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!
(Jazz, Vocalists)