Guitar Forms


Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans. Evans' orchestra appears on five of the album's nine tracks, including the nearly 9-minute "Lotus Land". Three tracks are blues numbers in a small group format and there is one solo performance: "Prelude #2".

Reception

, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Large [Jazz Ensemble Album|Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group], for Best Album Cover – Photography, and Gil Evans was nominated for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for "Greensleeves".

Track listing

  1. "Downstairs" – 2:53
  2. "Lotus Land" – 9:38
  3. "Terrace Theme" – 4:02
  4. "Prelude No. 2" – 2:17
  5. "Moon and Sand" – 4:16
  6. "Loie" – 3:19
  7. "Greensleeves" – 4:12
  8. "Last Night When We Were Young" – 4:34
  9. "Breadwinner" – 3:00
  10. : Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
  11. "Downstairs" – 4:11
  12. "Downstairs" – 3:06
  13. "Downstairs" – 2:38
  14. "Downstairs" – 2:36
  15. "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
  16. "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
  17. "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
  18. "Breadwinner" – 3:51
  19. "Breadwinner" – 3:49
  20. "Breadwinner" – 3:17
  21. "Breadwinner" – 3:04

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