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CARLA BLEY BIG BAND "Looking for America" 4 stars (ECM)
If the composer-pianist-bandleader Carla Bley didn't exist, as the saying goes, nobody could invent her, but many of us would still quit our jobs just to try. The world would be a lot less entertaining without the loopy humor, restless curiosity, uninhibited imagination, charisma and disarming wisdom of her best music.
Bley has recorded with all kinds of ensembles and concepts during her 40-year career, but it's a special treat whenever she returns to a traditional (more-or-less) big band, where the broad canvas holds her weightiest ideas without mortgaging the delicate balance of discipline and freedom that keeps listeners _ and her musicians _ on their toes.
The linchpin of "Looking for America" is a sage and sardonic suite called "The National Anthem" that transforms quotes from "The Star Spangled Banner" into ...
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- Carla BLEY (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). (PAR189490)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1984 700+ words
Guy Le Querrec Magnum Photos 01-01-1984 Carla BLEY (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). Keywords...jazz art fra. bouches du rh?? vitrolles jazz festival. carla bley (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). *bc library...
- Carla BLEY (USA)(piano, claviers, orgue, composition, chef d'orchestre)....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1980 700+ words
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- Carla BLEY (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). (PAR57545)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1984 700+ words
Guy Le Querrec Magnum Photos 01-01-1984 Carla BLEY (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). Keywords...jazz art fra. bouches du rh?? vitrolles jazz festival. carla bley (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). *bc library...
- Carla BLEY (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). (PAR57546)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1984 700+ words
Guy Le Querrec Magnum Photos 01-01-1984 Carla BLEY (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). Keywords...jazz art fra. bouches du rh?? vitrolles jazz festival. carla bley (piano, orgue, claviers, composition). *bc library...
- The American pianist Carla BLEY performing with her orchestra composed by the...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1986 700+ words
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- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1980 700+ words
...Jazz Festival. October 1980. The American jazz musician Carla BLEY (piano, keyboards, organ, composer, conductor). Keywords...jazz festival. october 1980. the american jazz musician carla bley (piano, keyboards, organ, composer, conductor). *bc...
- The American pianist Dave BRUBECK playing in the Dave Brubeck Quartet with (on...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Guy Le Querrec January 1, 1986 700+ words
...left) the American guitarist Hiram BULLOCK playing in the Carla BLEY orchestra. Keywords: celebrities american nationality brubeck...left) the american guitarist hiram bullock playing in the carla bley orchestra. *bc library management *story ctrl+k *image...