Farewell (Gil Evans album)

Farewell is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded by King Records (Japan) in New York in 1986 featuring Evans with his Monday Night Orchestra which included Hamiet Bluiett, Bill Evans, and Johnny Coles and originally released in the US on the Evidence label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The Gil Evans Monday Night orchestra ripped through the four cuts on this '86 session, often at a torrid pace. Even when they slowed things down, the solos were often done at fever-pitch levels".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

"Let the Juice Loose" (Bill Evans) - 12:01
"Your Number" - 14:12
"Waltz" - 19:55
"Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix) - 15:54

Recorded at Sweet Basil in NYC on December 1, 1986 (track 3) and December 22, 1986 (tracks 1, 2 & 4)

Personnel

Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
Lew Soloff, Shunzo O'no, Miles Evans - trumpet
Johnny Coles - flugelhorn (track 1)
Dave Bargeron - trombone
Dave Taylor - bass trombone
John Clark - French horn, hornette
Chris Hunter - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Bill Evans - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Hiram Bullock - guitar
Pete Levin, Gil Goldstein - keyboards
Mark Egan - electric bass
Danny Gottlieb - drums

References

↑ Discogs album entry accessed June 17, 2014.
1 2 Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed June 17, 2014.

Gil Evans

Studio albums	Gil Evans & Ten (1957) New Bottle Old Wine (1958) Great Jazz Standards (1959) Out of the Cool (1960) Into the Hot (1961) The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964) Blues in Orbit (1969) Where Flamingos Fly (1971) The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974) There Comes a Time (1975) Parabola (1978) Collaboration (1987) [with Helen Merrill] Rhythm A Ning (1987) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere] Golden Hair (1987) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere] Paris Blues (1987) [with Steve Lacy]

Live albums	Svengali (1973) Priestess (1977) Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (1978) Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (1980) Live at Sweet Basil (1984) Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (1984) Farewell (1986)

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