Golden Hair (album)

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Golden Hair
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Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedNovember 2–3 & 26, 1987
Venue Paris
StudioStudio Acousti
Genre Jazz
Length58:55
Label EmArcy 838 773-2
Producer Laurent Cugny
Gil Evans chronology
Rhythm A Ning
(1988)
Golden Hair
(1989)
Heroes
(1991)

Golden Hair is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist Gil Evans recorded in 1987 and performed by Evans with Laurent Cugny's Big Band Lumiere. [1]

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

  1. "Golden Hair" (Laurent Cugny) - 14:37
  2. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Charles Mingus) - 11:06
  3. "Zee Zee" - 8:31
  4. "C Blues" - 8:13
  5. "Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 10:00
  6. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 6:28

Personnel

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References

  1. Gil Evans discography accessed June 16, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed June 16, 2014.