New Bottle Old Wine

by Gil Evans

New Bottle Old Wine cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: World Pacific
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 38:14
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The renowned arranger highlights Cannonball Adderley as the primary soloist across a program of reimagined jazz standards. The orchestrations uniquely adapt classic repertoire, ranging from W.C. Handy to Charlie Parker, into a sophisticated, modern big band framework.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, orchestral, melodic, complex

Tracklist

  1. St. Louis Blues (5:21)
  2. King Porter Stomp (3:17)
  3. Willow Tree (4:36)
  4. Struttin' With Some Barbecue (4:31)
  5. Lester Leaps In (4:15)
  6. 'Round Midnight (4:04)
  7. Manteca (5:14)
  8. Bird Feathers (6:52)

Credits

  • Gil Evans - primary artist, piano, arranged by
  • Cannonball Adderley - primary artist, alto saxophone
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Art Blakey - drums
  • Julius Watkins - french horn
  • Chuck Wayne - guitar
  • Ed Michel - liner notes
  • Woody Woodward - liner notes
  • Al Avakian - photography by [cover and additional photos]
  • George Avakian - producer
  • Gerald Sanfino - saxophone
  • Frank Rehak - trombone
  • Joseph Bennett - trombone
  • Thomas Mitchell - trombone
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet
  • Johnny Coles - trumpet
  • Louis R. Mucci - trumpet
  • Harvey Phillips - tuba

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