Blues in Orbit (Gil Evans album)

Blues in Orbit
Studio album by Gil Evans
Released 1971
Recorded 1969 and 1971, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 36:20
Label Enja 3069
Producer Sam Gordon
Gil Evans chronology
The Individualism of Gil Evans
(1964)The Individualism of Gil Evans1964		 Blues in Orbit
(1969-71)		 Where Flamingos Fly
(1971)Where Flamingos Fly1971

Blues in Orbit is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1969 and 1971 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Jimmy Cleveland, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, and Joe Beck.[1] The album was originally released on the short-lived Ampex label as Gil Evans but received wider release on the Enja label under this title.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Arranger Gil Evans's first recording as a leader in five years found him leading an orchestra that could be considered a transition between his 1950s groups and his somewhat electric band of the 1970s... A near-classic release ".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

  1. "Thoroughbred" (Billy Harper) - 4:57
  2. "Spaced" - 3:04
  3. "Love In the Open" (Warren Smith) - 6:49
  4. "Variation on the Misery" - 3:03
  5. "Blues In Orbit" (George Russell) - 6:49
  6. "Proclamation" - 1:48
  7. "General Assembly" (Miles Davis, Gil Evans) - 7:12
  8. "So Long" - 2:27

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Gil Evans discography accessed June 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ Discogs album entry, accessed June 12, 2014
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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