| Description: | Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in deluxe tip-on jacket. The brilliant arranger, composer, and pianist Gil Evans had already collaborated with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead and made his own debut album Gil Evans & Ten for Prestige when he signed with World Pacific Records in 1958 and made the first of two albums for the label: New Bottle Old Wine with featured soloist Cannonball Adderley. The next year Evans was back in the studio to record the follow-up Great Jazz Standards with two different ensembles featuring the likes of trumpeter Johnny Coles, trombonists Curtis Fuller and Jimmy Cleveland, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Budd Johnson, guitarist Ray Crawford, drummer Elvin Jones, and others. As the title promises, the album presents a program of great jazz standards leading off with Bix Beiderbecke's "Davenport Blues," a showcase for Coles, before launching into a shimmering version of Thelonious Monk's "Straight No Chaser" where Coles, Lacy, Fuller, and Evans all get the spotlight. A stunning presentation of Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf's "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" and a no-nonsense take on Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" close out the first side. On the flipside, John Lewis' "Django" gets an impressionistic arrangement full of surprises, while a modernistic version of Don Redman's "Chant of the Weed" is a solo vehicle for Johnson's clarinet. The album culminates with a soaring performance of the Evans original "Theme," later known as "La Nevada." Mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes., The brilliant arranger, composer, and pianist Gil Evans had already collaborated with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead and made his own debut album Gil Evans & Ten for Prestige when he signed with World Pacific Records in 1958 and made the first of two albums for the label: New Bottle Old Wine with featured soloist Cannonball Adderley. The next year Evans was back in the studio to record the follow-up Great Jazz Standards with two different ensembles featuring the likes of trumpeter Johnny Coles, trombonists Curtis Fuller and Jimmy Cleveland, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Budd Johnson, guitarist Ray Crawford, drummer Elvin Jones, and others. As the title promises, the album presents a program of great jazz standards leading off with Bix Beiderbecke's "Davenport Blues," a showcase for Coles, before launching into a shimmering version of Thelonious Monk's "Straight No Chaser" where Coles, Lacy, Fuller, and Evans all get the spotlight. A stunning presentation of Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf's "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" and a no-nonsense take on Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" close out the first side. On the flipside, John Lewis' "Django" gets an impressionistic arrangement full of surprises, while a modernistic version of Don Redman's "Chant of the Weed" is a solo vehicle for Johnson's clarinet. The album culminates with a soaring performance of the Evans original "Theme," later known as "La Nevada." This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket. FEATURES:- 180gram Vinyl LP
- Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series
- Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
- Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes
- Deluxe Tip-On Jacket
Gil Evans - Great Jazz Standards - Tone Poet LP, Runningtime: 00:00:00, Bass: Dick Carter (2), Bass: Tommy Potter, Conductor, Piano: Gil Evans, Design [Cover Design], Cover [Cover Design]: Armand Acosta, Drums: Denis Charles, Drums: Elvin Jones, French Horn: Earl Chapin, French Horn: Robert Northern, Guitar: Chuck Wayne, Lacquer Cut By: Kevin Gray, Liner Notes: Ed Michel, Liner Notes [Insert]: Thomas Conrad (2), Mastered By [LP Mastering By]: Kevin Gray, Photography By [Photos By]: Richard Bock, Producer: Richard Bock, Soprano Saxophone: Steve Lacy, Supervised By [LP Supervision By]: Joe Harley, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet: Budd Johnson, Trombone: Bill Elton, Trombone: Curtis Fuller, Trombone: Dick Lieb, Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone: Rod Levitt, Trumpet: Allen Smith, Trumpet: Danny Stiles, Trumpet: Johnny Coles, Trumpet: Louis R. Mucci, Tuba: Bill Barber, Woodwind: Al Block, Woodwind: Eddie Caine, Written-By: Bix Beiderbecke, Written-By: Thelonious Monk, Written-By: Fran Landesman, Written-By: Tommy Wolf, Written-By: Clifford Brown, Written-By: John Lewis (2), Written-By: Don Redman, Written-By: Gil Evans, Labelcode 3856836 (B0034361-01, B0034361-01, WP-1270), Record Company World-Pacific Records, Record Company Pacific Enterprises, Inc., Record Company Capitol Records, LLC, Record Company Richard Bock Productions, Copyright (c) UMG Recordings, Inc., Mastered At Cohearent Audio, Lacquer Cut At Cohearent Audio, Pressed By Record Technology Incorporated, Printed By Stoughton Printing Co."Great Jazz Standards (Tone Poet Vinyl)" est un superbe album vinyle du Gil Evans Orchestra édité par le prestigieux label Blue Note dans la série audiophile Tone Poet. Cet opus met en valeur les arrangements magistraux de standards du jazz signés par Gil Evans : une fusion raffinée d?orchestrations luxuriantes et d?harmonies novatrices qui font toute sa renommée artistique et son influence durable sur le genre big band moderne.
Gil Evans demeure l?un des arrangeurs et compositeurs les plus influents de l?histoire du jazz contemporain ; il s?est illustré notamment grâce à ses collaborations révolutionnaires avec Miles Davis sur des albums tels que « Miles Ahead », « Sketches of Spain » ou encore « Porgy & Bess ». Son style sophistiqué continue d?inspirer nombre de musiciens aujourd?hui.
Le label Blue Note est synonyme depuis 1939 d?excellence artistique dans le monde du jazz ; il compte parmi ses rangs des légendes telles que John Coltrane ou Herbie Hancock et perpétue cette tradition via sa collection vinyle haut-de-gamme Tone Poet dédiée aux amateurs exigeants comme aux collectionneurs passionnés. |
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