Sextet (Carla Bley album)

Sextet
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	1987
Recorded	December 1986 & January 1987
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	40:58
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley
Carla Bley chronology
Night-Glo (1985) Sextet (1986-7) Duets (1988)

Sextet is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley released on the Watt/ECM label in 1987.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with a review by Richard S. Ginell stating, "The sound bathes in a polished golden ambience very much in keeping with a product distributed under the ECM banner".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2½ stars.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

1. "More Brahms" - 7:31
2. "Houses and People" - 7:26
3. "The Girl Who Cried Champagne" - 6:08
4. "Brooklyn Bridge" - 6:35
5. "Lawns" - 7:06
6. "Healing Power" - 6:22

• Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in December 1986 and January 1987.

Personnel

• Carla Bley - organ, synth bass (track 2)
• Larry Willis - piano
• Hiram Bullock - guitar, bass guitar (track 4)
• Steve Swallow - bass guitar
• Victor Lewis - drums
• Don Alias - percussion

References

1. Carla Bley discography accessed August 5, 2010
2. ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
3. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 2010
4. 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.