Live at Sweet Basil (Gil Evans album)
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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.[1]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "It may not have been "cool," but it was most assuredly great jazz".[2]
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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
- Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
- Lew Soloff, Hannibal Marvin Peterson, Shunzo O'no, Miles Evans - trumpet
- George Adams - tenor saxophone
- Chris Hunter - alto saxophone
- Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Tom Malone - trombone
- Hiram Bullock - guitar
- Pete Levin - synthesizer
- Mark Egan - electric bass
- Adam Nussbaum - drums
- Mino Cinelu - percussion
References
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed June 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed June 17, 2014.