Great Jazz Standards

Studio album by Gil Evans

Released

September 1959

Recorded

Early 1959
New York City

Gil Evans chronology

New Bottle Old Wine
(1958)

Great Jazz Standards
(1959)

Out of the Cool
(1961)

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

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

"Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:26
"Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:19
"Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landerman, 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
Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Danny Stiles (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - trumpet
Curtis Fuller, Bill Elton (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Dick Lieb (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7), 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
Dennis Charles (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Elvin Jones (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) - drums

References

↑ Gil Evans discography accessed February 1, 2010.
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2010.

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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