Golden Hair is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist Gil Evans recorded in 1987 and performed by Evans with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere.[1]

Golden Hair
Studio album by Gil Evans / Laurent Cugny
Released	1989
Recorded	November 2–3 & 26, 1987
Venue	Paris
Studio	Studio Acousti
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:55
Label	EmArcy 838 773-2
Producer	Laurent Cugny
Gil Evans chronology
Rhythm A Ning (1988) Golden Hair (1989) Heroes (1991)

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

1. "Golden Hair" (Laurent Cugny) - 14:37
2. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Charles Mingus) - 11:06
3. "Zee Zee" - 8:31
4. "C Blues" - 8:13
5. "Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 10:00
6. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 6:28

• Recorded at Studio Acousti in Paris on November 3 (tracks 1, 3 & 6) & November 26 (tracks 2, 4 & 5), 1987

Personnel

• Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
• Laurent Cugny - keyboards, arranger, conductor
• Christian Martinez, Stéphane Belmondo, François Chassagnite - trumpet
• Denis Barbier - flute
• Bobby Rangell - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Pierre-Olivier Govin - alto saxophone
• Andy Sheppard, Charles Schneider - tenor saxophone
• Bernard François - French horn
• Gilles Salommez - trombone
• Philippe Legris - tuba
• Manuel Rocheman - piano
• Benoît de Mesmay - keyboards
• Lionel Benhamou - guitar
• Dominique Di Piazza - bass guitar
• Stéphane Huchard - drums
• Xavier Desandre, Marilyn Mazur - percussion

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