Musique Mecanique
| Musique Mecanique | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | August–November 1978 | |||
| Studio | Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:51 | |||
| Label | Watt/ECM | |||
| Producer | Carla Bley | |||
| Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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Musique Mecanique is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1978 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1979.[1][2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Carla Bley's tentet performs some of her most colorful themes on this often-humorous and generally stimulating set".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars.[4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[5] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley.
- "440" - 9:48
- "Jesus Maria and Other Spanish Strains" - 11:54
- "Musique Mecanique I" - 9:46
- "Musique Mecanique II (At Midnight)" - 7:02
- "Musique Mecanique III" - 6:28
Personnel
- Carla Bley - organ, piano (track 2), toy piano (track 3)
- Michael Mantler - trumpet
- Alan Braufman - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Gary Windo - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, vocal
- John Clark - french horn
- Roswell Rudd - trombone, vocal on "Musique Mecanique II (At Midnight)"
- Bob Stewart - tuba
- Terry Adams - piano, electric pump organ
- Steve Swallow - bass guitar
- Denotra Sharpe - drums
- Charlie Haden - acoustic bass (track 2)
- Eugene Chadbourne - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, walkie-talkie (track 2)
- Karen Mantler - glockenspiel
References
- ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 3, 2010
- ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 3, 2010
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.