Fancy Chamber Music

Studio album by Carla Bley

Released

1998

Recorded

December 5 & 6, 1997

Genre

Jazz

Length

53:04

Label

Watt/ECM

Producer

Carla Bley & Steve Swallow

Carla Bley chronology

The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
(1996)

Fancy Chamber Music
(1997)

Are We There Yet?
(1998)

Fancy Chamber Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with a chamber ensemble recorded in England in 1997 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1998.^[1]^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Tim Sheridan awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Always the iconoclast, here pianist Bley applies her keen musical skill on baroque and chamber styles with tongue firmly in cheek and a fine string section to set the mood".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars stating "Very little to separate the fancy from the funky. Vintage Bley".^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

"Wolfgang Tango" - 14:29
"Romantic Notion No. 4" - 2:26
"End of Vienna" - 9:00
"Tigers in Training" - 19:02
"Romantic Notion No. 6" - 1:05
"Jon Benet" - 7:17

Recorded at SnakeRanch Studio, London, England on December 5 & 6, 1997.

Personnel

Carla Bley - piano
Steve Morris - violin
Andrew Byrt - viola
Emma Black - cello
Steve Swallow - double bass
Alison Hayhurst - flute
Sara Lee - clarinet, glockenspiel
Chris Wells - percussion

References

↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010
↑ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
1 2 Sheridan, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 2010
1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

Carla Bley

As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016)

With Gary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)

With Jazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968-71) Relativity Suite (1973)

With Michael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)

With Charlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)

With Nick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)

With Steve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Are We There Yet? (1999)

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