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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Big A
Format:Audio CD
If you are looking for the smooth-edged collaborations Gil Evans made with Miles Davis, then this is not for you. In the way that Miles moved on to much more complex stuff, so with Gil Evans.
I think this is an outstanding session that I have never ceased to listen to with interest and satisfaction. As is always the case with Gil Evans, there are some superb individual performances on each track.
The only quibble I have is that the vinyl version was true to the orchestral seating, which the CD is not. And this detracts from the pleasure of listening to this intriguing recording.
I think this is an outstanding session that I have never ceased to listen to with interest and satisfaction. As is always the case with Gil Evans, there are some superb individual performances on each track.
The only quibble I have is that the vinyl version was true to the orchestral seating, which the CD is not. And this detracts from the pleasure of listening to this intriguing recording.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am by any measure a huge fan of Gil Evans. Heck, I even like his collaboration with Miles on Quiet Nights, let alone the sublime lyrical heights of Porgy and Bess and the dynamite explosions of Miles Ahead.
But this is my favourite. Evans' constant search for new phrasings and sounds puts many people off, it can be like a squirt of lime on a cut lip sometimes, and his embracing of ensemble improvisation can lead to what is best described as "informal" rhythmic structures. Yet on this album, the stretching out of the pieces, the lolloping gait of the tempo, the discordant phrasing, all come together to produce a kind of sleazy late-night glamour that is like nothing else.
If you're new to Jazz, I envy your new-eared induction to this wonderful world, but this may not be the best place to start. If you're a few years into your journey and are ready to up the ante a little and try a bit of the hard stuff, then this is (for me) Evans' most complete work. It's not at all inaccessible; it has pretty tunes as well as moments of grandeur, but this is the sound of exploration and surprise. It's an austere St Estephe that reveals its subtle charms to those that open their ears and minds rather than an easy glugging Merlot that neither offends nor delights anyone. Late night music with a bitter-sweet twist.
But this is my favourite. Evans' constant search for new phrasings and sounds puts many people off, it can be like a squirt of lime on a cut lip sometimes, and his embracing of ensemble improvisation can lead to what is best described as "informal" rhythmic structures. Yet on this album, the stretching out of the pieces, the lolloping gait of the tempo, the discordant phrasing, all come together to produce a kind of sleazy late-night glamour that is like nothing else.
If you're new to Jazz, I envy your new-eared induction to this wonderful world, but this may not be the best place to start. If you're a few years into your journey and are ready to up the ante a little and try a bit of the hard stuff, then this is (for me) Evans' most complete work. It's not at all inaccessible; it has pretty tunes as well as moments of grandeur, but this is the sound of exploration and surprise. It's an austere St Estephe that reveals its subtle charms to those that open their ears and minds rather than an easy glugging Merlot that neither offends nor delights anyone. Late night music with a bitter-sweet twist.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By M. Mcsweeney
Format:Audio CD
If the earlier 3 star review had predated my purchase of this work, I'd have possibly been swayed off. Thankfully it didn't. Put aside Train "sound-alike" observations, "no groove" and other negative views of that reviewer and form your own opinion by listening and re-listening to this classic Evans' work. Listen to it as a whole. If you find an extraordinary groove and a compelling and hypnotic richly structured soundscape, interjected with sympathetic structured solos fitting seamlessly in Evans' orchestral magic, then welcome! Maybe it will, in time, find its way into your Desert Island shortlist.
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