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.Gil Evans discography accessed February 1, 2010.
Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Highly recommended".Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed February 1, 2010.
Track listing "Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:26 "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:19 "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 4:00 "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 2:48 "Django" (John Lewis) - 8:06 "Chant of the Weed" (Don Redman) - 4:25 "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 Gil Evans - piano, arranger, conductor Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone Bill Barber - tuba Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith (tracks 1–2, 5) - trumpet Curtis Fuller, Bill Elton, Dick Lieb (tracks 1–2, 5) - trombone Bob Northern (tracks 1–2, 5) - French horn Al Block (tracks 1–2, 5) - reeds Chuck Wayne (tracks 1–2, 5) - guitar Dick Carter (tracks 1–2, 5) - bass Denis Charles (tracks 1–2, 5) - drums Danny Stiles (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland, Rod Levitt (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - trombone Earl Chapin (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - French horn Ed Caine (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - reeds Ray Crawford (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - guitar Tommy Potter (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - bass Elvin Jones (tracks 3–4, 6–7) - drums Budd Johnson - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 3–4, 6–7)
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