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 - 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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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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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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Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - Umbria Jazz 1996

Lester Bowie lead trumpet
Tony Ludjan, Gerald Brazel & Joseph McGollehon trumpet
Earl McIntyre tuba
Frank Lacy, Gary Valente & Louis Bonilla trombone
Vincent Chancey french horn, cornet
Famoudou Don Moye percussion
Vinnie Johnson drums
Anthony Reid, Anthony Trabuse & Danzil Bothus steel drums

01 Night Time (Is the Right Time)
02 Untitled
03 Journey Towards Freedom
04 Music of the Night
05 Fifth Tune
06 Smooth Operator
07 Strange Fruit
08 Drum Solo
09 'o sole mio
10 Count on Me

Registrato a Perugia, San Francesco Al Prato, IL 14 luglio 1996.
Trasmesso da Rai Radio Tre il 27.8.1996

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The Carla Bley Band - Live in Paris (1982)

Arturo O'Farrill, piano
D.Sharpe, drums
Earl McIntyre, tuba
Gary Valente, trombone
Michael Mantler, trumpet
Steve Slagle, soprano saxophone
Steve Swallow, bass
Toni Degradi, tenor saxophone
Vincent Chancey, french horn
Carla Bley, piano

01 Blunt Object
02 Egyptian
03 Major
04 Still in the Room
05 Band Introduction
06 Time and Us
07 The Piano Lesson
08 The Lord Is Listenin' To Ya, Hallelujah!
09 King Korn
10 A new hymn
11 8 e mezzo
12 The Internationale
13 Interlude
14 I hate to sing

Live from Paris – Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 16, 1982 – Radio France
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Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - The odyssey of funk and popular music live in Frankfurt (1999)

Lester Bowie, tp
Joseph Mac Gollehon, tp
Ravi Hassan Best, tp
Gerald Brazel, tp
David Scheiman, tuba
Vincent Chancey, french horn
Louis Bonilla, tb
Gary Valente, tb
Vinton Johnson, dr

01 Opening
02 Don't cry for me, Argentina
03 Nessun dorma
04 Running
05 Unknown
06 Untitled
07 I only have eyes for you

Trasmesso Sabato 19 settembre 2015 - ore 19,05 (Hr2)
Registrato al 30. Deutsches Jazzfestival Frankfurt 1999
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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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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