| Sextet | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | December 1986 & January 1987 | |||
| Studio | Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 40:58 | |||
| Label | Watt/ECM | |||
| Producer | Carla Bley | |||
| Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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Sextet is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, released on the Watt/ECM label in 1987.[1][2]
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Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell stated: "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.
- "More Brahms" - 7:31
- "Houses and People" - 7:26
- "The Girl Who Cried Champagne" - 6:08
- "Brooklyn Bridge" - 6:35
- "Lawns" - 7:06
- "Healing Power" - 6:22
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
- ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 5, 2010
- ^ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
- ^ a b Ginell, R. S. AllMusic Review accessed August 5, 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.
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