Gil Evans & Ten

Infobox Album |
Name = Gil Evans & Ten
Type = Album
Artist = Gil Evans


Released = 1957
Recorded = September 6 & 27, October 10, 1957
Genre = Jazz
Length = 32:59
Label = Prestige
Producer =
Reviews = *amg|id=10:kzfuxqugld0e|rating|5|5
Last album =
This album = "Gil Evans & Ten"
(1957)
Next album = "New Bottle, Old Wine"
(1990)

"Gil Evans & Ten" (also released as "Big Stuff" and "Gil Evans + Ten") is the first album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer Gil Evans as a leader and was released on the Prestige label in 1957. It features Evan's arrangements of five standards and one original composition performed by Evans, Steve Lacy, John Carisi, Jack Koven, Jimmy Cleveland, Bart Varsalona, Willie Ruff, Lee Konitz, Dave Kurtzer, Paul Chambers, Jo Jones, Louis Mucci and Nick Stabulas.

Track listing

# "Remember" (Berlin) - 4:30
# "Ella Speed" (Leadbelly, Lomax) - 5:47
# "Big Stuff" (Bernstein) - 4:46
# "Nobody's Heart" (Rogers, Hart) - 4:22
# "Just One Of Those Things" (Porter) - 4:22
# "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:15
# "Jambangle" (Evans) - 4:56

:*All tracks recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack. Track 1 recorded on September 6, 1957, tracks 2, 4 & 6 recorded on September 27, 1957, and tracks 3, 5 & 7 recorded on October 10, 1957.

Personnel

*Gil Evans: piano
*Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone
*John Carisi (1): trumpet
*Jack Koven: trumpet
*Jimmy Cleveland: trombone
*Bart Varsalona: bass trombone
*Willie Ruff: French horn
*Lee Konitz: alto saxophone
*Dave Kurtzer: bassoon
*Paul Chambers: bass
*Jo Jones (1): drums
*Louis Mucci (2-7): trumpet
*Nick Stabulas (2-7): drums