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Carla Bley On The Creation Of Birds Of Paradise

By Ben Sparks
February 14, 2023
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A glorious 28 minutes, full of humor and insight, about the process of working through her fantastic composition, "Birds of Paradise," that appears on Big Band Theory. Nicely filmed and recorded. Lots of extended close ups of various band members at work. Lots of Carla. All wonderful. A revelation.

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