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Great Jazz Standards is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1959 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Johnny Coles, Steve Lacy, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Budd Johnson, Ray Crawford, and Elvin Jones.[1]

Great Jazz Standards
Studio album by
Gil Evans
ReleasedSeptember 1959
RecordedEarly 1959
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelWorld Pacific
ProducerRichard Bock
Gil Evans chronology
New Bottle Old Wine
(1958)
Great Jazz Standards
(1959)
Out of the Cool
(1961)

Reception


The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Highly recommended".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing


  1. "Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:26
  2. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:19
  3. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 4:00
  4. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 2:48
  5. "Django" (John Lewis) - 8:06
  6. "Chant Of The Weed" (Don Redman) - 4:25
  7. "La Nevada" [a.k.a. "Theme"] (Gil Evans) - 6:17

Recorded on February 5, 1959 (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) and early 1959 (tracks 1, 2 & 5)


Personnel



References


  1. Gil Evans discography accessed February 1, 2010.
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2010.

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Great Jazz Standards ist ein Jazz-Album von Gil Evans. Es wurde am Anfang des Jahres 1959 und am 5. Februar 1959 in New York City aufgenommen und bei Pacific Jazz veröffentlicht.
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