Great Jazz Standards (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP

    Artist: 
    Gil Evans Orchestra
    £32.99

    Release date: May 5, 2023

    The brilliant arranger Gil Evans had already collaborated with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool and Miles Ahead when he made his 2 excellent albums for World Pacific—New Bottle Old Wine (1958) and Great Jazz Standards (1959)—the latter featuring Johnny Coles, Steve Lacy, Budd Johnson, Elvin Jones & more.

    This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.

    Tracks

    # Title
    1. Davenport Blues
    2. Straight No Chaser
    3. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
    4. Joy Spring
    # Title
    5. Django
    6. Chant Of The Weed
    7. Theme