Live! (Carla Bley album)

Live! is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Great American Music Hall in 1981 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1982.^[1]

Reception

Critical reaction to the album is generally positive but varies. The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "Listeners looking for prime Carla Bley would do better to search out her earlier, far more adventurous and creative work".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars and stated: "Live! is a treat, representing one of the finest performances by her and Mantler on record".^[3]

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

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

"Blunt Object" - 5:10
"The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!" - 7:24
"Time and Us" - 7:59
"Still in the Room" - 9:06
"Real Life Hits" - 4:26
"Song Sung Long" - 7:30

Recorded at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California on August 19-21, 1981.

Personnel

Carla Bley - organ, glockenspiel, piano (track 3)
Michael Mantler - trumpet
Steve Slagle - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Tony Dagradi - tenor saxophone
Vincent Chancey - French horn
Gary Valente - trombone
Earl McIntyre - tuba, bass trombone
Arturo O'Farrill - piano, organ (track 3)
Steve Swallow - bass guitar
D. Sharpe - drums

References

↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 3, 2010
1 2 Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed August 3, 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. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

Carla Bley

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 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	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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