Sextet (Carla Bley album)
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| Studio album by Carla Bley | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | December 1986 & January 1987 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 40:58 | |||
| Label | Watt/ECM | |||
| Producer | Carla Bley | |||
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Sextet is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1987.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with a review by Richard S. Ginell stating, "The sound bathes in a polished golden ambience very much in keeping with a product distributed under the ECM banner".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2½ stars.[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Carla Bley
- "More Brahms" - 7:31
- "Houses and People" - 7:26
- "The Girl Who Cried Champagne" - 6:08
- "Brooklyn Bridge" - 6:35
- "Lawns" - 7:06
- "Healing Power" - 6:22
- Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in December 1986 and January 1987.
Personnel
- Carla Bley - organ, synth bass (track 2)
- Larry Willis - piano
- Hiram Bullock - guitar, bass guitar (track 4)
- Steve Swallow - bass guitar
- Victor Lewis - drums
- Don Alias - percussion
References
- ↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 5, 2010
- 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 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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