Jazz / Progressive Big Band; Cool; Modern Big Band
Recorded: Apr 9, 1958-1959
Gil Evans was hot from the success of Miles Davis's "Miles Ahead" and "Porgy And Bess" when he signed with Pacific Jazz. This CD contains both albums that Gil Evans made for the label in 1958-59, "New Bottle, Old Wine" and "Great Jazz Standards." The discovery of three-track masters for the latter album has enabled us to master with greatly improved sound and present two of the tunes unedited for the first time.
For these projects, Evans selected great jazz compositions from every era of the music and re-orchestrated them in his own style. Soloists include Johnny Coles, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Steve Lacy, Cannonball Adderley, Budd Johnson, Ray Crawford, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones.
Gil Evans - piano
Chuck Wayne - guitars
Ray Crawford - guitars
Budd Johnson - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Johnny Coles - trumpet
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Elvin Jones - drums
Art Blakey - drums |
