Fancy Chamber Music

Fancy Chamber Music
Fancy Chamber Music
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	June 22, 1998
Recorded	December 5–6, 1997
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:04
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology

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

Reception

The AllMusic review by Tim Sheridan 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 stated: "Very little to separate the fancy from the funky. Vintage Bley".^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]
Tom Hull	B^[5]

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 - bass
Alison Hayhurst - flute
Sara Lee - clarinet, glockenspiel
Chris Wells - percussion

References

^ Carla Bley discography Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 12, 2010
^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
^ ^a ^b Sheridan, T. AllMusic Review accessed August 12, 2010
^ ^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.