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Great Jazz Standards

Great Jazz Standards
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Studio album by Gil Evans
Released September 1959
Recorded Early 1959
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label World Pacific
Producer Richard Bock
Gil Evans chronology
New Bottle Old Wine
(1958)
Great Jazz Standards
(1959)
Out of the Cool
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars

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.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Highly recommended".

Recorded on February 5, 1959 (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7) and early 1959 (tracks 1, 2 & 5)


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