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Great Jazz Standards 1959

jazz 36 min 7 tracks Pacific Jazz

Great Jazz Standards is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1959 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Johnny Coles, Steve Lacy, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Budd Johnson, Ray Crawford, and Elvin Jones.

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Character

Grave, spare, character-led and earnest.

gravecomic
sparerichly built
character-ledplot-driven
earnest

Tracks

A1Davenport Blues4:25
A2Straight, no Chaser6:19
A3Ballad of the Sad Young Men4:00
A4Joy Spring2:49
B1Django8:05
B2Chant of the Weed4:25
B3La Nevada (Theme)6:15

7 tracks, 36 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Gil Evans
Label: Pacific Jazz
Released: 1959-09
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: US

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