Gil Evans & Ten

Gil Evans & Ten
Studio album by
ReleasedEnd of February/Early March 1958
RecordedSeptember 9 & 27, October 10, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length33:17
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7120
ProducerBob Weinstock
Gil Evans chronology
Gil Evans & Ten
(1958)
New Bottle Old Wine
(1958)

Gil Evans & Ten (also released as Big Stuff and Gil Evans + Ten) is the first album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer Gil Evans as a leader, released on the Prestige label in 1957. It features Evans' arrangements of five standards and one original composition performed by Evans, Steve Lacy, John Carisi, Jack Koven, Jimmy Cleveland, Bart Varsalona, Willie Ruff, Lee Konitz, Dave Kurtzer, Paul Chambers, Jo Jones, Louis Mucci and Nick Stabulas. In 2003, a SACD version was published, with the first release of the stereo version.