Here's what we know so far about Carla Bley's Valentine day's release Life Goes On.
The great pianist-composer is once again with Steve Swallow on bass guitar and Andy Sheppard, saxophones, the trio together for a quarter century.
Recorded in Lugano in May last year, the album produced by Manfred Eicher, to be issued by ECM, is made up of three suites: 'Life Goes On'; 'Beautiful Telephones'; and, 'Copycat'.
Reviewing the trio play live a few months ago in London, Mike Hobart in the Financial Times sheds some light on what to expect, Hobart quoting Bley to the effect that “'Copy Cat', was based on 'continuing each other’s thought'. 'Beautiful Telephones' Bley explained that it was named after a remark by Donald Trump when he first walked into the Oval Office. The piece prowled ambiguously with a noirish vibe.''
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