Thursday July 9th 2020
Jazz from Gallery 41
"Out|sIde:In/SiDe!oUt"
Escalator Over The Hill
A Chronotransduction By
Carla Bley
Paul Haines
Join us for Out|sIde:In/SiDe!oUt
on Jazz from Gallery 41 at 10 pm Pacific
When we will be listening to this
epic suite in its entirety.
"Escalator Over The Hill"
Recorded over a span of 3 years 1968 - 1971
Performed by The Jazz Composers Orchestra
Released on JCOA Records
It was first released in 1971 as a 3 lp six-side set
that also contained a booklet with lyrics, photos,
profiles of all the musicians, what instruments they played,
the roles they played, which of the bands they played or
sang with. And of course that last piece of music that
ended in a locked groove that would continue
infinitely on manual record players.
We will listen to it in 2 parts.
Part 1 will include sides 1,2,3
Part 2 will include sides 4,5,6
Including a clip or two from a conversation
I recorded with Carla Bley in 1979.
All of the information about the recording is below.
Briefly I will let you know now that some of the "actors" include Jack Bruce, Linda Ronstadt, Jeanne Lee, Carla Bley
Don Preston, Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry and Sheila Jordan.
This first airing will be:
Thursday 9th July 2020 at 10 pm Pacific
and will be re-broadcast on Saturday 11 July 2020
at 12 noon Pacific to make it more convenient
for our audience on the other side of Mother Earth.
Do join us if you can.
Escalator Over The Hill - Track Listing
Part I
1. Hotel Overture
2. This Is Here
3. Like Animals
4. Escalator Over The Hill
5. Stay Awake
6. Ginger and David
7. Song To Anything That Moves
8. EOTH Theme
9. Businessmen
10. Ginger and David Theme
11. Why
12. It's Not What You Do
13. Detective Writer Daughter
14. Doctor Why
15. Slow Dance (Transductory Music)
16. Smalltown Agonist
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Part II
17. End of Head
17. End of Head
18. Over Her Head
19. Little Pony Soldier
20. Oh Say Can You Do?
21. Holiday in Risk
22. Holiday in Risk Theme
23. A.I.R (All India Radio)
24. Rawalpindi Blues
25. End of Rawalpindi
26. End of Animals
27. ...And It's Again
Personnel
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Principal Cast
- Jack, Parrot: Jack Bruce
- Leader, Mutant, Voice, Desert Women: Carla Bley
- Sand Shepherd: Don Cherry
- Ginger: Linda Ronstadt
- Ginger II: Jeanne Lee
- David: Paul Jones
- Doctor, Lion: Don Preston
- Viva: Viva
- Cecil Clark: Tod Papageorge
- His Friends: Charlie Haden, Steve Ferguson
- Calliope Bill: Bill Leonard
- Roomer: Bob Stewart
- Ancient Roomer: Karen Mantler
- Loudspeaker: Roswell Rudd
- Used Woman: Sheila Jordan
- Operasinger: Rosalind Hupp
- Nurse: Jane Blackstone
- Yodelling Ventroloquist: Howard Johnson
- Therapist: Timothy Marquand
- Dad: Perry Robinson
- Phantoms, Multiple Public Members, Hotelpeople, Women, Men, Flies, Bullfrogs, Mindsweepers, Speakers, Blindman: Jane Blackstone, Carla Bley, Jonathan Cott, Sharon Freeman, Steve Gebhardt, Tyrus Gerlach, Eileen Hale, Rosalind Hupp, Jack Jeffers, Howard Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Michael Mantler, Timothy Marquand, Nancy Newton, Tod Papageorge, Don Preston, Bill Roughen, Phyllis Schneider, Bob Stewart, Pat Stewart, Viva
Musicians
- Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone
- Souren Baronian - clarinet
- Karl Berger - vibraphone
- Carla Bley - organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano
- Sam Brown - guitar
- Jack Bruce - bass, vocal
- John Buckingham - tuba
- Sam Burtis - trombone
- Bob Carlisle - french horn
- Don Cherry - trumpet
- Roger Dawson - congas, xylophone
- Sharon Freeman - french horn
- Charlie Haden - bass
- Peggy Imig - clarinet
- Jack Jeffers - bass trombone
- Leroy Jenkins - violin
- Howard Johnson - tuba
- Sheila Jordan - vocal
- Jimmy Knepper - trombone
- Jeanne Lee - vocal
- Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
- Michael Mantler - prepared piano, trumpet, valve trombone
- Ron McClure - bass
- John McLaughlin - guitar
- Bill Morimando - orchestra bells, celeste
- Paul Motian - drums, dumbec
- Nancy Newton - viola
- Don Preston - Moog synthesizer
- Enrico Rava - trumpet
- Perry Robinson - clarinet
- Linda Rondstadt - vocal
- Roswell Rudd - trombone
- Calo Scott - cello
- Michael Snow - trumpet
- Chris Woods - baritone saxophone
- Richard Youngstein - bass
Musicians (chronotransductional) Orchestra (&Hotel Lobby Band): Carla Bley, Jimmy Lyons, Gato Barbieri, Chris Woods, Michael Mantler, Roswell Rudd, Sam Burtis, Jimmy Knepper, Jack Jeffers, Bob Carlisle, Sharon Freeman, John Buckingham, Nancy Newton, Karl Berger, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Roger Dawson, Bill Morimando.
Jack's Traveling Band: Carla Bley, John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Paul Motian.
Desert Band: Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Souren Baronia, Leroy Jenkins, Calo Scott, Sam Brown, Ron McClure, Paul Motian.
Original Hotel Amateur Band: Carla Bley, Michael Snow, Michael Mantler, Howard Johnson, Perry Robinson, Peggy Imig, Nancy Newton, Richard Youngstein, Paul Motian.
Phantom Music: Carla Bley, Michael Mantler, Don Preston.
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Ron J. Pelletier
Jazz from Gallery 41
PO Box 8415
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA
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Ron J. Pelletier
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