Celebrating the 70th birthday of composer, arranger and pianist Carla Bley
featuring tracks from Escalator Over the Hill, Fleur Carnivore, Looking for America, The Lost Chords, The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church, 4 x 4, Live!, Liberation Music Orchestra, European Tour 1977, Musique Mechanique, Are We There Yet? and A Genuine Tong Funeral
with Steve Swallow, Andy Sheppard, Charlie Haden, Gary Burton, Gato Barbieri, Lew Soloff, Gary Valente, Don Cherry, Roswell Rudd, Jimmy Knepper, Larry Goldings, Elton Dean, Wolfgang Puschnig, Steve Slagle, Gary Windo, Don Alias, Paul Motian and Andrew Cyrille
All tracks feature Carla Bley (composer, arranger, piano, organ) with-
[1'14] 440 (Musique Mecanique, Watt 1978) Michael Mantler- tp; Alan Braufman- as, cl, fl; Gary Windo- ts, bcl; John Clark- Frh; Roswell Rudd- tb; Bob Stewart- tu; Terry Adams- p; Steve Swallow- elb; Eugene Chadbourne- g; Karen Mantler- glksp; D. Sharpe- d
[10'58] Hip Hop (The Lost Chords, Watt 2003) Andy Sheppard- ts; Steve Swallow- elb; Billy Drummond- d
[18'38] Fleur Carnivore (Fleur Carnivore, Watt 1988) Lew Soloff, Jens Winther- tp; Frank Lacy- Frh, flh; Gary Valente- tb; Bob Stewart- tu; Daniel Beaussier- ob, fl; Wolfgang Puschnig, Andy Sheppard, Christof Lauer, Roberto Ottini- saxes; Karen Mantler- org; Bley- p; Steve Swallow- elb; Buddy Williams- d; Don Alias- perc
[29'35] with Gary Burton: Some Dirge (A Genuine Tong Funeral, RCA 1967) Michael Mantler- tp; Steve Lacy- ss; Gato Barbieri- ts; Jimmy Knepper- tb, btb; Howard Johnson- tu, bars; Carla Bley- p, org; Larry Coryell- g; Steve Swallow- b; Lonesome Dragon (Bob Moses)- d
[37'24] Setting Calvin's Waltz (part 1) (The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church, Watt 1996) Lew Soloff, Guy Barker, Claude Deppa, Steve Waterman- tp; Roger Jannotta- ss, as, fl; Wolfgang Puschnig- as; Andy Sheppard, Jerry Underwood- ts; Julian Arguelles- bars; Gary Valente, Pete Beachill, Chris Dean- tb; Richard Henry- btb; Karen Mantler- org, hca; Steve Swallow- elb; Dennis Mackrel- d
[46'21] with Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra- The Interlude (Drinking Music) (Liberation Music Orchestra, Impulse 1969)
Michael Mantler- tp; Don Cherry- cor; Bob Northern- Frh, perc; Roswell Rudd- tb; Howard Johnson- tu; Perry Robinson- cl; Dewey Redman- as, ts; Gato Barbieri- ts, cl; Sam Brown- g, thumb p; Charlie Haden- b; Paul Motian, Andrew Cyrille- d, perc
[47'45] King Korn (Are We There Yet?, Watt 1998) Steve Swallow- b
[52'19] Song Sung Long (Live!, Watt 1981) Michael Mantler- tp; Steve Slagle- as, ss, fl; Tony Dagradi- ts; Vincent Chancey- Frh; Gary Valente- tb; Earl McIntyre- tu, btb; Arturo O'Farrill- p; Steve Swallow- elb; D. Sharpe- d
[59'34] Hotel Overture (Escalator Over the Hill, JCOA 1968-1971) Michael Mantler, Enrico Rava- tp; Bob Carlisle, Sharon Freeman- Frh; Roswell Rudd, Jimmy Knepper, Sam Burtis- tb; Jack Jeffers- btb; John Buckingham- tu; Perry Robinson- cl; Jimmy Lyons- as; Gato Barbieri- ts; Chris Woods- bars; Charlie Haden- b; Paul Motian- d; Bill Morimando- orch bells; Roger Dawson- cga
[72'40] Wrong Key Donkey (European Tour 1977, Watt 1977) Michael Mantler- tp; Elton Dean- as; Gary Windo- ts; John Clark- Frh, g; Roswell Rudd- tb; Bob Stewart- tu; Terry Adams- p; Hugh Hopper- elb; Andrew Cyrille- d
[80'27] Sidewinders in Paradise (4 x 4, Watt 1999) Lew Soloff- tp; Wolfgang Puschnig- as; Andy Sheppard- ts; Gary Valente- tb; Larry Goldings- org; Steve Swallow- elb; Victor Lewis- d;
[88'58] Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Looking for America, Watt 2002) Earl Gardner, Lew Soloff, Byron Stripling, Giampaolo Casati- tp; Lawrence Feldman- as, ss, fl; Wolfgang Puschnig- as, fl; Andy Sheppard, Craig Handy- ts; Gary Smulyan- bars; Jim Pugh, Gary Valente, Dave Bargeron, David Taylor- tb; Karen Mantler- org, glksp; Steve Swallow- elb; Billy Drummond- d; Don Alias- perc
[95'10]
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