
The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions: Limited Edition/Remastered
Customer Review: Gil Evans at the height of his powers
These recordings have long been unavailable. The sessions with Cannonball Adderly, originally titled ‘New Bottle, Old Wine’ are every bit as good as Gil’s album with Miles Davis ‘Miles Ahead’ recorded the previous year & should to be regarded as one of the greatest albums of big band jazz. Like ‘Miles Ahead’ the individual pieces form a suite, with some amazingly inventive charts & Adderly at his peak (coinciding with his time in Miles’ band). The Penguin guide called this “one of [Adderly's] finest hours”.
The second album, originally titled ‘Great Jazz Standards’ is less great, somewhat let down by Gil’s ‘arrangers piano’ playing, but with some good solos from Johnny Coles. Gil’s inventiveness in his arrangement of Monk’s ‘Straight No Chaser’ is quite incredible & Coles’ playing on the opener ‘Davenport Blues‘ is pretty special.
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