Farewell (Gil Evans album)

Farewell
Live album by Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra
Released	1992
Recorded	December 1 and 22, 1986
Venue	Sweet Basil, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:02
Label	Evidence ECD 22031-2
Producer	Horst Liepolt & Shigeyuki Kawashima
Gil Evans chronology
Bud and Bird (1986) Farewell (1992) Live at Umbria Jazz 1987 (1987)

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 where noted.

1. "Let the Juice Loose" (Bill Evans) - 12:01
2. "Your Number" - 14:12
3. "Waltz" - 19:55
4. "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