Bud and Bird is a live album by Gil Evans that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1989. Evans conducted the orchestra, which included Hamiet Bluiett, Bill Evans, and Johnny Coles.Discogs album entry accessed September 7, 2016.
Reception
In 1989, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album posthumously.A Listing of Grammy Award Winners, NY Times. February 23, 1989 Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Some critics rapped Evans' '80s orchestras for their almost chaotic sound and loose feel. But Evans wanted a sprawling sensibility, and although his bands often seemed disorganized, they always maintained discipline in the midst of what others thought sounded like musical anarchy".
Track listing "Bud and Bird" (Gil Evans) - 8:48 "Half Man, Half Cookie" (Bill Evans) - 10:27 "Gates - Illuminations" (Mark Egan) - 17:40 "Nicaragua Blues" (Tom Malone) - 7:44 "Groove from the Louvre" (John Clark) - 21:51 Recorded at Sweet Basil Jazz Club in NYC on December 1, 1986 (tracks 2 & 3) and December 22, 1986 (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
Personnel Gil Evans – piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor Lew Soloff, Shunzo Ohno, Miles Evans – trumpet Johnny Coles – flugelhorn (track 5) Dave Bargeron – trombone Dave Taylor – bass trombone John Clark – French horn, hornette, arranger Chris Hunter – alto sax, soprano sax, flute Bill Evans – tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, arranger Hamiet Bluiett – baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet Hiram Bullock – guitar Pete Levin, Gil Goldstein – keyboards Mark Egan – bass guitar, arranger Danny Gottlieb – drums
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