Gil Evans 1959 Great Jazz Standards 01 Davenport Blues (Beiderbecke) 4:25 02 Straight, No Chaser (Monk) 6:19 03 Ballad of the Sad Young Men (Landesman, Wolf) 4:00 04 Joy Spring (Brown) 2:49 05 Django (Lewis) 8:05 06 Chant of the Weed (Redman) 4:25 07 La Nevada (Theme) (Evans) 6:15
Recorded in New York on February 5, 1959 (tracks 3,4,6,7) and early 1959 (tracks 1,2,5)
[1], [2], [5] trumpet : Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith trombone : Bill Elton, Curtis Fuller, Dick Lieb french horn : Bob Northern tuba : Bill Barber soprano saxophone : Steve Lacy reeds : Al Block piano : Gil Evans guitar : Chuck Wayne bass : Dick Carter drums : Dennis Charles
[3], [4], [6], [7] trumpet : Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Danny Stiles trombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Curtis Fuller, Rod Levitt french horn : Earl Chapin tuba : Bill Barber soprano saxophone : Steve Lacy clarinet, tenor saxophone : Budd Johnson reeds : Ed Caine piano : Gil Evans guitar : Ray Crawford bass : Tommy Potter drums : Elvin Jones