Gil Evans - Great Jazz Standards - Tone Poet LP

180g Vinyl LP — Blue Note Tone Poet Audiophile Reissue, Mastered by Kevin Gray from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at RTI

Arranger, composer and pianist Gil Evans recorded Great Jazz Standards in 1959 for World Pacific, the second of his two albums for the label. Leading two different ensembles featuring the likes of Johnny Coles, Curtis Fuller, Steve Lacy, Budd Johnson and Elvin Jones, Evans reimagines a program of jazz touchstones — from Bix Beiderbecke's "Davenport Blues" and Monk's "Straight No Chaser" to John Lewis' "Django" — closing with his own "Theme," later known as "La Nevada."

Features

• 180g vinyl LP
• Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series, produced by Joe Harley
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes
• Pressed at RTI in a deluxe tip-on jacket
• Label: Blue Note

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Davenport Blues
2. Straight No Chaser
3. Ballad of the Sad Young Men
4. Joy Spring

Side Two:

1. Django
2. Chant of the Weed
3. Theme