Carla Bley Big Band with Paul Haines - Umbria Jazz 1998: Escalator over the Hill

 

Carla Bley conductor
Paul Haines narrator
Lindsay Richardson, Phil Minton, Linda Sharrock, Six Rhode, David Moss vocals
Karen Mantler vocals, keyboards
Gary Valente trombone
Wolfgang Puschnig flute, vocals, tenor saxophone
Andy Sheppard vocals, tenor saxophone
Julian Arguelles baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, vocals
Baikida Carroll & Guy Barker trumpet
Brad Shapick guitar
Richard Edwards, Adrian Lane & Roger Williams trombone
Steve Ladder keyboards
Steve Swallow bass
Dennis McRella drums
Ramesh Shotham percussion
Pamela Tierivala viola

Hotel overture
This is here...
Like animals
Escalator over the hill
Stay awake
Song to anything that moves
Ginger and David theme
Why
It's not what you do
Slow Dance
Small Town Agonist
End of Head
...and it's Again
Holiday in Risk
A.I.R. (All India Radio)
Little Pony Soldier
Oh Say Can You Do?
Rawalpindi Blues

Registrato al Teatro Turreno di Perugia il 13 luglio 1998.
Trasmesso da Radio Tre Rai il 21.7.1998

download 

Carla Bley Band - Ravenna Jazz Festival 1996

 

Carla Bley: piano
Claude Deppa, Guy Barker, Lew Soloff & Steve Waterman: trumpets
Chris Dean, Gary Valente, Pete Bitchill & Richard Henry: trombones
Andy Sheppard, Jerry Underwood, Julian Arguelles, Roger Jannotta & Wolfgang Puschnig: saxophones
Karen Mantler: organ
Steve Swallow: bass
Dennis Mackrel: drums 

1. Settin' Calvin Waltz parts I-VI
2. Exaltation Carl Ruggles
3. Religious Experience
4. Major
5. One Way
6. On The Stage In Cages
7. Beads 

download 

Carla Bley & The Lost Chords - Live in London (2009)

Carla Bley (piano)
Andy Sheppard (saxophone)
Steve Swallow (bass)
Billy Drummond (drums)

01 Valse sinistre
02 O holy night
03 Sidewinders in Paradise
04 Awful Coffee
05 The Lost Chords (Parts One, Two and Three)
06 Utviklingssang

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 17.11.09
Recording by my disappeared master Mel from England.

Front cover & picture by Barabbovich.
Download

Carla Bley trio - Tampere Jazz Happening (2015)

Carla Bley, piano
Steve Swallow, electric bass
Andy Sheppard, saxophones

01 Spoken introduction
02 Naked bridges diving brides
03 Healing power
04 Untitled
05 Sin Fin
06 Potacion de Guaya
07 Camino al volver
08 Closing

Recorded at Tampere Jazz Happenings, 1.11.2015
Trasmesso Domenica 15 maggio 2016 - ore 21,00 (Yle Radio 1)
Download

Carla Bley & Lost Chords featuring Paolo Fresu - Bananas & More. Live in Saltzburg (2007)

Carla Bley, pianoforte;
Steve Swallow, bass elettrico;
Andy Sheppard, sax tenore;
Billy Drummond, batteria;
Paolo Fresu, tromba

01 One banana
02 Two banana
03 Three banana
04 Four
05 Five banana
06 One banana more
07 Rut
08 La Paloma
09 Liver Of Life
10 Death Of Superman - Dream Sequence #1 - Flying

Recorded live at Salzburger JazzHerbst, University of Saltzburg, 28.10.2007. All compositions by Carla Bley
Highly reccommended!!!
Download

Carla Bley live in France (2009)

Carla Bley - piano
Andy Sheppard - saxophones
Steve Swallow - bass guitar
Billy Drummond - drums

01 Talk
02 Three Blind Mice (I)
03 Three Blind Mice (II)
04 Three Blind Mice (III)
05 Valse Sinistre
06 Sidewinders in Paradise
07 Talk
08 Misterioso
09 Awful Coffee
10 Talk
11 The Lost Chords (I)
12 The Lost Chords (II & III)
13 Utviklingssang

Domaine Pommery, Reims, France (FM), November 18, 2009
Download

Carla Bley à Salle Pleyel (2010)

Carla Bley, piano;
Paolo Fresu, trompette;
Andy Sheppard, saxophone;
Billy Drummond, batterie;
Steve Swallow, basse

01 Banana quintet - One banana
02 Banana quintet - Two banana
03 Banana quintet - Three banana
04 Banana quintet - Four banana
05 Banana quintet - Five banana
06 Banana quintet - One banana more
07 Rut
08 Vashkar
09 Ad infinitum
10 Death of Superman

