Duets (Carla Bley & Steve Swallow album)


Duets is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1988.

Reception

The Allmusic review by David Nelson McCarthy awarded the album 4½ stars and stated that "their tremendous musical rapport and precise wit are really beautiful. It comes highly recommended". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, stating that it is "an entertaining album and an ideal primer on Bley's compositional and improvising techniques".

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.
  1. "Baby Baby" - 6:28
  2. "Walking Batteriewoman" - 4:01
  3. "Útviklingssang" - 4:42
  4. "Ladies in Mercedes" - 5:44
  5. "Romantic Notion No. 3" - 7:02
  6. "Remember" - 5:24
  7. "Ups and Downs" - 6:16
  8. "Reactionary Tango " - 8:44
  9. "Soon I Will Be Done With the Troubles of This World" - 6:58
Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in the Summer of 1988.

Personnel