Released 1996 Length 68:19 Release date 1996 Genre Jazz | Recorded July 19-21, 1996 Artist Carla Bley Label ECM Records | |
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Venue Chiesa San Francesco Al Prato, Umbria Jazz, Perugia, Italy Producer Carla Bley & Steve Swallow The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
(1996) Fancy Chamber Music
(1997) Similar Carla Bley albums, Jazz albums | ||
The carla bley big band goes to church
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.
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Reception
The 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". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "The best Bley album since Fleur Carnivore? " The JazzTimes review by Willard Jenkins said "the music bears resemblance to what one might expect from an enlightened 21st century church service".
Track listing
All 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
Songs
1Setting Calvin's Waltz23:53
2Exaltation / Religious Experience / Major9:34
3One Way8:29