![]() Throughout, Carla's distinctive piano is beautifully framed by Swallow's eloquent, elegant bass guitar and Sheppard's yearning saxes. The second piece features plenty of Bley's dark wit, and the third explores the notion of call-and-response. The striking album of three suites of new music begins with a stoical blues, at first melancholic then hopeful. "Musical mastery of a rare order" is how The Telegraph recently described the unique, collective sound of Carla Bley's long-standing trio. Derk Richardson, The Absolute Sound Magazine, April 2020 Swallow's unique electric bass sound and Sheppard's stately tenor and soprano sax tones, heard in ample solo space, seamlessly lock in with Bley's eccentric phrasing as the band sublimely plays on."" Touching here on the blues and there on tango, now buoyant, now contemplative, the music is richly poignant but never lugubrious, bent but not sharply angular, spacious and light but never ungrounded. The album title could reference Bley's career (more than five decades of recording), her age (she turns 82 in May 2020), or the longevity of this uncannily simpatico trio (25 years and counting). Both are evident in her pithy liner notes, her quotes of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "The Star Spangled Banner" in the "Beautiful Telephones" suite (inspired by remarks made by the current president during his first week in the White House), her play on call-and-response in the closing suite, "Copy Cat", and the unfrantic flow of her elegant melodies and soothing harmonies. CARLA BLEY & PAUL HAINES - ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL (3LP) (USED VINYL 1974 UK M-/EX+). "If there's an air of resignation to the way pianist/composer Bley has titled the movements on her opening suite ' "Life Goes On", "On", "And On", "And Then one Day", - it is belied throughout this gently gripping album by Bley's indelible wit and unsinkable sanguinity. One Of TAS' Ten Best Jazz Albums of 2020! TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 5/5 Sonics in the April 2020 Issue of The Absolute Sound! Typical order times are located within the product description. It is not guaranteed.Ī Special Order item is an item that we do not stock but can order from the manufacturer. When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.Īwaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. The Preorder can be released anywhere between weeks, months or years from its initial announcement.Īn Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. Other Preorders are set to release 'TBA.' This means that release date is yet 'To Be Announced'. If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). ![]() ![]() An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.Ī Preorder is an item that has not yet been released. ![]()
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