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Article: Live Review

"Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble

Read ""Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble The Tishman Auditorium at The New School “Escalator Over The Hill" New York, NY May 2, 2025 Ask greying jazz-rock fans about long-lost projects they never saw live and Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley is likely to come up. Released ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Music of Carla Bley, Part 1: The Early Years

Read "The Music of Carla Bley, Part 1: The Early Years" reviewed by Larry Slater


The Jazz world is full of highly original, creative musicians who forged their own unique paths. Carla Bley, who died on October 17, 2023, followed her own highly individual path as a composer, arranger and bandleader. As one critic commented, “No album by the legendary composer, pianist, and bandleader sounds like anyone else could have created ...

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Article: Big Band in the Sky

Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire

Read "Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Carla Bley, composer, arranger, free-jazz pioneer, band leader, pianist and independent, whose compositions became jazz standards, has died at the age of 87. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. Bley's most famous recording was her sprawling, genre-elusive triple album Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA Records, 1971). On the back of this ...

Album

Escalator Over The Hill

Label: WATT Works
Released: 1998
Track listing: For tracks and personnel, go here.


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