Looking for America is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 2002 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2003.Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Looking for America is a fun, innovative, and indefatigable album by one of the true geniuses in modern jazz".Jurek, T. [ Allmusic Review] accessed August 12, 2010 The JazzTimes review by Harvey Siders said "Inevitably, sardonic wit pervades her search on Looking for America as fragments of "The Star-Spangled Banner" materialize-dreamlike, impressionistically and, above all, whimsically-throughout the CD".Siders, H. Looking for America Review JazzTimes, June, 2003 The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "As an exploration of Americana, this is a fine and fun album".
Track listing All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted. "Grand Mother" - 0:53 "The National Anthem: OG Can UC?/Flags/Whose Broad Stripes?/Anthem/Keep It Spangled" - 21:49 "Step Mother" - 3:18 "Fast Lane" - 5:17 "Los Cocineros" - 10:57 "Your Mother" - 1:41 "Tijuana Traffic" - 8:05 "God Mother" - 1:27 "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (Traditional) - 6:15 Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY on October 7 & 8, 2002.
Personnel Carla Bley - piano, conductor Earl Gardner, Lew Soloff, Byron Stripling, Giampaolo Casati - trumpet Robert Routch - french horn (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8) Jim Pugh, Gary Valente, Dave Bargeron - trombone David Taylor - bass trombone Lawrence Feldman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Wolfgang Puschnig - alto saxophone, flute Andy Sheppard - tenor saxophone Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone Karen Mantler - organ, glockenspiel Steve Swallow - bass guitar Billy Drummond - drums Don Alias - percussion
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