Guitar Forms

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Guitar Forms
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Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedDecember 4, 15, 1964, Webster Hall, New York City, New York, April 6, 12, 1965, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length38:31
Label Verve
Producer Creed Taylor
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Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans. [1] 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".

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Reception

In 1966, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for 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". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Downstairs" (Elvin Jones) – 2:53
  2. "Lotus Land" (Cyril Scott) – 9:38
  3. "Terrace Theme" (Joe Benjamin) – 4:02
  4. "Prelude No. 2" (George Gershwin) – 2:17
  5. "Moon and Sand" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 4:16
  6. "Loie" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:19
  7. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 4:12
  8. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:34
  9. "Breadwinner" (Burrell) – 3:00
    Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
  10. "Downstairs" – 4:11
  11. "Downstairs" – 3:06
  12. "Downstairs" – 2:38
  13. "Downstairs" – 2:36
  14. "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
  15. "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
  16. "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
  17. "Breadwinner" – 3:51
  18. "Breadwinner" – 3:49
  19. "Breadwinner" – 3:17
  20. "Breadwinner" – 3:04

Personnel

Combo

Orchestra

Production

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