Bud and Bird

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Allmusic	[2]

In 1989, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album posthumously.^[3] 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".^[2]

1. "Bud and Bird" (Gil Evans) - 8:48
2. "Half Man, Half Cookie" (Bill Evans) - 10:27
3. "Gates - Illuminations" (Mark Egan) - 17:40
4. "Nicaragua Blues" (Tom Malone) - 7:44
5. "Groove from the Louvre" (John Clark) - 21:51

• Recorded at Sweet Basil Jazz Club in NYC on December 1, 1986 (tracks 2 & 3) and December 22, 1986 (tracks 1, 4 & 5)

• Gil Evans – piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
• Lew Soloff, Shunzo Ohno, Miles Evans – trumpet
• Johnny Coles – flugelhorn (track 5)
• 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