Golden Hair is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist Gil Evans recorded in 1987 and performed by Evans with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere.Gil Evans discography accessed June 16, 2014.
Reception Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed June 16, 2014.
Track listing All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated "Golden Hair" (Laurent Cugny) - 14:37 "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Charles Mingus) - 11:06 "Zee Zee" - 8:31 "C Blues" - 8:13 "Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 10:00 "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 6:28 Recorded at Studio Acousti in Paris on November 3 (tracks 1, 3 & 6) & November 26 (tracks 2, 4 & 5), 1987
Personnel Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor Laurent Cugny - keyboards, arranger, conductor Christian Martinez, Stéphane Belmondo, François Chassagnite - trumpet Denis Barbier - flute Bobby Rangell - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Pierre-Olivier Govin - alto saxophone Andy Sheppard, Charles Schneider - tenor saxophone Bernard François - French horn Gilles Salommez - trombone Philippe Legris - tuba Manuel Rocheman - piano Benoît de Mesmay - keyboards Lionel Benhamou - guitar Dominique Di Piazza - bass guitar Stéphane Huchard - drums Xavier Desandre, Marilyn Mazur - percussion
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