Farewell (Gil Evans album)

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Farewell
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Live album by
Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra
Released1992
RecordedDecember 1 and 22, 1986
VenueSweet Basil, NYC
GenreJazz
Length62:02
Label
ProducerHorst Liepolt & Shigeyuki Kawashima
Gil Evans chronology
Anti-Heroes
(1991) 		Farewell
(1992)

Farewell is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans which was released posthumously to address for the deceased. This album was recorded by King Records (Japan) in New York in 1986 featuring Evans with his Monday Night Orchestra which included Hamiet Bluiett, Bill Evans, and Johnny Coles and originally released in the US on the Evidence label.[1]

Reception[]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The Gil Evans Monday Night orchestra ripped through the four cuts on this '86 session, often at a torrid pace. Even when they slowed things down, the solos were often done at fever-pitch levels".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Gil Evans except where noted.

  1. "Let the Juice Loose" (Bill Evans) - 12:01
  2. "Your Number" - 14:12
  3. "Waltz" - 19:55
  4. "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) - 15:54
  • Recorded at Sweet Basil in NYC on December 1, 1986 (track 3) and December 22, 1986 (tracks 1, 2 & 4)

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed June 17, 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed June 17, 2014.
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