Svengali (album)
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| Live album by Gil Evans | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 at Trinity Church, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:41 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Kenneth Noland | |||
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Svengali is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1973 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Ted Dunbar, Howard Johnson, David Sanborn, Billy Harper, Richard Williams, Trevor Koehler, and Hannibal Marvin Peterson.[1] The name of the album is an anagram for Gil Evans.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "one of Gil Evans's finest recordings of the 1970s. He expertly blended together acoustic and electronic instruments... Evans's arrangements are quite inventive and innovative. Rarely would he be so successful in balancing written and improvised sections in his later years".[2]
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions arranged and conducted by Gil Evans.
- "Thoroughbred" (Billy Harper) - 6:33
- "Blues In Orbit" (George Russell) - 10:15
- "Eleven" (Miles Davis, Gil Evans) - 1:42
- "Cry of Hunger" (Harper) - 10:18
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:58
- "Zee Zee" (Evans) - 7:37
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- Recorded live in 1973 at Trinity Church, New York, NY except "Zee Zee" which was recorded at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY.
Personnel
- Tex Allen - Trumpet (except on "Zee Zee")
- Herb Bushler - Electric bass
- Joseph Daley - Trombone, Tuba
- Bruce Ditmas - drums
- Ted Dunbar - Guitar
- Gil Evans - Piano, Electric piano
- Susan Evans - Percussion
- Sharon Freeman - French horn
- Marvin Peterson - Trumpet (on "Zee Zee")
- Billy Harper - Tenor saxophone
- David Horowitz - synthesizers
- Howard Johnson - Tuba, Baritone saxophone, Flugelhorn
- Trevor Koehler - Baritone saxophone, Soprano saxophone, Flute
- Peter Levin - French horn
- David Sanborn - Alto saxophone
- Richard Williams - Trumpet
References
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