| Paris Blues | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Gil Evans and Steve Lacy |
| Cover: | Paris Blues (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Recorded: | November 30 & December 1, 1987 |
| Studio: | Family Sound Studio, Paris |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 59:30 |
| Label: | Owl (OWL 049 CD) |
| Producer: | François Lemaire & Jean-Jacques Pussiau |
| Chronology: | Gil Evans |
| Prev Title: | Bud and Bird |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Rhythm A Ning |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
Paris Blues is an album of duets by pianist Gil Evans and saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded in Paris in 1987 and released on the French Owl label.[1] [2] The album was Evans' final studio recording before his death in 1988.[3] The album was released in the US on Sunnyside Records in 2003.[4]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 1½ stars stating "In truth, Evans's playing here is generally little more than melody statements and comping behind Lacy and, although the soprano is in top form, little of significance occurs... of greater interest from a historical standpoint than musical".[5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz observed "it's scarcely a momentous occasion, musically speaking, for either man... Interesting to hear Lacy at work on his music, but in the end the results are merely light and agreeable".[6]