Released 1986 Artist Gil Evans Label Gramavision | Length 71:27 Release date 1986 Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded August 20 & 27, 1984 at Sweet Basil, NYC Producer Horst Liepolt & Shigeyuki Kawashima Live at Sweet Basil
(1984) Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2
(1985) Similar Gil Evans albums, Jazz albums | ||
Gil evans the monday night orchestra live at sweet basil vol 1
Live Sweet Basil is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded by King Records (Japan) in New York in 1984 featuring Evans with his Monday Night Orchestra which included George Adams, Howard Johnson, and Lew Soloff and originally released in the US on the Gramavision label.
Contents
Gil evans orchestra live at sweet basil january 11th 1988 2nd set
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "It may not have been "cool," but it was most assuredly great jazz".
Track listing
- "Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 18:40
- "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) - 7:21
- "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue" (Charles Mingus) - 6:15
- "Prince of Darkness" (Herbie Hancock) - 5:50
- "Blues in "C": John's Memory/Cheryl/Bird Feathers/Relaxin' at Camarillo" (Charlie Parker) - 24:42
- "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 9:30 Omitted from CD reissue
- "Up from the Skies" (Hendrix) - 8:39
Personnel
Songs
1Voodoo Chile7:22
2Blues in "C" / John's Memory / Cheryl / Bird Feathers / Relaxin' at Camarillo24:42
3Orange Was the Color of Her Dress Then Blue Silk6:16
References
Live at Sweet Basil (Gil Evans album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA