Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Gil Evans & Ten
| Recorded | Sep 6 & Oct 10, 1957 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PRLP 7120 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 13 credited players |
| Discogs | master 267215 |
The record
A chamber-scaled companion to the big Miles and Monk charts, this small-group session lets Evans' voicings breathe with unusual color -- bassoon, bass trombone, french horn threaded beneath Konitz and Lacy. Understated and exacting, it shows the arranger's ear working in miniature rather than sweep.
Session personnel
- Lee Konitz — alto saxophone
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Bart Varsalona — bass trombone
- Dave Kurtzer — bassoon
- Jo Jones — drums
- Nick Stabulas — drums
- Willie Ruff — french horn
- Gil Evans — piano, orchestrated by
- Steve Lacy — soprano saxophone
- Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
- John Carisi — trumpet [1st trumpet]
- Louis R. Mucci — trumpet [1st trumpet]
- Jake Koven — trumpet [2nd trumpet]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1957 US Prestige mono, PRLP 7120. Britain's 1959 Esquire 32-070 is the period alternative and usually the cheaper way into an early copy. Japan reissued it as LPJ-40006 in 1975 and SMJ-6516(M) in 1976. For a modern copy, the 1989 US remaster runs P-7120 in the OJC series, and Analogue Productions' APRJ 7120 -- 2016, repressed 2022 -- is the audiophile edition.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 27 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Prestige · PRLP 7120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1989 | Prestige · P-7120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono OJC |
| 2022 | Analogue Productions · APRJ 7120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, 180g Analogue Productions |
| 1989 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5346 — Cassette, Reissue, Digitally Remastered,CrO2 · RVG stamp |
| 1959 | Metronome · MEP 407 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP |
| 1959 | Esquire · 32-070 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1975 | Prestige · LPJ-40006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1976 | Prestige · SMJ-6516(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1976 | Prestige · SMJ-6516(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1988 | Prestige · 7120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1988 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 346-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1989 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-346-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1989 | Prestige · PRESTIGE 7120 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-346-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Lee Konitz also plays on
Paul Chambers also plays on
Bart Varsalona also plays on
Dave Kurtzer also plays on