Guitar Forms

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

 * 1) "Downstairs" (Elvin Jones) – 2:53
 * 2) "Lotus Land" (Cyril Scott) – 9:38
 * 3) "Terrace Theme" (Joe Benjamin) – 4:02
 * 4) "Prelude No. 2" (George Gershwin) – 2:17
 * 5) "Moon and Sand" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 4:16
 * 6) "Loie" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:19
 * 7) "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 4:12
 * 8) "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:34
 * 9) "Breadwinner" (Burrell) – 3:00
 * Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
 * 1) "Downstairs" – 4:11
 * 2) "Downstairs" – 3:06
 * 3) "Downstairs" – 2:38
 * 4) "Downstairs" – 2:36
 * 5) "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
 * 6) "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
 * 7) "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
 * 8) "Breadwinner" – 3:51
 * 9) "Breadwinner" – 3:49
 * 10) "Breadwinner" – 3:17
 * 11) "Breadwinner" – 3:04

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