I put this video on while I was working a few weeks ago. This trio has a unique collective sound, reflecting вЂ“ as The Telegraph recently noted вЂ“ вЂњmusical mastery of a rare orderвЂќ. 2018: Carla Bley Trio, вЂLawnsвЂ™ Jarasum Jazz Festival. Throughout, CarlaвЂ™s distinctive piano, with its hints of Monk and Satie, is beautifully framed by SwallowвЂ™s eloquent, elegant bass guitar and SheppardвЂ™s yearning saxes. And вЂњCopycatвЂќ explores the notion of call-and-response in fresh ways as the improvisers continue each otherвЂ™s thoughts. вЂњBeautiful TelephonesвЂќ, inspired by a US presidentвЂ™s first observation on entering the Oval Office, has plenty of BleyвЂ™s dark wit. The title piece begins as a stoical blues, at first melancholic then hopeful. The album, realized in the Auditorio Stelio Molo Studio in Lugano in May 2019, with Manfred Eicher producing, takes the form of three suites.

But when you actually listen, you see that he more than holds his own. Her partner Steve Swallow eschewed the double bass for an electric bass in the late s, a pioneering move for a lawnns jazz musician. Ethan Iverson and Mark Turner (photo: George Wells) An NEA. But she is first and foremost a singular composer of elusive, intriguing, beautiful songs. Called back for an encore, the trio sent the audience out into the night with a glimpse at transcendence, easing into a spacious but tightly compressed rendition of BleyвЂ™s Lawns. So when Bley says вЂњLife Goes OnвЂќ, a lot of life is alluded to. She closed the set with MonkвЂ™s Misterioso, examining his blues with industrious patience. Individual associations among the players go back much further: bassist Swallow first recorded music by Carla in 1961. A striking album of new music from pianist/composer Carla Bley, whose trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow is now in its 25th year.

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