Live at Sweet Basil (Gil Evans album)

Gil Evans' Monday night marathon sessions at "Sweet Basil Jazz Club" was originally a started as a workshop in April 1983 to select players and do rehearsals for preparing his Japan tour in May. As the performance at the workshop got attentions and had good reputation, the club asked Gil to continue the stage periodically on Monday from June, after the Japan tour.[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars, stating, "It may not have been "cool," but it was most assuredly great jazz".[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

1. "Parabola" (Alan Shorter) - 18:40
2. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (Jimi Hendrix) - 7:21
3. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue" (Charles Mingus) - 6:15
4. "Prince of Darkness" (Herbie Hancock) - 5:50
5. "Blues in "C": John's Memory/Cheryl/Bird Feathers/Relaxin' at Camarillo" (Charlie Parker) - 24:42
6. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) - 9:30 Omitted from CD reissue
7. "Up from the Skies" (Hendrix) - 8:39

• Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
• Lew Soloff, Hannibal Marvin Peterson, Shunzo Ohno, Miles Evans - trumpet
• George Adams - tenor saxophone
• Chris Hunter - alto saxophone
• Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Tom Malone - trombone
• Hiram Bullock - guitar
• Pete Levin - synthesizer
• Mark Egan - electric bass
• Adam Nussbaum - drums
• Mino Cinelu - percussion