Songs with Legs

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Songs with Legs
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Live album by
Carla Bley
Released1994
RecordedMay 1994
Genre Jazz
Length54:14
Label Watt/ECM
Producer Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology
Big Band Theory
(1993)		Songs with Legs
(1994)		 The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
(1996)
Steve Swallow chronology
Real Book
(1993)		Songs with Legs
(1994)		 Parlance
(1995)

Songs with Legs is a live album by the American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with the saxophonist Andy Sheppard and the bass guitarist Steve Swallow recorded in Europe and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1994. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 2½ stars and said, "For those who've said they wish Bley would solo more often, Songs with Legs is an album to hear." [2] A biographer also highlighted her increased focus on piano and improvisation at this period in Bley's career, and highlighted the "soulful, spiritual-like piece 'The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!'". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, saying, "She doesn't put a foot wrong throughout." [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Tom Hull B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

  1. "Real Life Hits" - 8:08
  2. "The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!" - 7:48
  3. "Chicken" - 8:21
  4. "Misterioso" (Thelonious Monk) - 10:20
  5. "Wrong Key Donkey" - 12:02
  6. "Crazy with You" - 7:37
  • Recorded live on tour in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Turkey and England in May 1994.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Carla Bley discography. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
    - ECM/WATT discography. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ Beal, Amy C. (2011). Carla Bley. University of Illinois Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN   978-0-252-07818-7.
  4. 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. 131. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  5. ↑ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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