The Very Big Carla Bley Band

The Very Big Carla Bley Band

The Very Big Carla Bley Band
Release date: 01.04.1991 Watt 23
CD18,90 €out of print
LP14,90 €out of print

Five striking Bley compositions are featured here, including two extended works, "United States" and "All Fall Down". The lasting impression is one of unusual voicings, adventurous soloists, unconventional arranging touches, and dissonant shadings. "Delightfully quirky, chaotically dynamic, delicately impressionistic, buoyantly upbeat, and brashly bold." – Downbeat

Featured Artists
  • The Very Big Carla Bley Band
  • Carla BleyPiano
  • Lew SoloffTrumpet
  • Guy BarkerTrumpet
  • Claude DeppaTrumpet
  • Steven BernsteinTrumpet
  • Gary ValenteTrombone
  • Richard EdwardsTrombone
  • Fayyaz VirjiTrombone
  • Ashley SlaterBass Trombone
  • Roger JannottaOboe, Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone
  • Wolfgang PuschnigAlto Saxophone, Flute
  • Andy SheppardTenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
  • Pete HurtTenor Saxophone, Clarinet
  • Pablo CalogeroBaritone Saxophone
  • Steve SwallowBass
  • Karen MantlerOrgan
  • Victor LewisDrums
  • Don AliasPercussion
Recorded

October 1990, Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Original Release Date

01.04.1991

  • 1United States
    (Carla Bley)    15:32
  • 2Strange Arrangement
    (Carla Bley)    07:46
  • 3All Fall Down
    (Carla Bley)    12:46
  • 4Who Will Rescue You?
    (Carla Bley)    07:12
  • 5Lo Ultimo
    (Carla Bley)    09:25

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