Musique Mecanique

Studio album by Carla Bley

Released

1979

Recorded

August-November 1978

Genre

Jazz

Length

44:51

Carla Bley chronology

European Tour 1977
(1977)

Musique Mecanique
(1978)

Social Studies
(1980)

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
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

Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in August-November 1978.

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
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 accessed August 25, 2016
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 3, 2010
1 2 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.

Carla Bley

As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016)

With Gary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)

With Jazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968-71) Relativity Suite (1973)

With Michael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)

With Charlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)

With Nick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)

With Steve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Are We There Yet? (1999)

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