The Very Big Carla Bley Band
1991 studio album by Carla Bley
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| Studio album by Carla Bley | ||||
| Released | August 13, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | October 29–30, 1990 | |||
| Studio | Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 52:41 | |||
| Label | Watt/ECM | |||
| Producer | Carla Bley | |||
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The Very Big Carla Bley Band is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1991.[1][2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 2+1⁄2 stars and stated "The result is a fairly solid, if slightly bland, date that may cause the listener to pine for her earlier "excesses"... in the end, Bley's themes and structures tend more toward the competent than the stirring or memorable, leaving one desirous of the richer fare that she has served in the past".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, stating "A stirring live outfit the Very Big Band translates well to record, with plenty of emphasis on straightforward blowing from featured soloists".[4]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley.
- "United States" – 15:32
- "Strange Arrangement" – 7:46
- "All Fall Down" – 12:46
- "Who Will Rescue You?" – 7:12
- "Lo Ultimo" – 9:25
Personnel
- Carla Bley – piano
- Lew Soloff, Guy Barker, Claude Deppa, Steven Bernstein – trumpet
- Gary Valente, Richard Edwards, Fayyaz Virji – trombone
- Ashley Slater – bass trombone
- Roger Janotta – oboe, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Wolfgang Puschnig – alto saxophone, flute
- Andy Sheppard – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Pete Hurt – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Pablo Calogero – baritone saxophone
- Karen Mantler – organ
- Steve Swallow – bass guitar
- Victor Lewis – drums
- Don Alias – percussion
References
- ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 9, 2010
- ^ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed August 9, 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. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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leader
- Tropic Appetites (1974)
- 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)
- The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007)
- Appearing Nightly (2008)
- Carla's Christmas Carols (2009)
- Trios (2013)
- Andando el Tiempo (2016)
- Life Goes On (2020)
Burton
- A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
Composer's
Orchestra
- The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968)
- Escalator over the Hill (1968-71)
- Relativity Suite (1973)
Mantler
- Jazz Realities (1966)
Haden
- Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
- The Ballad of the Fallen (1983)
- Dream Keeper (1990)
- Not in Our Name (2005)
Mason
Swallow
- Night-Glo (1985)
- Duets (1988)
- Go Together (1992)
- Are We There Yet? (1999)
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