Fancy Chamber Music

Fancy Chamber Music
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	1998
Recorded	December 5 & 6, 1997
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:04
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology
The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1997) Are We There Yet? (1998)

Fancy Chamber Music is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with a chamber ensemble recorded in England in 1997 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1998.^[1][2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Tim Sheridan awarded the album 4 stars and 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".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars stating "Very little to separate the fancy from the funky. Vintage Bley".^[4]

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

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

1. "Wolfgang Tango" - 14:29
2. "Romantic Notion No. 4" - 2:26
3. "End of Vienna" - 9:00
4. "Tigers in Training" - 19:02
5. "Romantic Notion No. 6" - 1:05
6. "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 - double bass
• Alison Hayhurst - flute
• Sara Lee - clarinet, glockenspiel
• Chris Wells - percussion

References

1. Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010
2. ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
3. Sheridan, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 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.