Gil Evans: Live at The Public Theater New York 1980 Vol 1

A really fantastic late life performance from the great Gil Evans - a well-circulated live performance that has all those great electric touches that Evans had explored during the 70s, after an ill-fated project that was planned with Jimi Hendrix! There's a nice balance in the ...A really fantastic late life performance from the great Gil Evans - a well-circulated live performance that has all those great electric touches that Evans had explored during the 70s, after an ill-fated project that was planned with Jimi Hendrix! There's a nice balance in the music here too - those older large group ideas that made Gil so great as a leader, especially on his important 60s recordings - with some of the evolutions made in fields of jazz folks might not have expected Evans to pay attention to in the 70s, but which turned him on in a surprising way! Gil plays an electric grand piano and is joined by a rather large set of musicians who include Masabumi Kikuchi on a variety of synthesizers, Billy Cobham on drums, Hammiet Bluiett and Arthur Blythe on saxes, Hannibal Marvin Peterson and Jon Faddis on trumpet, and George Lewis on trombone - a wide range of underground talents that show that Evans was still working with the best of the left field, even late in his career. Tracks include some Evans originals - "Anita's Dance", "Jelly Rolls", "Alyrio", and "Variations On The Misery", plus a version of Jimi Hendrix's "Up From The Skies".