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Sting And Gil Evans
Last Session - Live At "Perugia Jazz Festival" July 11, 1987
Album IT 1992 on Jazz Door label
Jazz (Fusion)
Sting took a break from the recording session for the album "Nothing Like The Sun" and performed a show with Gil Evans and his orchestra in a stadium in Perúgia. The media attention for this event was reflected by the fact that Rai Uno, the most popular Italian public TV channel broadcast it live during prime time.The Umbria Jazz 87 Festival was held from 10-07-1987 to 19-07-1987. On March 20, 1988 legendary jazz composer/pianist Gil Evans died at the age of 75 after complications during an operation in Mexico. This was about eight months after the show in Perugia.
Musicians
 | Sting voc, b, *1951 GB bass, guitar, vocals, written by, arranged by, album by |
 | Gil Evans p, ep, 1912-1988 US keyboards, album by |
 | Chris Hunter as, *1957 GB alto saxophone |
 | Mark Egan b, *1951 US bass |
 | Danny Gottlieb dr, *1953 US drums |
 | John Clark frh, *1944 US french horn |
 | Emily Mitchell hrp, voc, harp |
 | Anita Evans perc, percussion |
 | Delmar Brown voc, key, p, 1954-2017 US synthesizer |
 | Gil Goldstein key, p, *1950 US synthesizer, dx-7 |
 | John Surman ss, bs, bcl, *1944 GB synthesizer, baritone saxophone |
 | Branford Marsalis ss, ts, sax, *1960 US tenor saxophone |
 | George Lewis tb, *1952 US trombone, tenor |
 | Tom Malone tb, US bass trombone, trombone, tenor |
 | Dave Bargeron tb, tu, *1942 US trombone, tuba |
 | Miles Evans tr, *1965 US trumpet, other, introducer |
 | Lew Soloff tr, fh, 1944-2015 US trumpet, lead |
 | Shunzo Ohno tr, *1949 JP trumpet, flugelhorn |
 | George Adams ts, fl, 1940-1992 US vocals, tenor saxophone |
Producers
| Knut Schötteldreier artwork, cover |
| Urszula Dudziak backing vocals |
| Hyou Vielz photography by |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exp | Sting And Gil Evans | Jimi Hendrix | 9:29 |
| 2 | Strange Fruit | Sting And Gil Evans | Lewis Allan | 7:34 |
| 3 | Shadows In The Rain | Sting And Gil Evans | 5:53 | |
| 4 | Little Wing | Sting And Gil Evans | Jimi Hendrix | 10:04 |
| 5 | Comes A Time | Sting And Gil Evans | Anthony Williams | 4:50 |
| 6 | Introduction Of The Band | Sting And Gil Evans | 2:08 | |
| 7 | Consider Me Gone | Sting And Gil Evans | 6:46 | |
| 8 | Murder By Numbers | Sting And Gil Evans | 6:27 | |
| 9 | Roxanne | Sting And Gil Evans | 6:36 | |
| 10 | Tea In The Sahara | Sting And Gil Evans | 9:00 |
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