Carla Bley & Paul Haines - “Escalator Over The Hill”

Carla Bley & Paul Haines
“Escalator Over The Hill”
JCOA Records
WATT Records
1971

Carla Bley é um nome incontornável da história do jazz e do universos musical e deixou-nos a 17 Outubro de 2023. Compositora e pianista, Carla Bley sempre esteve à frente do seu tempo e assim recordamos aqui "Escalator Over The Hill".

Carla Bley

Carla Bley – Organ, Celesta, Organ Calliope, Voice.

Michael Mantler – Trumpet, Voice.

Sam Brown – Acustic Guitar.

Dewey Redman – Alto Saxophone.

Jimmy Lions – Alto Saxophone.

Chris Woods – Baritone Saxophone.

Charlie Haden – Bass, Voice.

Jack Bruce – Bass, Voice.

Richard Youngstein – Bass.

Ron McClue – Bass.

Jack Jeffers – Bass Trombone, Voice.

Bill Morimando – Bells, Celesta.

Calo Scott – Cello.

Perry Robinson – Clarinet.

Souren Baronian – Clarinet.

Peggy Imig – Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone.

Roger Dawson – Congas.

Paul Motian – Drums.

Bob Carlisle – French Horn.

Sharon Freeman – French Horn.

John McLaughlin – Guitar.

Don Preston – Synthesizer, Voice.

Gato Barbieri – Tenor Saxophone.

Jimmy Knepper – Trombone.

Roswell Rudd – Trombone, Voice.

Sam Burtis – Trombone, Voice.

Don Cherry – Trumpet, Voice.

Enrico Rava – Trumpet.

John Buckingham – Tuba.

Karl Berger – Vibraphone.

Nancy Newton – Viola, Voice.

Leroy Jenkins – Violin.

Linda Ronstadt – Vocals.

Sheila Jordan – Voice.

Jeanne Lee – Voice.

Karen Mantler – Voice.

Bob Stewart – Voice.

Rosalind Hupp – Voice.

Tod Papageorge – Voice.

Viva – Voice.

Jane Blackstone – Voice.

Paul Jones – Voice.

Timothy Marquand – Voice.

Bill Leonard – Voice.

Steve Ferguson – Voice.

Eileen Hale – Voice.

Howard Johnson – Voice.

Jonathan Cott – Voice.

Pat Stewart – Voice.

Sharon Freeman – Voice.

Steve Gabhardt – Voice.

Tyrus Gerlach – Voice.

Perry Robinson – Voice.

Paul Haines

(1933 - 2003)

CD.1

1 – Hotel Overture – 13:11

2 – This Is Here – 5:56

3 – Like Animals – 1:21

4 – Escalator Over The Hill – 4:52

5 – Stay Awake – 1:31

6 – Ginger and David – 1:39

7 – Song To Anything That Moves – 2:20

8 – Eoth Theme . 0:35

9 – Businessmen – 5:38

10 – Ginger and David Theme – 0:57

11 – Why – 2:19

12 – It’s Not What You Do – 0:15

13 – Detective Winter Daughter – 3:16

14 – Doctor Why – 1:28

15 – Slow Dance – 1:50

16 – Smalltown Agonest – 5:24

CD.2

1 – End Of Head – 0:38

2 – Over Her Head – 2:38

3 – Little Pony Soldier – 4:36

4 – Oh Say Can You Do? – 1:08

5 – Holiday In Risk – 3:09

6 – Holiday in Risk Theme – 0:47

7 – A.I.R. (All India Radio) – 3:55

8 – Rawalpindi Blues – 12:41

9 – End Of Rawalpindi – 9:35

10 – End Of Animals – 1:26

11- …And It’s Again – 27:17

Carla Bley

(1936 - 2023)

“Escalator Over The Hill” de Carla Bley & Paul Haines foi gravado ao longo de três anos, 1968-1971, e a edição em vinil, composta por 3 LPs e um livro, teve o selo da JCOA Records e quando surgiu a edição em 2 CDs passou a ter o selo da WATT Records, fundada por Michael Mantler e Carla Bley, à qual se juntou mais tarde Steve Swallow, que como sabemos tem na ECM Records, de Manfred Eicher, o fabricante, distribuidor e grande divulgador dos seus trabalhos discográficos, desde o seu nascimento no universo discográfico. A Ópera de Jazz “Escalator Over The Hill” tem letra de Paul Haines e música de Carla Bley, tendo sido produzida por Michael Mantler e interpretada pelo Jazz Composer’s Orchestra.

As gravações do triplo álbum “Escalator Over The Hill” de Carla Bley e Paul Haines tiveram lugar em Novembro de 1968 no RCA Recording Studio, New York, por Paul Goodman; em Novembro de 1970 e Junho de 1971 no RCA Recording Studio New York, por Dick Baxter, Gus Mossler, Jim Crotty, Pat Martin, Ray Hall e Tom Brown; em Marco de 1971 no Empirical Sound at Cinematheque, New York, por Dave Jones; em Junho de 1971 no Batterfly Mobil Sound Van at The Public Theater, New York, por Karl Sjodahl, Nelson Weber, Bob Fries e Wes Wickemeyer. Misturado por Karl Sjodahl e Ray Hall. Layout de Paul McDonough. Fotografiasde Gary Winogrand e Tod Papageorge.

Rui Luís Lima