Houses and People

Carla Bley · 1987 · Deuxième plage de Sextet, avec Bley au synthétiseur basse

Context

Second track of Sextet, on which Bley plays bass synthesizer. Album from 1987 on Watt/ECM, recorded in December 1986 and January 1987 at Grog Kill Studio; all the pieces are by Bley.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• More Brahms (1987)
• The Girl Who Cried Champagne (1987)
• Reactionary Tango (In Three Parts) (1981)
• Walking Batteriewoman (1981)

Sources

• EN: Sextet (Carla Bley album)

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