Gil Evans - Bud and Bird - Live at the Sweet Basil Music » Jazz » BeBop » Third Stream Gil Evans - Bud and Bird - Live at the Sweet Basil Artist: Gil Evans Album: Bud and Bird - Live at the Sweet Basil Label: Evidence Year: 1986 Release: 1992 Format, bitrate: mp3@320 kb/s Time: 66:30 Size: 156 MB (+ full original art)
This CD (plus In Memoriam, another Projazz set taken from the same sessions) contains the last recordings of arranger/pianist Gil Evans with his regular orchestra, other than a set backing rock singer Sting. As was typical for Evans's later-period work, he is content to play quietly while letting his ensemble run somewhat wild. The four pieces, which include the umpteenth remake of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing," are all overly long but not without interest; sidemen include trumpeter Lew Soloff, trombonist Dave Bargeron, John Clark on French horn, altoist Chris Hunter, Bill Evans on tenor and soprano, baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, guitarist Hiram Bullock and both Peter Levin and Gil Goldstein on synthesizers, while flugelhornist Johnny Coles is a welcome guest. Fans of Gil Evans's 1950s work may not much care for his 1980s electronic band, but this set is fairly coherent and has its exciting moments. ~ Scott Yanow, AMG
Gil Evans - Bud and Bird - Live at the Sweet Basil Track list:
1 - Bud and Bird ( G Evans) 8:48 2 - Half man, half cookie (B Evans (sax)) 10:27 3 - Gates - Illumination (Mark Egan) 17:40 4 - Nicaragua Blues (T Malone) 7:44 5 - Groove from the Louvre (G Evans) 21:51
Recorded live at Sweet Basil, New York, New York on December 1 & 22, 1986.
Personnel:
Gil Evans (piano); Bill Evans (sax) (tenor sax, sop sax, flute); Hamiet Bluiett (bar sax, clt, bass clt); Lew Soloff, Shunzo O'No, Miles Evans (tpt); Chris Hunter (alto, sop sax, flute); John Clark (French horn, hornette); Dave Bargeron (trombone); Dave Tucker (bass trombone); Peter Levin, Gil Goldstein (synthesizer); Hiram Bullock (guitar); Mark Egan (bass); Danny Gottlieb (drums). Johnny Coles (flugelhorn).
Producers: Horst Liepolt, Shigeyuki Kawashima
All right drugi moi... behave yourselves and next week it'll be the Vol. 2
Credits Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute - Chris Hunter Art Direction - Shigo Yamaguchi , Thomas Vilot Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet - Hamiet Bluiett Bass - Mark Egan Design - Shigo Design Room Drums - Danny Gottlieb Engineer - Kazunori Sugiyama Engineer [Assistant] - Dan O'Leary , John Rutherford Engineer [Second] - Steven Remote Flugelhorn - Johnny Coles French Horn, Horn [Hornette] - John Clark (2) Guitar - Hiram Bullock Mixed By - Hatsuro Takanami Photography [Cover] - Shigeru Uchiyama Piano - Gil Evans Producer - Horst Liepolt , Shigeyuki Kawashima Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute - Bill Evans (3) Synthesizer - Gil Goldstein , Peter Levin Trombone - Dave Bargeron Trombone [Bass] - Dave Tucker Trumpet - Lew Soloff , Miles Evans , Shunzo O'no*
Tracklist 1 Bud And Bird 8:48 Composed By - Gil Evans 2 Half Man, Half Cookie 10:27 Composed By - Bill Evans (3) 3 Gates-Illuminations 17:40 Composed By - Mark Egan 4 Nicaragua Blues 7:44 Composed By - Tom Malone 5 Groove Form The Louvre 21:51 Composed By - John Clark (2)