Gil Evans - New Bottle Old Wine (Remastered) (2019) [Hi-Res]

The album, recorded in 1958 and originally released via World Pacific, by Gil Evans – one of the most innovative arrangers in jazz. Evans' orchestra on this session is packed with a superb set of players, including Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Paul Chambers and Johnny Coles. Sourced from a previously unknown analog stereo master, the incredible session comes in the highest fidelity on this HighResAudio ReMaster.

"Gil Evans' second album as a leader (a World Pacific set that has been reissued by Blue Note) features his reworking of eight jazz classics including "St. Louis Blues," "Lester Leaps In" and "Struttin' with Some Barbecue." Evans' charts utilize three trumpets, three trombones, a french horn, a prominent tuba, one reed player, altoist Cannonball Adderley and a four-piece rhythm section. Most memorable is a classic rendition of "King Porter Stomp" featuring the exuberant altoist Cannonball Adderley, who is the main soloist on most of the selections. Other key voices include Evans' piano, guitarist Chuck Wayne and trumpeter Johnny Coles. This is near-classic music that showed that Gil Evans did not need Miles Davis as a soloist to inspire him to greatness." (Scott Yanow, AMG)

Gil Evans, piano, conductor
Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone
Johnny Coles, trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
Louis Mucci, trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
Ernie Royal, trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
Clyde Reasinger, trumpet (tracks 4, 7 & 8)
Joe Bennet, trombone
Frank Rehak, trombone
Tom Mitchell, trombone
Julius Watkins, french horn
Harvey Phillips, tuba (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
Bill Barber, tuba (tracks 3, 4, 7 & 8)
Jerry Sanfino, reeds (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
Phil Bodner, reeds (tracks 3, 4, 7 & 8)
Chuck Wayne, guitar
Paul Chambers, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums (track 3)
Art Blakey, drums (tracks 1, 2 & 4-8)

Produced by George Avakian, Gil Evans

Digitally remastered