4:00
References
Great Jazz Standards Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA