久しぶりである。なかなか更新できず、反省頻り。で今宵の一枚はThe Arrangers' touch、(Gil Evans and Tadd Dameron)である。録音はGil Evansのパートが1957年9月～10月、Tadd Dameronのパートが1953年6月、1956年3月。レーベルはPrestige。2大巨頭、アレンジの神様のような二人をリーダーとする2枚組アルバムだ。メンバーガ凄い、凄すぎる。綺羅星の如くスターが参加している。Lee Konitz、Paul Chambers、Clifford Brown、Kenny Dorham、Benny Golsonといった現在では絶対見ることのできないPlayer達の共演である。
両者の違いがたいへん興味深い。Gil Evansはアンサンブルを重視し、各楽器あくまで全体を構成する一部としての位置づけ、Tadd Dameronは各楽器の個性を重視し結果バンドとしての完成度を高める手法だろうか。またGilのpianoが前面に出て全体を引っ張るのに対し、Taddは控えめで目立たない。
どの曲も魅力的で1曲に絞るのは難しいが、あえてどれか、と言えばside 4の4曲目Flossie Louが好き。Henry Cokerのtromboneがなんとも魅力的だ。
オーディオ的にはモノーラル録音ながら各楽器の粒立ち良く、立ち上がりも素晴らしい。優秀な録音である。部屋の特性（和室）からか響きが物足りないのが残念。（このLPに限ったことではないが）
side 1
Gil Evans
A1 Remember
Written-By – Irving Berlin
A2 Ella Speed
Written-By – Huddie Ledbetter
A3 Big Stuff
Written-By – Leonard Bernstein
side 2
Gil Evans
B1 Nobody's Heart
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart
B2 Just One Of Those Things
Written-By – Cole Porter
B3 If You Could See Me Now
Written-By – Carl Sigman, Tadd Dameron
B4 Jambangle
Written-By – Gil Evans
side 3
Tadd Dameron
C1 Philly J.J.
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
C2 Theme Of No Repeat
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
C3 Choose Now (Take 2)
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
C4 Choose Now (Take 1)
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
C5 Dial "B" For Beauty
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
side 4
Tadd Dameron
D1 Fontainebleau
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
D2 Delirium
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
D3 The Scene Is Clean
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
D4 Flossie Lou
Written-By – Tadd Dameron
(personnel)
Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce (tracks: C1 to C5), Lee Konitz (tracks: A1 to B4), Sahib Shihab (tracks: D1 to D4)
Arranged By – Gil Evans (tracks: A1 to B4), Tadd Dameron (tracks: C1 to D4)
Art Direction – Phil Carroll
Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: D1 to D4), Oscar Estell (tracks: C1 to C5)
Bass – John Simmons (tracks: D1 to D4), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: A1 to B4), Percy Heath (tracks: C1 to C5)
Bassoon – Dave Kurtzer (tracks: A1 to B4)
Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: C1 to C5), Jo Jones (tracks: A1), Nick Stabulas (tracks: A2 to B4), Shadow Wilson (tracks: D1 to D4)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
French Horn – Willie Ruff (tracks: A1 to B4)
Leader – Gil Evans (tracks: A1 to B4), Tadd Dameron (tracks: C1 to D4)
Photography – Burt Goldblatt
Piano – Gil Evans (tracks: A1 to B4), Tadd Dameron (tracks: C1 to D4)
Producer – Bob Weinstock (tracks: A1 to B4, D1 to D4), Ira Gitler (tracks: C1 to C5)
Remastered By – David Turner (2)
Sleeve Notes – Ira Gitler
Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy (tracks: A1 to B4)
Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson (tracks: C1 to C5), Joe Alexander (5) (tracks: D1 to D4)
Trombone – Bart Varsalona (tracks: A1 to B4), Henry Coker (tracks: D1 to D4), Herb Mullins (tracks: C1 to C5)
Trumpet – Clifford Brown (tracks: C1 to C5), Idrees Sulieman (tracks: C1 to C5), Jake Koven (tracks: A1 to B4), John Carisi (tracks: A1), Kenny Dorham (tracks: D1 to D4), Louis R. Mucci (tracks: A2 to B4)
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