Carla Bley - Heavy Heart (1983) {WATT Works–ECM Records WATT/14–817 864-1 rel 1984}
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© 1984 WATT Works / ECM Records | WATT/14 / 817 864-1
Jazz / Post Bop / Neo Bop / Keyboards
In a fanciful press release for this record, Carla Bley wrote that she wanted to make a record that would "put people in a mellow, sensual mood" as opposed to getting them all riled up as usual. She must have meant some of this ironically, for while Heavy Heart is a somewhat bright, light-minded album, there are plenty of dark undercurrents to be heard. For example, take the fascinating "Light or Dark," where a light, happy texture is undercut by Hiram Bullock's intruding dissonant guitar and Kenny Kirkland's discordant comping.
Or the ominously titled "Ending It," with Gary Valente's abrasive trombone dominating everyone – or the dissonant, almost inaudible wind backings to Kirkland's big-hearted piano on "Starting Again." In any case, Bley's iconoclastic imagination and ear for unusual sonorities is definitely in gear writing for her ten-tet – and true to her word, a number like "Talking Hearts," an alleged romantic dialogue between Bullock's smooth guitar and Bley's sly synthesizer, is saunteringly attractive stuff.
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Personnel:
Carla Bley organ, synthesizer
Steve Slagle flute, alto and baritone saxophones
Hiram Bullock guitar
Gary Valente trombone
Kenny Kirkland piano
Steve Swallow bass
Victor Lewis drums
Manolo Badrena percussion
Additional Horns:
Michael Mantler trumpet
Earl McIntyre tuba
Recorded September and October 1983 by Tom Mark at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York
Tracklisting:
01 - Light Or Dark
02 - Talking Hearts
03 - Joyful Noise
04 - Ending It
05 - Starting Again
06 - Heavy Heart
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010
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Carla Bley / Heavy Heart
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EAC extraction logfile from 15. July 2011, 20:23
Carla Bley / Heavy Heart
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TOC of the extracted CD
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3 | 12:54.70 | 5:08.13 | 58120 | 81232
4 | 18:03.08 | 6:04.37 | 81233 | 108569
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