Carla Bley Band Carla Bley/Italy 1977

This is a live recording of the Carla Bley Band. It’s a bit rough, but it’s a stereo audience recording with a strong surround sound. If you like this kind of music, you’ll be grinning just looking at the lineup. First of all, it’s the strongest composer tag team of Carla Bley and Michael Mantler. Then there’s Elton Dean of Soft Machine and free jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd. The bass is also by Hugh Hopper, a master of Soft Machine. From free jazz to jazz rock numbers like “WRONG KEY DONKEY”. A must-listen for fans of ECM, free jazz, and jazz rock. Recorded Live at Alassio, Italy, September 03, 1977 EX-Audience recording 86 min DISC 1 01. Band Intro by Carla Bley 02. DRINKING MUSIC 03. SONG SUNG LONG 04. DREAMS SO REAL 05. WRONG KEY DONKEY DISC 2 01. ROSE AND SAD SONG 02. SPANGLED BANNER MINOR AND OTHER PATRIOT IC SONG 03. A NEW HYMN Carla Bley – organ, piano, tenor saxophone, arranger, conductor Michael Mantler – trumpet Elton Dean – alto saxophone Gary Windo – tenor saxophone Roswell Rudd – trombone John Clark – french horn, electric guitar Bob Stewart – tuba Terry Adams – piano Hugh Hopper – electric bass Andrew Cyrille – drums