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lunedì 26 gennaio 2026
Carla Bley Plays Christmas Carols - Berlin (2008)
Carla Bley, p, arr, lead
Steve Swallow, b
Tobias Weidinger, tp, Glockenspiel
Axel Schlosser, tp
Christine Chapman, frh
Adrian Mears, tb
Ed Partyka, btb, tu
01 O Tannenbaum
02 Silent Night And Day
03 Jingle Bells
04 The Christmas Song
05 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
06 O Holy Night - Joy To The World
07 God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
08 O Come To Bethlehem, All Ye Faithful
Passionskirche, Berlin, Germany, 4th December 2008
sabato 3 gennaio 2026
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
martedì 23 settembre 2025
Charlie Haden Liberation New Liberation Music Orchestra featuring Carla Bley - Umbria Jazz 2005
Ahnee Sharon Freeman, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Chris Cheek, Curtis Fowlkes, Joe Daley, Matt Wilson, Michael Rodriguez, Miguel Zenon, Seneca Black, Steve Cardenas, Tony Malaby
1. Not in our name (Charlie Haden)
2. Amazing grace (traditional)
3. This is not America (Bowie, Metheny, Mays)
4. Blue anthem (Carla Bley)
5. America the beautiful medley part I (Coleman, Johnson)
6. America the beautiful medley part II (Coleman, Johnson) including Lift every voice and sing
7. America the beautiful medley part III (Coleman, Johnson) including Skies of America
8. America the beautiful medley part IV (Coleman, Johnson)
9. America the beautiful medley part V (Coleman, Johnson)
10. Goin' Home (From the Largo of the New World Symphony) (Dvoràk)
11. Throughout (Bill Frisell)
12. Adagio (From Adagio for Strings) (Barber)
13. Turn around (Ornette Coleman)
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martedì 9 settembre 2025
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
martedì 1 luglio 2025
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.
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martedì 3 settembre 2024
The Carla Bley Band - Live in Hamburg (1986)
Carla Bley - cond, org
Wayne Krantz – g
Larry Willis – p
Steve Swallow – b
Victor Lewis – d
Donna ??? - ?
Bob Stewart – tuba
Hannes Kottek – tp
Karl „Bumi“ Fian – tp
Christian Radovan – tb
Didier Hatt – tp
Roger Janotta – saxes
Harry Sokal – saxes
Wolfgang Puschnig – saxes
Roman Schwaller – saxes
Maurice Magnoni – saxes
01 The Girl Who Cried Champagne
02 A Small Island in the South Pacific
03 Real Life Hits
04 Rut
05 Untitled
06 Healing Power
07 Lost In The Stars
Thalia-Theater, Hamburg, Germany, august 30, 1986
venerdì 17 novembre 2023
Steve Swallow Quintet - Tra jazz e nuove musiche (2014)
Steve Swallow bass
Chris Cheek tenor sax
Carla Bley Hammond B3
Steve Cardenas guitar
Jorge Rossy drums
01 Bite Your Grandmother
02 Into The Woodwork
03 Maybe so
04 Back in Action
05 Now and now again
06 Grisly Business
07 Unnatural Causes
08 Bend Over Backwards
09 Let's Eat
10 Will I Never
11 Even After
12 Name That Tune
13 William and Mary
Registrato nel pomeriggio di domenica 23 novembre 2014 al Cinema Teatro di Chiasso
Trasmesso Domenica 23 novembre 2014 - ore 21,00 (RSI Rete2)
lunedì 23 ottobre 2023
Carla Bley & Torino Jazz Orchestra - The Turin Project reloaded (2018)
pianoforte, direzione, Carla Bley
basso elettrico, Steve Swallow
Torino Jazz Orchestra
direzione, sax tenore, Fulvio Albano
sax contralto, Claudio Chiara
sax contralto, sax tenore, Valerio Signetto
sax tenore, Gianni Virone
sax baritono, Helga Plankensteiner
tromboni, Rudi Migliardi, Luca Begonia, Stefano Calcagno, Gianfranco Marchesi
trombe, Fernando Brusco, Silvio Barbara, Vito Giordano, Claudio Corvini
organo Hammond, Fabio Giachino
batteria, Adam Pache
01 Appearing Nightly At The Black Orchid
02 All Fall Down
03 Greasy Gravy
04 Awful Coffee
05 Band Introduction
06 On the Stage in Cages
07 Who Will Rescue You
Tramesso in diretta da Rai Radio Tre sabato 28 aprile 2018 alle 22.30 dalle Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Torino
TORINO JAZZ
venerdì 20 ottobre 2023
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)
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giovedì 19 ottobre 2023
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!!!
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mercoledì 18 ottobre 2023
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
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martedì 17 ottobre 2023
The Carla Bley Band - Boo to you too (1979)
Carla Bley, piano, organ, composer
Arturo O'Farril, piano, organ
Carlos Ward, alto saxophone
Michael Mantler, trumpet
Gary Windo, tenor saxophone
Vincent Chancey, french horn
Gary Valente, trombone
Earl McIntyre, tuba
D.Sharpe, drums
Steve Swallow, bass
Thomas Ströwsand, tubular bells
01 Michael Naura Introducing the band
02 Floater
03 Ida Lupino
04 Wrong Key Donkey
05 Dreams so real
06 Walking Batterie Woman
07 I'm a mineralist
08 Boo to you too
09 Musique Mecanique III
Trasmesso Venerdì 16 gennaio 2015 - ore 20,04 (Kultur Radio)
Registrato il 4 novembre 1979, Philharmonie
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lunedì 16 ottobre 2023
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
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lunedì 9 ottobre 2023
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
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venerdì 6 ottobre 2023
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)
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giovedì 5 ottobre 2023
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
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mercoledì 4 ottobre 2023
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)
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venerdì 20 gennaio 2023
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
giovedì 23 giugno 2022
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
sabato 12 marzo 2022
Going back a bit: a little history of Robert Wyatt (1994)
featuring Alfie Benge, Bill McCormick, Brian Eno, Carla Bley, Chris Spedding, Danish Radio Orchestra, Dave Gale, Dave McRae, Dave Sinclair, Dave Stewart, Fred Frith, Gary Valente, Gary Windo, Howard Johnson, Hugh Hopper, Ivor Cutler, Jack DeJohnette, John Greaves, Julie Christie, Laurie Allan, Mike Mantler, Mike Oldfield, Mike Ratledge, Mongezi Feza, Nick Mason, Nisar Ahmad "George" Kahn, Peter Kragerup, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Rick Fenn, Steve Swallow, Terje Rypdal, Cristina Donà, Robert Wyatt
CD 1
1. To Caravan and brother Jim
2. O Caroline
3. God song
4. Calyx
5. I'm a believer
6. Memories
7. Sonia
8. Five black notes and one white note
9. Team spirit
10. Song for che
11. The dubtful guest
12. The object lesson
13. Arauco
14. A l'abattoir
15. I'm a mineralist
16. Rangers in the night
17. All she wanted
18. Left on man
19. Lisp service
20. The Internationale
CD 2
1. Moon in june
2. Gloria gloom
3. Alifib
4. Alifie
5. Last straw
6. Sea song
7. Yesterday man
8. Little red Robin Hood hit the road
9. Soup song
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