℗ 2020 ECM Records
Released February 14, 2020
Duration 56m 39s
Record Label ECM Records
Genre Jazz
 

Life Goes On

Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow

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Life Goes On  
1.1
Life Goes On
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
6:00
1.2
On
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
4:46
1.3
And On
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
4:10
1.4
And Then One Day
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
9:02
Beautiful Telephones  
1.5
Part 1
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
4:35
1.6
Part 2
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
6:13
1.7
Part 3
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
6:16
Copycat  
1.8
After You
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
5:29
1.9
Follow The Leader
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
0:17
1.10
Copycat
Carla Bley; Andy Sheppard; Steve Swallow
9:51
Digital Booklet
A striking album of new music from pianist/composer Carla Bley, whose trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow is now in its 25th year. Individual associations among the players go back much further: bassist Swallow first recorded music by Carla in 1961. So when Bley says "Life Goes On”, a lot of life is alluded to. The album, realized in the Auditorio Stelio Molo Studio in Lugano in May 2019, with Manfred Eicher producing, takes the form of three suites. The title piece begins as a stoical blues, at first melancholic then hopeful. “Beautiful Telephones”, inspired by a US president’s first observation on entering the Oval Office, has plenty of Bley’s dark wit. And “Copycat” explores the notion of call-and-response in fresh ways as the improvisers continue each other’s thoughts. Throughout, Carla’s distinctive piano, with its hints of Monk and Satie, is beautifully framed by Swallow’s eloquent, elegant bass guitar and Sheppard’s yearning saxes. This trio has a unique collective sound, reflecting – as The Telegraph recently noted – “musical mastery of a rare order”.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
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RMS
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LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-1.76
-6.54 to -0.50
-19.22
-24.72 to -16.44
-17.10
-22.60 to -14.40
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10 to 12
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Life Goes On
-0.50-19.30-16.912
2
On
-2.06-19.27-17.511
3
And On
-0.50-17.07-15.111
4
And Then One Day
-1.80-18.78-16.411
5
Part 1
-3.56-24.72-22.611
6
Part 2
-0.50-16.51-14.411
7
Part 3
-0.50-18.03-15.911
8
After You
-1.13-19.02-16.910
9
Follow The Leader
-6.54-23.08-20.810
10
Copycat
-0.50-16.44-14.511

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