à Salle Pleyel, 25/04/10
Download

Carla Bley Turin Project Big Band - Live in Turin (2012)

Carla Bley, pianoforte, leader
Steve Swallow, basso
Andy Sheppard, sax tenore
Claudio Chiara, sax alto
Valerio Signetto, sax alto
Fulvio Albano, sax tenore
Helga Plankensteiner, sax baritono
Beppe Calamosca, trombone
Gigi Grata, trombone
Dino Piana, trombone
Gianfranco Marchesi, trombone basso
Nemanja Jovanovic, tromba
Luca Calabrese, tromba
Vito Giordano, tromba
Giampaolo Casati, tromba
Adam Pache, batteria
Alberto Gurrisi, organo hammond


01 The Turin suite, pt I
02 The Turin suite, pt II
03 The Turin suite, pt III
04 The Turin suite, pt IV
05 The Turin suite, pt V
06 The Turin suite, pt VI
07 The Turin suite, pt VII

GIORNATA INTERNAZIONALE DEL JAZZ
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre in diretta da Piazza Castello in Torino
TORINO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Download

Carla Bley trio - Live in Germany (2013)

Carla Bley - piano
Steve Swallow - bass
Andy Sheppard - sax

01 Vashkar
02 The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah
03 The Girl Who Cried Champagne, Part 1
04 The Girl Who Cried Champagne, Part 2
05 The Girl Who Cried Champagne, Part 3
06 Utviklingssang
07 Awful Coffee

october 12, 2013, Kultur und Tagungszentrum, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany (FM)
Download

Carla Bley 4x4 - Jazz Ost-West (2000)

Carla Bley (piano)
Steve Swallow (bass)
Lew Soloff (trumpet)
Dennis McRella (drums)
Will Bullwhare (organ)
Wolfgang Puschnig (alto saxophone)
Gary Valente (trombone)
Andy Sheppard (tenor saxophone)

1. Chitcken
2. Baseball
3. Betul ship
4. Baby baby

Registrato dal vivo dal Bayerischer Rundfunk nell’ambito del Festival Jazz Ost-West 2000 – The many faces of Jazz il 3 novembre 2000.
Trasmesso da Radio Tre Rai il Primo maggio 2001

Download

Carla Bley Trio - The Köln concert (2015)

Carla Bley, piano
Steve Swallow, e-bass
Andy Sheppard, saxophones

01 Rut
02 Naked bridges diving brides
03 Tricycle
04 Healing power
05 Ups and downs
06 Lawns

Registrato il 26 ottobre 2015 Stadtgarten, Köln
Trasmesso Sabato 28 novembre 2015 - ore 20,05 (WDR 3)
Download

The Carla Bley Band - Umbria Jazz 2002

Carla Bley - pianoforte
Wolfgang Puschnig - sax soprano e tenore
Andy Sheppard - sassofono
Julian Arguelles - sassofono
Roger Jannotta - sassofono
Christoph Panzani - sassofono
Lew Soloff - tromba
Ernie Hummers - tromba
Earl Gardner - tromba
Giampaolo Casali - tromba
Giuseppe Calamosca - trombone
Gigi Grata - trombone
Gary Valente - trombone
Richard Henry - trombone basso
Karen Mantler - organo
Steve Swallow - basso
Billy Drummond - batteria
Marceo Doctor - percussioni
 

1. United States part 1
2. United States part 2
3. United States part 3
4. United States part 4
5. Fast lane
6. El cucinero
7. Hip hop
8. Hotel ouverture
9. Tijuana Traffic

donwload

Rita Marcotulli - Koinè all'Ambra (2003)

Anders Jormin, bass
Andy Sheppard, sax
Anja Garbarek, vocals
Arto Tunçboyaciyan, percussion
Gianmaria Testa, guitars, vocals
Metaxu (Maurizio Martusciello), sound design
Philippe Garcia, drums effects
Rita Marcotulli, piano

1. G. continuo
2. Arto's iterlude
3. Koinè
4. Just feel
5. Big mouth (Anja Garbarek)
6. Sixth
7. E per non fare la fine di quella talpa
8. Numeri (Gianmaria Testa)
9. Afromenia
10. Fuori dal tempo
11. Drum solo
12. Il richiamo - prima parte
13. Il richiamo - seconda parte
14. Biancaluna (Gianmaria Testa)
15. Ambra
16. Gli amanti di Roma (Gianmaria Testa)

Trasmesso in diretta dal Teatro Ambra Jovinelli di Roma il 3.2.2003

download

Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Dheppard - Live in Stockholm (2019)

 

