GIL EVANS
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ / BIG BAND ORCHESTRA 1983
GIL EVANS: THE BRITISH ORCHESTRA
MOLE JAZZ, MOLE 8(LP)
(P)(C)1983 TAA/MOLE RECORDS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
RECORDED: MARCH 18, 1983
RELEASED: 1983, UK
RE-ISSUED: MOLE JAZZ, CD MOLE 8(CD)
RECORDED: UK
CREDITS (productions) :
Produced by Peter Bould and Peter Ball
Recorded by TAA Tri-Arts Associates Limited at St.Georges Hall,
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on Friday 18th March 1983
Engineers: Peter Ball, Peter Bould & Steve Codling
Assisted by Rainer Schneider & Pete Smith
Mastered by Nimbus Records / Manufactures by Nimbus Records
Cover photography by Christopher Bould, Sleeve layout & design by Judy Bould
Artwork by MJL Associates / Typography by Rand Hrydziuszko
Executive Producers: Susan Bould, Ed Dipple, Pete Fincham,
Graham Griffiths & Rainer Schneider
"London" was commissioned by the Camden Festival with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain and was first performed at the Camden Jazz Festival at the Roundhouse, London on Monday 14th March 1983.
CREDITS (musicians) :
Guy Barker: trumpet
Miles Evans: trumpet
Henry Lowther: trumpet
Malcolm Griffiths: trombone
Rick Taylor: trombone, bass trombone
Chris Hunter: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Stan Sulzmann: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Don Weller: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
John Surman: baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Gil Evans: electric piano, piano
John Taylor: keyboards
Ray Russell: electric guitar
Mo Foster: electric bass
TRACKS (total time 47:46) :
1. Hotel Me (12:25) [Miles Davis, Gil Evans]
solos: Stan Sulzmann, tenor saxophone; John Surman, baritone saxophone
2. Friday The 13th (11:35) [Thelonious Monk]
solos: John Surman, baritone saxophone; Malcolm Griffiths, trombone; Stan Sulzmann, soprano saxophone; John Surman, soprano saxophone
3. London (16:00) [Gil Evans]
solos: John Surman, soprano saxophone; Chris Hunter, alto saxophone
4. Little Wing (10:32) [Jimi Hendrix]
featuring: Ray Russell, guitar
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