Release Date: 01 March 2010
Label: Poll Winner Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436028691593
Description
This edition presents two superb albums produced by the Gil Evans orchestra during 1958 & 1959, in their entirety: Great Jazz Standards and New Bottle, Old Wine. Both LPs present well known standards with the inimitable arranging style of Gil Evans, and feature jazz stars like Johnny Coles, Cannonball Adderley, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Budd Johnson, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones. Includes a 16-page booklet.
The Poll Winners label is devoted to the CD reissue of albums that received the maximum 5-star rating in a Down Beat album review. This only rarely happened, and most of the Down Beat albums have become true classics revered by all music lovers. These new editions present the complete original 5-star albums, which are expanded to include interesting bonus albums or tracks by the artist at the peak of their talents.
Tracklisting
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach
Dinah Washington
Art Pepper
Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk
Charles Mingus
Sonny Stitt Quartet
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
