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.Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
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".Sheridan, T. [ AllMusic Review] accessed August 12, 2010 The Penguin Guide to Jazz stated: "Very little to separate the fancy from the funky. Vintage Bley".
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
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