GIL EVANS
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ / BIG BAND ORCHESTRA 1971
GIL EVANS: WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY
ARTISTS HOUSE, AH 14(LP)
(P)1981 GIL EVANS (C)1981 ARTISTS HOUSE INC., USA
RECORDED: 1971
RELEASED: 1981, USA
RE-ISSUED: PONY CANYON, D22Y3919(CD)
(P)1981 GIL EVANS (C)1989 A&M RECORDS INC., USA
RELEASED: MAY 21, 1989, JAPAN
CREDITS (productions) :
Recorded in New York City 1971 / Produced by John Simon
Mixed by John Snyder and Gil Evans at Blank Tapes Recording Studio,
New York City, 1981 / Digitally mastered by John Snyder and Rudy van Gelder
at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, January 1981
Previously released by Artists House in 1981
(*on the Artists House release, "Jelly Rolls" was mistitled "Hotel Me")
Art Direction: Chuck Beeson
Design: Philip Friedman, Anita Evans, and Noel Silverman
CREDITS (musicians) :
TRACKS 1,6:
Billy Harper: tenor saxophone
Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone, tuba (on 1)
Johnny Coles: terumpet
Harry Lookofsky: tenor violin
Joe Beck: guitar, mandolin (on 6)
Herb Bushler: electric bass
Don Preston: synthesizer
Lenny White: drums
Sue Evans: percussion, marimba (on 1)
Airto Moreira: vocal, percussion overdub on 6
Flora Purim: vocal, percussion overdub on 6
Gil Evans: piano, tack piano (overdub on 6)
TRACKS 2,3,4,5:
Billy Harper: tenor saxophone, chimes (overdub on 3)
Howard Johnson: baritone saxophone, flugelhorn (on 5)
Trevor Koehler: soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone
Stan Shafran, Johnny Coles: trumpet
Hannibal Peterson, Jimmy Knepper: trombone
Bruce Johnson: guitar
Richard Davis: acoustic bass
Bill Quinze: electric bass
Phil Davis, Don Preston: synthesizer
Bruce Ditmas: drums
Sue Evans: percussion on 2
Airto Moreira: percussion overdub on 2
Flora Purim: percussion overdub on 2
Gil Evans: piano, electric piano (on 4)
TRACKS (total time 46:07) :
1. Zee Zee (10:58) [Gil Evans]
2. Naña (4:42) [Moacir Santos, Mario Telles, Yanna Coti]
3. Love Your Love (2:13) [Billy Harper]
4. Jerry Rolls* (5:32) [Gil Evans]
5. Where Flamingos Fly (5:12) [John Benson Brooks, Eltha Peala, Harold Courlander]
6. El Matador (17:30) [Kenny Dorham]