Duets (Carla Bley & Steve Swallow album)
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Duets is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1988.[1][2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by David Nelson McCarthy awarded the album 4½ stars and stated that "their tremendous musical rapport and precise wit are really beautiful. It comes highly recommended".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, stating that it is "an entertaining album and an ideal primer on Bley's compositional and improvising techniques".[4]
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| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Carla Bley except as indicated
- "Baby Baby" - 6:28
- "Walking Batteriewoman" - 4:01
- "Útviklingssang" - 4:42
- "Ladies in Mercedes" (Steve Swallow) - 5:44
- "Romantic Notion No. 3" - 7:02
- "Remember" (Swallow) - 5:24
- "Ups and Downs" - 6:16
- "Reactionary Tango (In Three Parts)" (Bley, Swallow) - 8:44
- "Soon I Will Be Done With the Troubles of This World" (Traditional) - 6:58
- Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in the Summer of 1985.
Personnel
References
- ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 6, 2010
- ^ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b McCarthy, D. N. Allmusic Review accessed August 6, 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.