0438 Gil Evans [At The Roundhouse 1983] FLAC 8(1.27.58)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This was the opening night of the 1983 British tour by the Gil Evans Orchestra recorded at the 'Roundhouse' Camden Town, London as part of the Camden Jazz Festival.
Apart from Gil himself and his son Miles (now there's a tribute) on trumpet, all the other musicians were British and they perform superbly on these complex and difficult charts There is plenty of solo space for most of the musicians too.
The Orchestra was commercially recorded at Bradford a few days after this performance but this was recorded by the BBC on 14 March 1983 and transmitted later It has not been issued commercially and is taken from my cassette recording of the BBC broadcast  The sound is reasonably good but certainly not hi-fi.
Gil had the habit of running his individual pieces together without a break and it is sometimes difficult to decide where one piece ends and the other starts So this is my best effort to split the 80+ minute performance into separate tracks.

Gil Evans - leader, piano, electric piano
The British Orchestra:
Guy Barker - trumpet
Miles Evans - trumpet
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Rick Taylor  - trombone, bass trombone
Chris Hunter - soprano, alto, flute
Don Weller - soprano, tenor
Stan Sultzmann - soprano, tenor, flute
John Surman - soprano, baritone, bass clarinet, synthesizer
Ray Russell - electric guitar
John Taylor - keyboards
Mo Foster - electric bass
John Marshall - drums

01 Introduction By Charles Fox (6:01)
02 Hotel Me (also known as Jelly Rolls or Nevada or Theme) (Davis, Evans) 0(14:52)
03 London (Evans) (16:38)
04 Variations On The Misery (Evans) (6:26)
05 Waltz (Davis, Evans) (16:33)
06 Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress (Mingus) (3:58)
07 Honeyman (Gershwin, Gershwin) (6:51)
08 Gone... (Gershwin, Gershwin) and closing announcement (16:39)

Label: BBC Radio 3 broadcast
Recorded: March 14 1983  Camden Jazz Festival The Roundhouse Camden Town London