Fancy Chamber Music Explained

Fancy Chamber Music is an album by the American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, recorded in England in 1997 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1998.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Tim Sheridan stated: "Always the iconoclast, here pianist Bley applies her keen musical skill on baroque and chamber styles with tongue firmly in cheek and a fine string section to set the mood".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated: "Very little to separate the fancy from the funky. Vintage Bley".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley.

1. "Wolfgang Tango" - 14:29
2. "Romantic Notion No. 4" - 2:26
3. "End of Vienna" - 9:00
4. "Tigers in Training" - 19:02
5. "Romantic Notion No. 6" - 1:05
6. "Jon Benet" - 7:17

• Recorded at SnakeRanch Studio, London, England on December 5 & 6, 1997.

Personnel

• Carla Bley - piano
  • • • Steve Morris - violin Andrew Byrt - viola Emma Black - cello Steve Swallow - bass
    • Alison Hayhurst - flute Sara Lee - clarinet, glockenspiel Chris Wells - percussion

Notes and References

1. http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/CarlaBley/index.html Carla Bley discography
2. http://www.trovar.com/ECM/WATT.php ECM/WATT discography
3. Sheridan, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r385211|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed August 12, 2010
4. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 131.