Great Jazz Standards

1959 studio album by Gil Evans

Great Jazz Standards

Studio album by

Gil Evans

Released| September 1959
Recorded| Early 1959
New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| World Pacific
Producer| Richard Bock
Gil Evans chronology
| New Bottle Old Wine
(1958)  | Great Jazz Standards
(1959)  | Out of the Cool
(1961)

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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]

## Reception

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

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## Track listing

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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

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* Gil Evans \- piano, arranger, conductor
* Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Danny Stiles (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - trumpet
* Curtis Fuller, Bill Elton, Dick Lieb (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Jimmy Cleveland, Rod Levitt (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - trombone
* Bob Northern (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Earl Chapin (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - French horn
* Bill Barber \- tuba
* Steve Lacy \- soprano saxophone
* Budd Johnson \- clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7)
* Al Block (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Ed Caine (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - reeds
* Chuck Wayne (tracks 1, 2 & 5),  Ray Crawford (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - guitar
* Dick Carter (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Tommy Potter (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - bass
* Denis Charles (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Elvin Jones (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - drums

## References

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

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Studio albums|

* Gil Evans & Ten (1958)
* New Bottle Old Wine (1958)
* Great Jazz Standards (1959)
* Out of the Cool (1961)
* Into the Hot (1962)
* The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964)
* Blues in Orbit (1971)
* Masabumi Kikuchi with Gil Evans (1972)
* The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974)
* There Comes a Time (1976)
* Parabola (1979)
* Where Flamingos Fly (1981)
* Collaboration (1987) [with Helen Merrill]
* Paris Blues (1988) [with Steve Lacy]
* Rhythm A Ning (1988) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere]
* Golden Hair (1989) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere]

Live albums|

* Svengali (1973)
* Priestess (1977)
* Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (1978)
* Heroes (1980) [with Lee Konitz]
* Anti-Heroes (1980) [with Lee Konitz]
* Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (1980, 81)
* Live at Sweet Basil (1984)
* Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (1984)
* Bud and Bird (1986)
* Farewell (1986)

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