The Allmusic review past times Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Evans' arrangements uplift many of Hendrix's to a greater extent than blues-oriented compositions too exercise a memorable laid upwardly that is rock-oriented simply retains the improvisation too personality of jazz"
This CD reissue (which adds additional cloth to the master LP program) is much to a greater extent than successful than 1 mightiness direct maintain expected. Jimi Hendrix was scheduled to tape amongst Gil Evans' Orchestra simply died earlier the session could direct maintain place. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few years later, Evans explored 10 of Hendrix's compositions amongst his unique 19-piece unit, an orchestra that included 2 French horns, the tuba of Howard Johnson, iii guitars, 2 basses, 2 percussionists too such soloists equally altoist David Sanborn, trumpeter Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Billy Harper on tenor, too guitarists Ryo Kawasaki too John Abercrombie. Evans' arrangements uplift many of Hendrix's to a greater extent than blues-oriented compositions too exercise a memorable laid upwardly that is rock-oriented simply retains the improvisation too personality of jazz. [This album was re-released inwards 2002 on the Bluebird label amongst 4 bonus tracks from the same sessions]
Reissue of Gil Evans' classic, controversial master album from 1974, inwards which his orchestra, which includes guitarist John Abercrombie, trumpeter Marvin C. Peterson too saxophonists David Sanborn too Billy Harper translate nine Hendrix compositions. Includes the bonus tracks 'Little Wing' too alternate takes of 'Angel', 'Castles Made Of Sand', Up From The Skies' too 'Gypsy Eyes'.
· Gil Evans was to direct maintain recorded amongst Jimi Hendrix. The thought was to characteristic the Hendrix solo guitar too phonation against the cushion of Evans' orchestrations, much inwards the means of the Gil Evans-Miles Davis collaborations of the belatedly 1940's too in 1 lawsuit again inwards the 1950's. Denied the chance when the guitarist died inwards London a calendar week earlier the preliminary meetings were set, Gil forged ahead amongst a whole concert of Hendrix compositions at Carnegie Hall, and, amongst the same immature group, the sessions for this album.
· Evans told Rolling Stone magazine: "Stop too intend close Hendrix' guitar work, close how hard it was, too is, to play a guitar that means – the use, the right use, of electronics. And notwithstanding for him it was the natural way. What I exercise is endeavour to move along Jimi inwards bespeak heed when arranging his music. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 very, rattling corking guitar player."
· Gil Evans too Jimi Hendrix - a fusion of stone too jazz, working properly for once, each vogue drawing from the other. Gil was fond of maxim that he looked for the "living spirit" inwards whatever music he heard. That spirit is here, last too well, inside these tracks.
Track listing:
1. ANGEL
2. CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC / LITTLE MISS LOVER
3. MEDLEY: CASTLES MADE OF SAND / FOXY LADY
4. UP FROM THE SKIES
5. 1983 – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE
6. VOODOO CHILE
7. GYPSY EYES
8. LITTLE WING
9. ANGEL (ALTERNATE TAKE)
10. CASTLES MADE OF SAND (ALTERNATE TAKE)
11. UP FROM THE SKIES (ALTERNATE TAKE)
12. GYPSY EYES (ALTERNATE TAKE)
Personnel:
- Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
- Hannibal Marvin Peterson - trumpet, vocals
- Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
- Peter Gordon - French horn
- Pete Levin - French horn, synthesizer
- Tom Malone - trombone, bass trombone, flute, synthesizer, arranger
- Howard Johnson - tuba, bass clarinet, electric bass, arranger
- David Sanborn - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Billy Harper - tenor saxophone, flute
- Trevor Koehler - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, arranger
- John Abercrombie, Ryo Kawasaki - electric guitar
- Keith Loving - guitar
- Don Pate - bass
- Michael Moore - electric bass, acoustic bass
- Bruce Ditmas - drums
- Warren Smith - vibraphone, marimba, chimes, latin percussion
- Sue Evans - drums, congas, percussion
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