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Duets (Carla Bley and Steve Swallow album)

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Released
  
1988

Length
  
54:52

Duets(1988)
  
Swallow(1991)

Label
  
WATT Works

Recorded
  
Summer 1988

Duets(1988)
  
Fleur Carnivore(1988)

Release date
  
1988

Genre
  
Jazz

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Producer
  
Carla Bley & Steve Swallow

Artists
  
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley & Steve Swallow

Similar
  
Carla Bley albums, Jazz albums

Carla bley steve swallow duets


Duets is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1988.

Contents

Carla bley steve swallow duets very simple song


Reception

The Allmusic review by David Nelson McCarthy awarded the album 4½ stars and stated that "their tremendous musical rapport and precise wit are really beautiful. It comes highly recommended". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, stating that it is "an entertaining album and an ideal primer on Bley's compositional and improvising techniques".

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

  1. "Baby Baby" - 6:28
  2. "Walking Batteriewoman" - 4:01
  3. "Útviklingssang" - 4:42
  4. "Ladies in Mercedes" (Steve Swallow) - 5:44
  5. "Romantic Notion No. 3" - 7:02
  6. "Remember" (Swallow) - 5:24
  7. "Ups and Downs" - 6:16
  8. "Reactionary Tango (In Three Parts)" (Bley, Swallow) - 8:44
  9. "Soon I Will Be Done With the Troubles of This World" (Traditional) - 6:58
  • Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in the Summer of 1985.

    • Personnel

  • Carla Bley - piano
  • Steve Swallow - bass guitar

    • Songs

    1Baby Baby8:45
    2Walking Batteriewoman6:28
    3Utviklingssang4:01

    References

    Duets (Carla Bley & Steve Swallow album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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