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Carla Bley: 4 X 4

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 1, 2000

Yeah, those duo discs with Steve Swallow and Carla Bley are nice, but give me a large ensemble and some Carla originals and then you’ve really got something. 4 x 4 surely is something else, perhaps Bley’s best and most charming work of the past several years. So, what’s with the title? Well, here’s the premise: ...

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Carla Bley: 4 X 4

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2000

One can always anticipate originality from Carla Bley. And she doesn’t disappoint.Admired by other composers as wide-ranging as Tom Harrell and Gary Burton, Bley’s originality springs from her powers of observation and her intent to convert naturally musical sounds to the framework of appropriate meters, of notatable forms and of instrumental pitches. Burton shares ...

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