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

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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 

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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

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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