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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Annie Whitehead, Heidi Heidelberg, Mauricio Velasierra, Karen Mantler, John Greaves, Chris Cutler - Wyattando (2022)

 

Annie Whitehead, trombone, voce
Heidi Heidelberg, voce, chitarra
Mauricio Velasierra, flauto, effetti, cori
Karen Mantler, organo, voce
John Greaves, basso, voce
Chris Cutler, batteria

01 Alifib
02 Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road
03 Left of Man
04 Forest
05 Gloria Gloom
06 Sea Song
07 God Song
08 Maryan
09 Beware
10 Alliance
11 September the Ninth
12 Life Is Sheep
13 The United States of Amnesia
14 Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
15 Gharbzadegi
16 Team Spirit
17 The Official Robert Wyatt Fun Song Club

Registrato presso l’Anfiteatro della Pace, Bari, il 26.8.2022
Trasmesso Martedì 25 aprile 2023, ore 20.30

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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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Karen Mantler And Her Cat Arnold: Get The Flu (1990)

Karen Mantler vocals, harmonica, organ
Eric Mingus vocals
Steven Bernstein trumpet
Pablo Calogero baritone saxophone, flute
Marc Muller guitar
Steve Weisberg keyboards
Jonathan Sanborn bass
Ethan Winogrand drums

The Flu
I Love Christmas
Let's Have A Baby
My Organ
Au Lait
Waiting
Call A Doctor
Good Luck
I'm Not Such A Bad Guy
Mean To Me

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Karen Mantler's Pet Project (2000)

featuring Arturo O'Farrill, Carla Bley, Eric Mingus, Gary Valente, Hiram Bullock, Karen Mantler, Kato Hideki, Michael Evans, Pablo Calogero, Steven Bernstein

1. My Cat Arnold is Dead
2. A New Pet
3. Wild or Tame
4. Turtles
5. Life is Sheep
6. Go Fish
7. Why not a Bear?
8. Love Birds
9. Shedding
10. Aardvark to Zebra


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Karen Mantler - Farewell (1996)

Karen Mantler vocals, harmonica, piano, organ, synthesizer, harmonium, glockenspiel
Mike Evans drums, vibraphone, tabla, percussion, alto saxophone, vocals
Carla Bley C-melody saxophone
Scott Williams vocals

Farewell
Mister E
Brain Dead
Arnold's Dead
I'm His Boss
My Life Is Hell
Help Me
The Bill
Con Edison
I Hate Money
Beware

Recorded Winter 1995
Xtra Watt 8

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Karen Mantler - My Cat Arnold (1989)

Karen Mantler vocals, harmonica, organ, piano
Eric Mingus vocals
Jonathan Sanborn bass
Ethan Winogrand drums
Marc Muller guitar
Steve Weisberg synthesizers
Steven Bernstein trumpet
Pablo Calogero baritone saxophone

I Wanna Be Good
My Stove
Vacation
Breaking Up
People Die
My Cat Arnold
Best Of Friends
Fear Of Pain
Major Love
Green Beans

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Steve Weisberg - I can't stand another night alone (in bed with you) (1986)

Lew Soloff trumpet
Baikida Carroll trumpet
Gary Valente trombone
John Clark French horn
Wolfgang Puschnig alto saxophone, flute
Howard Johnson baritone saxophone, contra bass clarinet, tuba
Hiram Bullock guitar
Steve Weisberg piano, synthesizer, organ
Steve Swallow drums
Victor Lewis drums
Anton Fier drum

1. I can't stand another night alone (in bed with you)
2. Table for one
3. Walking home alone
4. Waking up alone
5. Trapped in true love
6. You can't have anything

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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