Carla Bley - Social Studies flac album

Social Studies is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1980 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1981.

Album · 1981 · 6 Songs. Social Studies Carla Bley. Listen on Apple Music.

Complete your Carla Bley collection. Social Studies ‎(LP, Album). WATT Works, ECM Records. WATT/11, ECM W 11. Carla Bley.

Live! is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded at the Great American Music Hall in 1981 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1982. Critical reaction to the album is generally positive but varies.

Social Studies is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1980 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1981.

By: Carla Bley (1981, Jazz). More albums from Carla Bley: Fancy Chamber Music by Carla Bley. Go Together by Carla Bley. 13 & 3/4 by Carla Bley. Heavy Heart by Carla Bley. Tropic Appetites by Carla Bley. Dinner Music by Carla Bley. Fleur Carnivore by Carla Bley. View all albums . Social Studies. By: Carla Bley (1981, Jazz). 1. Reactionary Tango (In Three Parts).

Other albums by Carla Bley. Bley's risk-taking serves her quite well on Social Studies, an unorthodox and adventurous pearl that is as rewarding as it is cerebral. Highlights of this LP range from "Reactionary Tango" (an abstract take on Argentinian music) to the melancholy "Utviklingssang" to the angular quasi-hard bop number "Walking Batteriewoman.

1981 Watt 11. Format : CD. Background. Carla Bley Organ, Piano. Michael Mantler Trumpet. Carlos Ward Soprano and Alto Saxophones. Tony Dagradi Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet. Gary Valente Trombone. The WATT Works Family Album. Carla Bley, Michael Mantler, Steve Swallow, Karen Mantler, Steve Weisberg. 13 3/4. Michael Mantler, Carla Bley. Selected Signs III-VIII.

Is Social Studies the best album by Carla Bley? BestEverAlbums. com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. This album At A Glance. Social Studies by Carla Bley (1981) Overall rank: 41,337th. Accolades: Top albums of 1981 (555th). Top albums of the 1980s (5,372nd). Best albums of all time (41,337th).

In 1976 Bley started a run of records that showcased how great a marriage between a composer and a dedicated group of musicians can be. In that period Bley worked with a consistent makeup of instrumentation, usually ten instruments consisting of brass (trumpet, trombone, tuba, french horn), reeds (alto and tenor saxophones), a rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) and herself doubling on piano and organ.