1998 studio album by Carla Bley

Fancy Chamber Music

Studio album by

Carla Bley

Released| 1998
Recorded| December 5–6, 1997
Genre| Jazz
Length| 53:04
Label| Watt/ECM
Producer| Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology
| The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church
(1996)  | Fancy Chamber Music
(1998)  | Are We There Yet?
(1998)

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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[edit]

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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [4]
Tom Hull| B[5]

## Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Carla Bley.

1. "Wolfgang Tango" - 14:29
2. "Romantic Notion No. 4" - 2:26
3. "End of Vienna" - 9:00
4. "Tigers in Training" - 19:02
5. "Romantic Notion No. 6" - 1:05
6. "Jon Benet" - 7:17

* Recorded at SnakeRanch Studio, London, England on December 5 & 6, 1997.

## Personnel[edit]

* Carla Bley \- piano
* Steve Morris - violin
* Andrew Byrt - viola
* Emma Black - cello
* Steve Swallow \- double bass
* Alison Hayhurst - flute
* Sara Lee - clarinet, glockenspiel
* Chris Wells - percussion

## References[edit]

1. ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010
2. ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
3. ^ a b Sheridan, T. AllMusic Review accessed August 12, 2010
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

* v
* t
* e

Carla Bley

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)

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