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2003 studio album by Carla Bley

Looking for America

Studio album by

Carla Bley

Released

2003

Recorded

October 7–8, 2002

Carla Bley chronology

4 x 4
(1999)

Looking for America
(2003)

The Lost Chords
(2003)

Looking for America is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardistCarla Bley recorded in 2002 and released on theWatt/ECM label in 2003.^[1]^[2]

Reception

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TheAllmusic 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".^[3] TheJazzTimes review by Harvey Siders said "Inevitably, sardonic wit pervades her search onLooking for America as fragments of "The Star-Spangled Banner" materialize-dreamlike, impressionistically and, above all, whimsically-throughout the CD".^[4] ThePenguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "As an exploration of Americana, this is a fine and fun album".^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[5]

Track listing

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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 atAvatar Studios, New York, NY on October 7 & 8, 2002.

Personnel

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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

References

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^Carla Bley discography accessed August 12, 2010
^ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at theWayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
^^a ^bJurek, T.Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 2010
^Siders, H.Looking for America ReviewJazzTimes, June, 2003
^^a ^bCook, Richard;Brian Morton (2006) [1992].The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings.The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 131.ISBN 0-14-102327-9.

v t e Carla Bley
As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016) Life Goes On (2020)
WithGary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
WithJazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968–71) Relativity Suite (1973)
WithMichael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)
WithCharlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)
WithNick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)
WithSteve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Are We There Yet? (1999)
Related articles	Discography

Authority control databases	MusicBrainz release group

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