Carla Bley and Paul Haines – Escalator Over The Hill (1971) [3xLP] (24-96 vinyl rip)

Few albums have such a unique profile as Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley, and I'm still not sure how to describe the music more than 30 years after its original release : a free jazz fusion world music avant-garde opera seems pretty close, because you get it all, magnificent, bombastic, waltzing, humpah-ing, screeching, rocking, haunting, enervating, crazy, merry-go-rounding, absurd, stammering, howling, menacing, invigorating, crushing, cinematic, disjointing, chaotic, …. Take an orchestra with the (then) absolute crème-de-la-crème of modern jazz : Don Cherry, Gato Barbieri, Roswell Rudd, Karl Berger, Sam Brown, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Enrico Rava, Perry Robinson, Michael Mantler, Leroy Jenkins, Ron McClure, Jimmy Lyons, Carla Bley herself of course, and add a dozen or so additional horns to form one of the many bands in the opera. Add some stars from the rock-scene, with amongst others Linda Ronstadt on vocals, Jack Bruce (The Cream) on bass and vocals, Don Preston (Mothers Of Invention) on Moog synthesizer, and of course John McLaughlin on guitar, and add some more vocal power Jeanne Lee and Sheila Jordan. And believe me, they're all pretty fantastic.



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TRACKLIST

A Hotel Overture 13:12
B1 … This Is Here 6:00
B2 Like Animals 1:20
B3 Escalator Over The Hill 4:51
B4 Stay Awake 1:18
B5 Ginger And David 1:40
B6 Song To Anything That Moves 2:17
C1 Eoth Theme 0:38
C2 Businessmen 5:37
C3 Ginger And David Theme 0:55
C4 Why 2:19
C5 It's Not What You Do 0:13
C6 Detective Writer Daughter 3:00
C7 Doctor Why 1:30
C8 Slow Dance (Transductory Music) 2:51
C9 Smalltown Agonist 5:29
D1 End Of Head 0:37
D2 Over Her Head 2:37
D3 Little Pony Soldier 4:35
D4 Oh Say Can You Do? 1:08
D5 Holiday In Risk 3:10
D6 Holiday In Risk Theme 0:47
E1 A.I.R. (All India Radio) 4:00
E2 Rawalpindi Blues 12:40
F1 End Of Rawalpindi 9:38
F2 End Of Animals 1:25
F3 … And It's Again 9:55

ARTISTS

Carla Bley - Keyboards
Paul Haines - Poetry
Perry Robinson - Clarinet
Gato Barbieri - Saxophone
Don Cherry - Trumpet
Michael Mantler - Trumpet
Roswell Rudd - Trombone, Vocals
Bob Stewart - Tuba, Vocals
John McLaughlin - Guitar
Karen Mantler - Guitar, Vocals
Don Preston - Synthesizer
Charlie Haden - Bass, Vocals
Jack Bruce - Bass, Vocals
Paul Motian - Drums, Percussion
Linda Ronstadt - Vocals
Paul Jones - Vocals
Jeanne Lee - Vocals
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