A fantastic and ambitious project that's in the best tradition of the Jazz Composers Orchestra – a set that features music by Carla Bley and words by Paul Haines – in an extended set that mixes avant jazz instrumentation with spoken passages by a surprising lineup of voices – including Bley, Jack Bruce, Don Cherry, Jeanne Lee, and even Linda Ronstadt! Musicians are the cream of the crop of the international avant scene at the time – and include Roswell Rudd on trombone, Gato Barbieri on tenor, Perry Robinson on clarinet, Carla Bley on organ, Don Preston on moog, Michael Mantler on ring modulated piano, Paul Motian on drums, Charlie Haden on bass, John McLaughlin on guitar, and many others – too numerous to mention here! CD

Carla Bley on piano and organ, Steve Swallow on bass with Andy Sheppard, Wolfgang Puschnig, Gato Barbieri, Dewey Redman, Jim Pepper, Jim my Lyons, Roger Janotta, Christof Lauer, Julian Arguelles, Jimmy Giuffre, Perry Robinson, Don Cherry, Lew Soloff, Michael Mantler, Guy Barker, Sharon Freeman, Frank Lacy, Ros well Rudd, Gary Valente, Annie Whitehead, Joe Daley, Bob Stewart, John McLaughlin, Paul Bley, Karen Mantler, Charlie Haden Paul Motian, Buddy Williams, Dennis Mackrel, Victor Lewis, D. Sharpe, Don Alias, Linda Ronstadt and many others CD