Fancy Chamber Music
| Fancy Chamber Music | ||||
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| Studio album by Carla Bley | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | December 5 & 6, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 53:04 | |||
| Label | Watt/ECM | |||
| Producer | Carla Bley & Steve Swallow | |||
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Fancy Chamber Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with a chamber ensemble recorded in England in 1997 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1998.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Tim Sheridan awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Always the iconoclast, here pianist Bley applies her keen musical skill on baroque and chamber styles with tongue firmly in cheek and a fine string section to set the mood".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars stating "Very little to separate the fancy from the funky. Vintage Bley".[3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley
- "Wolfgang Tango" - 14:29
- "Romantic Notion No. 4" - 2:26
- "End of Vienna" - 9:00
- "Tigers in Training" - 19:02
- "Romantic Notion No. 6" - 1:05
- "Jon Benet" - 7:17
- Recorded at SnakeRanch Studio, London, England on December 5 & 6, 1997.
Personnel
- Carla Bley - piano
- Steve Morris - violin
- Andrew Byrt - viola
- Emma Black - cello
- Steve Swallow - double bass
- Alison Hayhurst - flute
- Sara Lee - clarinet, glockenspiel
- Chris Wells - percussion
References
- ↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010
- 1 2 Sheridan, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 2010
- 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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