The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
{{Infobox album
| name = The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
| type = Live album
| artist = The Carla Bley Big Band
| cover = The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded = July 19–21, 1996
| venue = Chiesa San Francesco Al Prato, Umbria Jazz, Perugia, Italy
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 68:19
| label = Watt/ECM
| producer = Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
| chronology = Carla Bley
| prev_title = Songs with Legs
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Fancy Chamber Music
| next_year = 1997
}}
The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in Perugia, Italy as part of the Umbria Jazz Festival and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1996.[http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/CarlaBley/index.html Carla Bley discography] accessed August 12, 2010[http://www.trovar.com/ECM/WATT.php ECM/WATT discography] accessed August 25, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church is a perfect showcase for the forward-thinking compositions and arrangements of Carla Bley... Not quite as experimental as her earlier compositions, this album manages, regardless to be among her best work in the '90s".Proefrock, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r246679|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed August 12, 2010 The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "The best Bley album since Fleur Carnivore? "{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|orig-year = 1992|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0|page = 131}} The JazzTimes review by Willard Jenkins said "the music bears resemblance to what one might expect from an enlightened 21st century church service".Jenkins, W. [http://jazztimes.com/articles/9439-goes-to-church-carla-bley-big-band Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church Review] JazzTimes, May, 1997
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}
| rev8 = Tom Hull
| rev8Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}){{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=28 February 2018|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2608-Streamnotes-February-2018.html|title=Streamnotes|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|access-date=9 July 2020}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.
- "Setting Calvin's Waltz" - 23:51
- "Exaltation/Religious Experience/Major" (Carl Ruggles/Bley/Bley) - 9:33
- "One Way" - 8:29
- "Beads" - 8:27
- "Permanent Wave" - 10:07
- "Who Will Rescue You?" - 7:52
Personnel
- Carla Bley - piano
- Lew Soloff, Guy Barker, Claude Deppa, Steve Waterman - trumpet
- Gary Valente, Pete Beachill, Chris Dean - trombone
- Richard Henry - bass trombone
- Roger Janotta - flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
- Wolfgang Puschnig - alto saxophone
- Andy Sheppard, Jerry Underwood - tenor saxophone
- Julian Argüelles - baritone saxophone
- Karen Mantler - organ, harmonica
- Steve Swallow - bass guitar
- Dennis Mackrel - drums
References
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Category:ECM Records live albums