It's not a live album

March 8, 2018 9:22 PM

Carla Bley and her jazz band were in Europe in 1977 and they stopped by a studio in Munich to record 40-odd minutes of music [YT playlist] which was released in 1978 as The Carla Bley Band - European Tour 1977. The 4 pieces on the recording are fun, inventive, surprising, and sometimes even thrilling. Side A: Rose And Sad Song, Wrong Key Donkey

Side B: Drinking Music, Spangled Banner Minor And Other Patriotic Songs (Including Flags, And Now The Queen, King Korn And The New National Anthem)

posted by hippybear (4 comments total)

I'm honestly surprised this post hasn't gotten much love. For anyone wanting to dip in a toe, I recommend Wrong Key Donkey. That's the track that hooked me into Bley, and exploring her output in her various band incarnations across the decades has been a lot of fun for me.
posted by hippybear at 8:05 PM on March 9, 2018

I saw her on 120 Minutes once, opposite Sonic Youth, I think, & (hazy memory) at the end she played a couple songs with Sonic Youth & it was all weird & wonderful, & I’ve always meant to get ahold of some of her music, and simply haven’t for lack of effort. I need to rectify this.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:17 PM on March 9, 2018

Or maybe I’m out of my mind & it was an episode of Night Music. It was the 80’s & I blame drugs. Wrong Key Donkey is indeed v cool.
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:27 PM on March 9, 2018 [1 favorite]

MetaFilter: It was the 80's & I blame drugs.
posted by hippybear at 9:33 PM on March 9, 2018 [2 favorites]