The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church | ||||
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Live album by The Carla Bley Big Band | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | July 19–21, 1996 | |||
Venue | Chiesa San Francesco Al Prato, Umbria Jazz, Perugia, Italy | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 68:19 | |||
Label | Watt/ECM | |||
Producer | Carla Bley & Steve Swallow | |||
Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in Perugia, Italy as part of the Umbria Jazz Festival and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1996.[1][2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church is a perfect showcase for the forward-thinking compositions and arrangements of Carla Bley... Not quite as experimental as her earlier compositions, this album manages, regardless to be among her best work in the '90s".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "The best Bley album since Fleur Carnivore? "[4] The JazzTimes review by Willard Jenkins said "the music bears resemblance to what one might expect from an enlightened 21st century church service".[5]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
Tom Hull | B+ ()[6] |
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.
- "Setting Calvin's Waltz" - 23:51
- "Exaltation/Religious Experience/Major" (Carl Ruggles/Bley/Bley) - 9:33
- "One Way" - 8:29
- "Beads" - 8:27
- "Permanent Wave" - 10:07
- "Who Will Rescue You?" - 7:52
Personnel
- Carla Bley - piano
- Lew Soloff, Guy Barker, Claude Deppa, Steve Waterman - trumpet
- Gary Valente, Pete Beachill, Chris Dean - trombone
- Richard Henry - bass trombone
- Roger Janotta - flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
- Wolfgang Puschnig - alto saxophone
- Andy Sheppard, Jerry Underwood - tenor saxophone
- Julian Argüelles - baritone saxophone
- Karen Mantler - organ, harmonica
- Steve Swallow - bass guitar
- Dennis Mackrel - drums
References
- ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010
- ^ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 2010
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Jenkins, W. Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church Review JazzTimes, May, 1997
- ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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leader
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- Dinner Music (1977)
- European Tour 1977 (1978)
- Musique Mecanique (1979)
- Social Studies (1981)
- Live! (1982)
- I Hate to Sing (1984)
- Heavy Heart (1984)
- Sextet (1987)
- Fleur Carnivore (1989)
- The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991)
- Big Band Theory (1993)
- Songs with Legs (1994)
- The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996)
- Fancy Chamber Music (1998)
- 4 x 4 (2000)
- Looking for America (2003)
- The Lost Chords (2004)
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- Appearing Nightly (2008)
- Carla's Christmas Carols (2009)
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- Andando el Tiempo (2016)
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Burton
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- Escalator over the Hill (1968-71)
- Relativity Suite (1973)
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- Jazz Realities (1966)
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