tracks b alto saxophone Chris Hunter
tracks b backing vocals Urszula Dudziak
tracks b bass Mark Egan
bass, guitar, vocals, written by, arranged by Sting
tracks b drums Danny Gottlieb
tracks b french horn John Clark
tracks b harp Emily Mitchell
tracks b keyboards Gil Evans
tracks b percussion Anita Evans
tracks b synthesizer Delmar Brown
tracks b synthesizer [dx-7] Gil Goldstein
tracks b synthesizer, baritone saxophone John Surman
tracks b tenor saxophone Branford Marsalis
tracks b tenor saxophone, vocals George Adams
tracks b trombone [tenor] George Lewis
tracks b trombone [tenor], bass trombone Tom Malone
tracks b trombone, tuba Dave Bargeron
tracks b trumpet Miles Evans
tracks b trumpet [lead] Lew Soloff
tracks b trumpet, flugelhorn Shunzo Ohno
Side A: Long Live Version Of Message In A Bottle
Side B: 2 Songs (titles not mentioned on cover)
These 2 songs are B1: Bud and Bird, B2: Exp.
Recorded 11-07-1987
Sting took a break from the recording session for the album Nothing Like The Sun and performed a show with Gil Evans and his orchestra in a stadium in Perúgia. The media attention for this event was reflected by the fact that Rai Uno, the most popular Italian public TV channel broadcast it live during prime time. The Umbria Jazz 87 Festival was held from 10-07-1987 to 19-07-1987.

On March 20, 1988 legendary jazz composer/pianist Gil Evans died at the age of 75 after complications during an operation in Mexico. This was about eight months after the show in Perugia.

Matrix / Runout: JAZZ 11 - 7 - 87 A
Matrix / Runout: JAZZ 11 - 7 - 87 F