Golden Hair (album)

Golden Hair is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist Gil Evans recorded in 1987 and performed by Evans with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

"Golden Hair" (Laurent Cugny) - 14:37
"Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Charles Mingus) - 11:06
"Zee Zee" - 8:31
"C Blues" - 8:13
"Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 10:00
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 6:28

Recorded at Studio Acousti in Paris on November 3 (tracks 1, 3 & 6) & November 26 (tracks 2, 4 & 5), 1987

Personnel

Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
Laurent Cugny - keyboards, arranger, conductor
Christian Martinez, Stéphane Belmondo, François Chassagnite - trumpet
Denis Barbier - flute
Bobby Rangell - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Pierre-Olivier Govin - alto saxophone
Andy Sheppard, Charles Schneider - tenor saxophone
Bernard François - French horn
Gilles Salommez - trombone
Philippe Legris - tuba
Manuel Rocheman - piano
Benoît de Mesmay - keyboards
Lionel Benhamou - guitar
Dominique Di Piazza - bass guitar
Stéphane Huchard - drums
Xavier Desandre, Marilyn Mazur - percussion

References

↑ Gil Evans discography accessed June 16, 2014.
1 2 Allmusic listing accessed June 16, 2014.

Gil Evans

Studio albums	Gil Evans & Ten (1957) New Bottle Old Wine (1958) Great Jazz Standards (1959) Out of the Cool (1960) Into the Hot (1961) The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964) Blues in Orbit (1969) Where Flamingos Fly (1971) The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974) There Comes a Time (1975) Parabola (1978) Collaboration (1987) [with Helen Merrill] Rhythm A Ning (1987) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere] Golden Hair (1987) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere] Paris Blues (1987) [with Steve Lacy]

Live albums	Svengali (1973) Priestess (1977) Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (1978) Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (1980) Live at Sweet Basil (1984) Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (1984) Farewell (1986)

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