The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974)
Montreux Jazz Festival '74 (1975)
The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix is an album of
Jimi Hendrix's compositions by
jazz composer, conductor and pianist
Gil Evans. The music was arranged by Evans and members of his orchestra. The album was recorded in 1974 and performed by Evans with an orchestra featuring
David Sanborn,
Howard Johnson,
Billy Harper, and
John Abercrombie.[1] The album was re-released with additional tracks on CD in 1988.[2]
Reception
The
Allmusic review by
Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Evans' arrangements uplift many of Hendrix's more blues-oriented compositions and create a memorable set that is rock-oriented but retains the improvisation and personality of jazz".[3]
"
Little Wing" – 5:33 Bonus track on CD reissue (arr. by Gil Evans)
"Up from the Skies" [Take 2 – Alternate Take] – 9:53 (arr. by Gil Evans) Bonus track on CD reissue
Recorded in RCA's Studio B in New York City on 11 June (tracks 4 & 9), 12 June (tracks 2, 6 & 7) and 13 June (tracks 1, 3 & 5), 1974, and 14, 25 & 28 April 1975 (track 8)