Bud and Bird

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.

Reception

In 1989, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album posthumously. 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".

Track listing

"Bud and Bird" - 8:48
"Half Man, Half Cookie" - 10:27
"Gates - Illuminations" - 17:40
"Nicaragua Blues" - 7:44
"Groove from the Louvre" - 21:51

Recorded at Sweet Basil Jazz Club in NYC on December 1, 1986 and December 22, 1986

Personnel

Gil Evans – piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
Lew Soloff, Shunzo Ohno, Miles Evans – trumpet
Johnny Coles – flugelhorn
Dave Bargeron – trombone
Dave Taylor – bass trombone
John Clark – French horn, hornette, arranger
Chris Hunter – alto sax, soprano sax, flute
Bill Evans – tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, arranger
Hamiet Bluiett – baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Hiram Bullock – guitar
Pete Levin, Gil Goldstein – keyboards
Mark Egan – bass guitar, arranger
Danny Gottlieb – drums