Released 2003 Looking for America
(2002) The Lost Chords
(2003) Release date 2003 Label ECM Records | Recorded October 7-8, 2002 Artist Carla Bley Producer Steve Swallow Genre Jazz | |
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Looking for America is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 2002 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2003.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Looking for America is a fun, innovative, and indefatigable album by one of the true geniuses in modern jazz". The JazzTimes review by Harvey Siders said "Inevitably, sardonic wit pervades her search on Looking for America as fragments of "The Star-Spangled Banner" materialize-dreamlike, impressionistically and, above all, whimsically-throughout the CD". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "As an exploration of Americana, this is a fine and fun album".
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.
- "Grand Mother" - 0:53
- "The National Anthem: OG Can UC?/Flags/Whose Broad Stripes?/Anthem/Keep It Spangled" - 21:49
- "Step Mother" - 3:18
- "Fast Lane" - 5:17
- "Los Cocineros" - 10:57
- "Your Mother" - 1:41
- "Tijuana Traffic" - 8:05
- "God Mother" - 1:27
- "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (Traditional) - 6:15
Personnel
Songs
1Grand Mother0:55
2The National Anthem: OG Can UC?/ Flags/ Whose Broad Stripes?/ Anthem/ Keep It Spangled21:49
3Step Mother3:19