Blues in Orbit (Gil Evans album)
| Blues in Orbit | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 and 1971, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:20 | |||
| Label | Enja 3069 | |||
| Producer | Sam Gordon | |||
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Blues in Orbit is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1969 and 1971 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Jimmy Cleveland, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, and Joe Beck. The album was originally released on the short-lived Ampex label (with a different running order) as Gil Evans (1970) but received wider release on the Enja label under this title.