Sextet (Carla Bley album)

Sextet
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	1987
Recorded	December 1986 & January 1987
Studio	Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	40:58
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley
Carla Bley chronology
Night-Glo (1985) Sextet (1987) Duets (1988)

Sextet is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, released on the Watt/ECM label in 1987. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ( ) [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[5]

AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell stated: "The sound bathes in a polished golden ambience very much in keeping with a product distributed under the ECM banner". ^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2½ stars. ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley.

1. "More Brahms" - 7:31
2. "Houses and People" - 7:26
3. "The Girl Who Cried Champagne" - 6:08
4. "Brooklyn Bridge" - 6:35
5. "Lawns" - 7:06
6. "Healing Power" - 6:22

Personnel

• Carla Bley - organ, synth bass (track 2)
• Larry Willis - piano
• Hiram Bullock - guitar, bass guitar (track 4)
• Steve Swallow - bass guitar
• Victor Lewis - drums
• Don Alias - percussion

References

1. Carla Bley discography accessed August 5, 2010
2. ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
3. Ginell, R. S. AllMusic Review accessed August 5, 2010
4. Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
5. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.