Guitar Forms
# Guitar Forms

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Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans. Evans' orchestra appears on five of the album's nine tracks, including the nearly 9-minute "Lotus Land". Three tracks are blues numbers in a small group format and there is one solo performance: "Prelude #2".

## Reception

In 1966, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group, for Best Album Cover – Photography, and Gil Evans was nominated for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for "Greensleeves".

## Track listing

* "Downstairs" (Elvin Jones) – 2:53
* "Lotus Land" (Cyril Scott) – 9:38
* "Terrace Theme" (Joe Benjamin) – 4:02
* "Prelude No. 2" (George Gershwin) – 2:17
* "Moon and Sand" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 4:16
* "Loie" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:19
* "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 4:12
* "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:34
* "Breadwinner" (Burrell) – 3:00

    Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
* "Downstairs" – 4:11
* "Downstairs" – 3:06
* "Downstairs" – 2:38
* "Downstairs" – 2:36
* "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
* "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
* "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
* "Breadwinner" – 3:51
* "Breadwinner" – 3:49
* "Breadwinner" – 3:17
* "Breadwinner" – 3:04

## Personnel

### Combo

* Kenny Burrell - guitar
* Roger Kellaway - piano
* Joe Benjamin - double bass
* Grady Tate - drums
* Willie Rodriguez - conga

### Orchestra

* Gil Evans - arranged & conducted
* Kenny Burrell - guitar
* Johnny Coles or Louis Mucci - trumpet
* Jimmy Cleveland & Jimmy Knepper - trombone
* Andy Fitzgerald - flute & English horn
* Ray Beckenstein - alto flute, flute & bass clarinet
* George Marge - English horn & flute or Richie Kamuca - tenor sax & oboe
* Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
* Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
* Bob Tricarico - tenor sax, bassoon & flute
* Ray Alonge or Julius Watkins - french horn
* Bill Barber - tuba
* Ron Carter - double bass
* Elvin Jones & Charlie Persip - drums & percussion

### Production

* Creed Taylor – producer
* Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
