Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2

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Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2
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Live album by
Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra
Released1987
RecordedAugust 27, 1984 at Sweet Basil, NYC
GenreJazz
Length74:46
Label
ProducerHorst Liepolt & Shigeyuki Kawashima
Gil Evans chronology
Live at Sweet Basil
(1985) 		Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2
(1987) 		Bud and Bird
(1987)

Live Sweet Basil Vol. 2 is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded by King Records (Japan) in New York in 1984 featuring Evans with his Monday Night Orchestra which included George Adams, Howard Johnson, and Lew Soloff and originally released in the US on the Gramavision label.[1]

Reception[]

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars, stating, " Although arranger/keyboardist Gil Evans is the leader of the 14-piece band, he has a very minor presence on the set, letting his talented sidemen get self-indulgent and take seemingly endless solos. Because the supporting cast includes such fine players... This is a lesser effort that should have been a memorable one".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2/5 stars[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

  1. "Jelly Roll" - 11:15
  2. "Friday the 13th" (Thelonious Monk) - 13:44
  3. "Gone" – 16:00
  4. "Prelude to Stone Free" - 8:42
  5. "Stone Free" (Jimi Hendrix) - 14:00
  6. "Snowflake Bop" (Anita Evans) - 16:58

Personnel[]

References[]

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