Songs with Legs

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.^[1]

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".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars stating "She doesn't put a foot wrong throughout".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except as indicated

"Real Life Hits" - 8:08
"The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!" - 7:48
"Chicken" - 8:21
"Misterioso" (Thelonious Monk) - 10:20
"Wrong Key Donkey" - 12:02
"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

↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 9, 2010
↑ 2.0 2.1 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed August 9, 2010
↑ 3.0 3.1 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (in English) (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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Studio albums	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013)

With Gary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)

With the Jazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968-71) Relativity Suite (1973)

With Michael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)

With Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)

With Nick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)

With Steve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Songs with Legs (1994) Are We There Yet? (1999)

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