Carla Bley - Goes To Church (1996)

Artist: Carla Bley
Title Of Album: Goes To Church
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: WATT Works Inc./ECM Records GmbH
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Big Band
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue+log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 01:08:21
Total Size: 371 MB (Covers)


The title of this disc is a small joke--it was recorded as part of the Umbria Jazz Festival in a church, not the kind of acoustic usually very appropriate for jazz but which sounds terrific here. But it's a significant choice of title, given the warm, gospelly vibe of the music, & titles like "Who Will Rescue You?" & "Exaltation" sit beside more ironic titles like "Permanent Wave". "Exaltation" is the one non-Bley piece--it's by the maverick American composer Carl Ruggles--& leads into a gorgeous medley that continues with "Religious Experience" & "Major". The band is in great form; the UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard is solid as always but the knockout player is Wolfgang Puschnig, formerly of the Vienna Art Orchestra. Their loss is Bley's gain. Lew Soloff & Gary Valente, Bley stalwarts, turn in some excellent work too.

A highly enjoyable disc, & a highpoint in Carla Bley's large but rather uneven recorded output. Do try.
By N. Dorward

Tracklist:

01. Setting Calvin's Waltz 23:52
02. Exaltation / Religious Experience / Major 09:33
03. One Way 08:29
04. Beads 08:27
05. Permanent Wave 010:07
06. Who Will Rescue You? 07:52


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