Rhythm A Ning (album)

Rhythm A Ning 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]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is a very interesting recording. Aging arranger/pianist Gil Evans agreed after much persuasion to come to Paris and play his music at a few concerts with Laurent Cugny's Orchestra. After only one rehearsal, the first event took place, and it gratified Evans to realize that the young French musicians were not only excellent players but big Gil Evans fans... they did an excellent job of bringing Gil Evans's music to life".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated

"Rhythm-a-Ning" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:32
"London" - 15:18
"Stone Free" (Jimi Hendrix) - 10:41
"Charles Mingus's Sound of Love" (Laurent Cugny) - 9:59
"La Nevada" - 14:49

Recorded at Studio Acousti in Paris on November 2 (track 4), November 3 (tracks 2 & 5) & November 26 (tracks 1 & 3), 1987

Personnel

Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
Laurent Cugny - keyboards, arranger, conductor
Christian Martinez, Stéphane Belmondo, François Chassagnite - trumpet
Denis Barbier - flute
Bobby Rangell - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Pierre-Olivier Govin - alto saxophone
Andy Sheppard, Charles Schneider - tenor saxophone
Bernard François - French horn
Gilles Salommez - trombone
Philippe Legris - tuba
Manuel Rocheman - piano
Benoît de Mesmay - keyboards
Lionel Benhamou - guitar
Dominique Di Piazza - bass guitar
Stéphane Huchard - drums
Xavier Desandre, Marilyn Mazur - percussion

References

↑ Gil Evans discography accessed June 13, 2014.
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 13, 2014.

Gil Evans

Studio albums	Gil Evans & Ten (1957) New Bottle Old Wine (1958) Great Jazz Standards (1959) Out of the Cool (1960) Into the Hot (1961) The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964) Blues in Orbit (1969) Where Flamingos Fly (1971) The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974) There Comes a Time (1975) Parabola (1978) Collaboration (1987) [with Helen Merrill] Rhythm A Ning (1987) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere] Golden Hair (1987) [with Laurent Cugny Big Band Lumiere] Paris Blues (1987) [with Steve Lacy]

Live albums	Svengali (1973) Priestess (1977) Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (1978) Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (1980) Live at Sweet Basil (1984) Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (1984) Farewell (1986)

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