Carla Bley, piano
Steve Swallow, electric bass
Andy Sheppard, saxophones

01 Life Goes On I. Life Goes On
02 Life Goes On II. On
03 Life Goes On III. And On
04 Life Goes On IV. And Then One Day
05 Ups & Downs
06 Beautiful Telephones I
07 Beautiful Telephones II
08 Beautiful Telephones III
09 Vashkar
10 Three Banana
11 Misterioso

Live at Jazzklubb Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden, October 14, 2019

download

Carla Bley featuring Paolo Fresu - New Conversations (2007)

Carla Bley, pianoforte;
Steve Swallow, bass elettrico;
Andy Sheppard, sax tenore;
Billy Drummond, batteria;
Paolo Fresu, tromba

01 The banana quintet part 1
02 The banana quintet part 2
03 The banana quintet part 3
04 The banana quintet part 4
05 The banana quintet part 5
06 Root
07 Vashkar
08 Ad infinitum

Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre l'11 settembre 2007
Registrato a Vicenza, Teatro Olimpico, il 14.5.2007

Download this excellent concert here

Andy Sheppard Quartet - Live in Sweden (2016)

Andy Sheppard: saxophone
Eivind Aarset: guitar, electronics
Michel Benita: bass
Michele Rabbia: drums

01 Tipping Point
02 I Want To Vanish
03 Pe In Eirinn
04 Beyond The Dancing Sun
05 All Becomes Again
06 With Every Flower That Falls
07 Riverman
08 Medication
09 Lets Us Go North
10 Forever And A Day
11 Variation #3
12 Looking For Ornette
13 Romaria
14 And I Love Her

Live at Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden, February 20, 2106
Special thanks to http://livejazzlounge.com/
Download

Nana Vasconcelos & Andy Sheppard - Reggio Emilia Jazz Festival 1990

Andy Sheppard, saxophones
Nana Vasconcelos, percussion, vocals, berimbau
Ernest Resinger, cello
Horphy Robinson, vibraphone

01 First
02 Second
03 Third

Recorded live in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 5, 1990
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre l'8 dicembre 1990
Download

Rita Marcotulli - Us and Them (Omaggio ai Pink Floyd) (2008)

Rita Marcotulli - pianoforte e tastiere
Andy Sheppard - sax tenore e soprano
Fausto Mesolella - chitarra elettrica
Giovanni Tommaso - contrabbasso
Matthew Garrison - basso elettrico
Michele Rabbia - percussioni ed elettronica
Alfredo Golino - batteria
Raiz - voce (imho totalmente inadeguata ...)

01 Astronomy domine
02 Melodico
03 Cirrus minor
04 Intromoney
05 Money
06 Goodbye blue sky
07 Burning bridges
08 San Tropez
09 Crying song
10 Set the controls for the heart of the sun
11 Us and Them

CD out of print
Download

The very big Carla Bley band - Umbria jazz 2006

The very big Carla Bley band, featuring
Andy Sheppard, saxophones
Bill Drummond, drums
Carla Bley, piano
Christophe Panzani,
Earl Gardner,
Florian Esch,
Gary Valente,
Giampaolo Casati,
Gigi Grata,
Giuseppe Calamosca,
Julian Arguelles,
Karen Mantler, keyboards
Lew Soloff,
Richard Henry,
Roger Jannotta, flute
Steve Swallow, bass
Wolfgang Puschnig, saxophones

01 (Appearing nightly at) Black Orchid (Cocktail music) - part 1
02 (Appearing nightly at) Black Orchid (Cocktail music) - part 2
03 Greezy gravy (Food music for Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna)
04 Owful coffee (Food music for Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna)
05 Ouverture from 'Escalator over the hill'
06 Band introduction
07 Someone to watch (Tin Pan Alley)
08 Till you (Tin Pan Alley)
09 Tijuana Traffic (a terrible accident in Mexico)
10 Ending

Registrato a Perugia, Teatro Morlacchi, il 13 luglio 2006
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre il 31 ottobre 2006

Part one
Part two
Part three

Sheppard, Benita, Rochford - Trio Libero live in Lugano 2012

Andy Sheppard, sassofoni
Michel Benita, contrabbasso
Sebastian Rochford, batteria

01 Libertino
02 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
03 Land Of Nod
04 Spacewalk, Part 1
05 Spacewalk, Part 2
06 Ishidatamil
07 Dia Da Liberdade
08 Skin - Kaa
09 Slip Duty
10 Lots Of Stairs
11 The Unconditional Secret
12 When We Live On The Stars
13 Whereveryougoigotoo

Trasmesso in diretta dallo Studio 2 della RSI di Lugano-Besso (Rete Due) il 27.3.2012

Listen here