Bud and Bird
Live album by
Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra
Released1987
RecordedDecember 1 and 22, 1986
VenueSweet Basil, New York City
GenreJazz
Length66:30
LabelKing
ProducerHorst Liepolt, Shigeyuki Kawashima
Gil Evans chronology
Collaboration
(1987) 		Bud and Bird
(1987) 		Paris Blues
(1988)

Bud and Bird is a live album by Gil Evans that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1989. Evans conducted the orchestra, which included Hamiet Bluiett, Bill Evans, and Johnny Coles.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In 1989, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album posthumously.[3] Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Some critics rapped Evans' '80s orchestras for their almost chaotic sound and loose feel. But Evans wanted a sprawling sensibility, and although his bands often seemed disorganized, they always maintained discipline in the midst of what others thought sounded like musical anarchy".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Bud and Bird" (Gil Evans) - 8:48
  2. "Half Man, Half Cookie" (Bill Evans) - 10:27
  3. "Gates - Illuminations" (Mark Egan) - 17:40
  4. "Nicaragua Blues" (Tom Malone) - 7:44
  5. "Groove from the Louvre" (John Clark) - 21:51

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Bud & Bird – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. ^ A Listing of Grammy Award Winners, NY Times. February 23, 1989
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