GIL EVANS AND ORCHESTRA (NTSC)

Gil Evans & Orchestra
Live in Lugano

Gil Evans (piano), Billy Cobham (drums),
Tim Landers (bass), Dean Brown (guitar),

Gil Goldstein (keyboards), Mike Mainieri (vibes), John Clark (French horn), Howard Johnson (tuba), Michael Brecker, Thomas Gruenwald (tenorsaxes), Herb Geller (altosax), Tom Malone, Jiggs Whigham, Hermann Breuer, Rudi Fuessers (trombones), Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Benny Bailey, Ack van Rooyen (trumpets)


Picture Format: 4:3, 1 DVD
Sound Format: LPCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Running Time: 58 mins
Region Code: NTSC All
Special feature: Biography
Recording Date: Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano, 1983
Territory: Worldwide

Cat. No: DVWW-JGEO

• In their series of recordings of unforgettable concerts TDK releases a gig with a piano legend and his orchestra comprised of jazz luminaries.
• Gil Evans¡¦ career first took flight in the 1950s and 1960s when he collaborated with Miles Davis on several albums. Evans continued to play until shortly before his death in 1988, including a famous appearance with pop-star Sting at the Umbria Jazz Festival 1987.
• This 1983 concert, recorded live at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano, includes diverse standards, ranging from Jimi Hendrix to George Gershwin.