Gil Evans Quintet + RAI Big Band - Live in Rome '80

First event/concert for the series "I Concerti di Un Certo Discorso".

here the complete list of all concerts.

Rec. live at "Teatro dell'Opera", Rome, Italy, on March 3, 1980 (radio broadcast)

Gil Evans,piano,electric piano,conductor
Lee Konitz,alto & soprano saxes
Ack van Rooyen,trumpet & flugelhorn
Giovanni Tommaso,bass
Bruce Ditmas,drums
+
RAI Big Band :
Nino Culasso/Doriano Beltrame/Cicci Santucci/Michele
Lacerenza,tps - Giancarlo Beccattini/Ernesto Pumpo/
Marco Pellacani/Gennaro Baldino,tbs - Gianni Oddi/Baldo
Maestri/Sal Genovese/Beppe Carrieri/Carlo Metallo,reeds
- Sergio Coppetelli/Pino Rucher,gt - Maurizio Majorana,b -
Carlo Zoffoli,vib

1. Eleven/Las Vegas Tango [G.Evans] (22:02)
2. Dr. Jekyll [J.McLean]/Here Come De Honey Man [G.Gershwin] (13:11)
3. Gone [G.Gershwin] (12:00)
4. Blues In Orbit [G.Russell] (13:34)
5. Copenhagen Sight [G.Evans] (13:05)
6. Anita's Dance [G.Evans] (09:21)
7. Sirhan's Blues (inc.) [J.B.Brooks] (06:52)

Total Time 1:30:08

Gone (excerpt)

Gil Evans Orchestra feat. S.Lacy - Live in Italy '81

Every meeting between Evans & Lacy has produced memorable music, as during that 1981 summer.

Rec. live in Italy on July 1981 (radio broadcast)

Gil Evans,acoustic & electric piano
Dave Bargeron/George Lewis,trombone
Lew Soloff/Hannibal Marvin Peterson/Miles Evans,trumpet
Steve Grossman,soprano & tenor sax
Pete Levin,electric keyboards,synth
Luico Hopper,electric bass
Omar Hakim,drums
Anita Evans,percussion
+
Steve Lacy,soprano sax (2,4)

1. Blues In "C" (John's Memory/Cheryl/Bird Feathers/
Relaxin' At Camarillo) [G.Evans] (11:22)
2. Friday The 13th [T.Monk] (12:04)
3. Drizzling Rain [M.Kikuchi] (14:21)
4. Stone Free [J.Hendrix] (16:28)

Total Time 54:17

Blues in C

Gil Evans Orchestra feat. R.R. Kirk - Live in Dortmund '76

The Big Bands probably will never return, but we can still
re-listen to those recorded in the 70s and 80s : in this case
the great Gil Evans Orchestra with a "special" guest.

Rec. Live at "Westfalenhalle", Dortmund, Germany, on
October 30, 1976 (radio broadcast)

Gil Evans,piano,conductor,arranger
George Adams,tenor saxophone
John Faddis/Lew Soloff,trumpets
Janice Robinson,trombone
John Clark,French horn
Bob Stewart,tuba
Van Manacas,guitar
Pete Levin,synth
Mike Richmond,bass
Sue Evans,drums,tympani
+
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,reeds,harmonica (2,3)

1. Intro/Thoroughbred [B.Harper] (14:00)
2. Intro/Rhythm-A-Ning [T.Monk] (07:10)
3. Theme For The Eulipians [R.R.Kirk] (10:02)
4. Freedom [J.Hendrix] (10:13)
5. Priestess [B.Harper] (19:08)

Total Time 1:00:36

Gil Evans & Lee Konitz - Live in Rome '80

Certainly Gil Evans wasn't the best keyboardist/
pianist with whom Lee Konitz has never played,
in spite of this, the duo maintains a certain
interest for lovers of both players.



Rec. Live in Rome, Italy, on March 8th, 1980
(mix recording)

Gil Evans,keyboards
Lee Konitz,alto & soprano saxophones

01. All The Things You Are (06:07)
02. Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk (08:17)
03. How Insensitive (05:08)
04. Lover Man (05:40)
05. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (06:52)
06. Summertime (03:17)
07. What Am I Here For (04:12)
08. Prince Of Darkness (03:58)
09. Prelude No. 20 In C Minor, Op. 28 (10:14)
10. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (04:45)
11. The Moon Struck One [uncompleted] (03:26)

Total Time 1:02:00