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Songs with Legs - Wikipedia

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Songs with Legs

Live album by

Carla Bley

Released

1994

Recorded

May 1994

Genre

Jazz

Length

54:14

Label

Watt/ECM

Producer

Carla Bley & Steve Swallow

Carla Bley chronology

Big Band Theory
(1993)

Songs with Legs
(1994)

The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
(1996)

Steve Swallow chronology

Real Book
(1993)

Songs with Legs
(1994)

Parlance
(1995)

Songs with Legs is a live album by the American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with the saxophonist Andy Sheppard and the bass guitarist Steve Swallow recorded in Europe and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1994.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 2½ stars and said, "For those who've said they wish Bley would solo more often, Songs with Legs is an album to hear."^[2] A biographer also highlighted her increased focus on piano and improvisation at this period in Bley's career, and highlighted the "soulful, spiritual-like piece 'The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!'".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars, saying, "She doesn't put a foot wrong throughout."^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

"Real Life Hits" - 8:08
"The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!" - 7:48
"Chicken" - 8:21
"Misterioso" (Thelonious Monk) - 10:20
"Wrong Key Donkey" - 12:02
"Crazy with You" - 7:37

Recorded live on tour in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Turkey and England in May 1994.

Personnel

Carla Bley - piano
Andy Sheppard - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Steve Swallow - bass guitar

References

^ Carla Bley discography. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
- ECM/WATT discography. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
^ Beal, Amy C. (2011). Carla Bley. University of Illinois Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-252-07818-7.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

v t e Steve Swallow
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Hotel Hello (with Gary Burton, 1974) Home (1979) Night-Glo (1985) Carla (1986-1987) Duets (with Carla Bley, 1988) The Life of a Trio: Saturday (with Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre, 1989) The Life of a Trio: Sunday (Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre, 1989) Swallow (1991) Go Together (with Carla Bley, 1992) Real Book (1993) Parlance (1995) Deconstructed (1996) Carla's Christmas Carols (with Carla Bley, 2008) The New Standard (with Jamie Saft and Bobby Previte, 2014) Loneliness Road (with Jamie Saft, 2017)
Live albums	Songs with Legs (with Carla Bley and Andy Sheppard, 1994) Are We There Yet? (with Carla Bley, 1998) Always Pack Your Uniform on Top (1999) Damaged in Transit (with Chis Potter and Adam Nussbaum, 2001)
Related articles	New York Art Quartet

v t e 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) Life Goes On (2020)
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)
Related articles	Discography

v t e Andy Sheppard
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Movements in Colour (2008) Trio Libero (2011) Surrounded by Sea (2014) Romaria (2017)
with Carla Bley and Steve Swallow	Songs with Legs (1994) The Lost Chords (2003) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2015) Life Goes On (2019)

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