submitted on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
It's been five years since Carla Bley last worked with a big band on the politically motivated Looking for America (Watt, 2003). In the intervening years, the composer/bandleader has focused on small ensemble work with The Lost Chords (2004), and a follow-up encounter with trumpeter Paolo Fresu on The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu (2007), both on her own Watt label. Appearing Nightly has a more benign purpose than Looking for America--a warm look back at the social but sophisticated New York club scene of the 1950s, where Bley often worked as a cigarette or coat check girl, getting the opportunity to hear many of the groups and music that would ultimately influence her own work...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: John Kelman
