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Released
  
1979

Length
  
44:51

Artist
  
Carla Bley

Producer
  
Carla Bley

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August–November 1978

Musique Mecanique (1978)
  
Social Studies (1980)

Release date
  
1979

Label
  
ECM Records

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Studio
  
Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York

Similar
  
Carla Bley albums, Jazz albums

Musique Mecanique is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1978 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1979.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Carla Bley's tentet performs some of her most colorful themes on this often-humorous and generally stimulating set". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley.

  1. "440" - 9:48
  2. "Jesus Maria and Other Spanish Strains" - 11:54
  3. "Musique Mecanique I" - 9:46
  4. "Musique Mecanique II (At Midnight)" - 7:02
  5. "Musique Mecanique III" - 6:28

Personnel

  • Carla Bley - organ, piano (track 2), toy piano (track 3)
  • Michael Mantler - trumpet
  • Alan Braufman - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Gary Windo - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, vocal
  • John Clark - french horn
  • Roswell Rudd - trombone, vocal
  • Bob Stewart - tuba
  • Terry Adams - piano, electric pump organ
  • Steve Swallow - bass guitar
  • Denotra Sharpe - drums
  • Charlie Haden - acoustic bass (track 2)
  • Eugene Chadbourne - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, walkie-talkie (track 2)
  • Karen Mantler - glockenspiel

    • Songs

    14409:48
    2Jesus Maria And Other Spanish Strains11:54
    3Musique Mécanique I9:46

    References

    Musique Mecanique Wikipedia
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