New Bottle Old Wine

New Bottle Old Wine
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1958[1]
RecordedApril 9 and May 26, 1958
GenreJazz
LabelWorld Pacific
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Gil Evans chronology
Gil Evans & Ten
(1958)
New Bottle Old Wine
(1958)
Great Jazz Standards
(1959)

New Bottle Old Wine is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1958 by Evans with an orchestra. The album is a suite of songs written by and/or associated with major jazz musicians and composers, in original arrangements by Gil Evans (conceptually similar to several albums Evans made with Miles Davis, including Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain).[2] Cannonball Adderley (Davis' alto saxophone player at the time) is featured as the main soloist. The orchestra also featured a number of important players including Bill Barber, Frank Rehak, Johnny Coles, Art Blakey, and Paul Chambers (Davis' bassist at the time).[3]

  1. ^ "Billboard". November 10, 1958.
  2. ^ Original LP sleeve notes
  3. ^ Gil Evans discography accessed February 1, 2010.