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]
| 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 | |||
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Reception
editThe 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
editAll 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.