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Songs with Legs

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Released
  
1994

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Watt/ECM

Recorded
  
May 1994

Length
  
54:14

Producer
  
Carla Bley & Steve Swallow

Songs with Legs is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow recorded in Europe and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1994.

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Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 2½ stars and stated: "For those who've said they wish Bley would solo more often, Songs with Legs is an album to hear." The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, stating: "She doesn't put a foot wrong throughout."

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

  1. "Real Life Hits" - 8:08
  2. "The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!" - 7:48
  3. "Chicken" - 8:21
  4. "Misterioso" (Thelonious Monk) - 10:20
  5. "Wrong Key Donkey" - 12:02
  6. "Crazy with You" - 7:37
  • Recorded live on tour in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Turkey and England in May 1994.

    • Personnel

  • Carla Bley - piano
  • Andy Sheppard - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Steve Swallow - bass guitar

    • References

    Songs with Legs Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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