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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Carla Bley Big Band |
| Record Label: |
ECM/WATT |
| Contributing Artist: |
Lew Soloff |
| Genre: |
Jazz Instrument |
| Subgenre: |
Avant-Garde/Downtown |
| Release Date: |
May 13, 2003 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Grand Mother
2. The National Anthem / OG Can UC? / Flags / Whose Broad Stripes? / Anthem / Keep It Spangled
3. Step Mother
4. Fast Lane
5. Los Cocineros
6. Your Mother
7. Tijuana Traffic
8. God Mother
9. Old MacDonald Had a Farm |
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Personnel: Carla Bley (conductor, piano); Wolfgang Pusching (alto saxophone, flute); Andy Sheppard, Craig Handy (tenor saxophone); Gary Smulyan (baritone saxophone); Lew Soloff (trumpet); Jim Pugh (trombone); Karen Mantler (glockenspiel, organ); Steve Swallow (bass); Billy Drummond (drums); Don Alias (percussion). Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on October 7 & 8, 2002. LOOKING FOR AMERICA was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. With an unlikely amalgam of influences including Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Oliver Nelson, Charles Ives, and Woodstock-fatback-groove, Carla Bley's musical palette is a quirky and uncompromising one. A maverick in the American tradition by any standard, Bley began writing crystalline melodies for her first husband, pianist Paul Bley, in the early 1960s. She made a name for herself writing for other musicians, winning many awards along the way from institutions like Down Beat and Jazz Times. If you enjoy your patriotism, not to ... |
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