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Carla Bley Big Band

BBC Radio 3
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A recording from the 1992 Glasgow Jazz Festival with Lew Soloff (trumpet), Gary Valente (trombone), Andy Sheppard (saxophone), Steve Swallow (bass),
Adam Nussbaum (drums), and a group of Scottish musicians led by Stewart Forbes. The violinist
Alexander Balanescu joins the band to play the specially commissioned
Birds of Paradise by Carla Bley. Introduced by Alan Plater who talks to Carla
Bley during the interval. Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Lew Soloff
Unknown:
Gary Valente
Unknown:
Andy Sheppard
Bass:
Adam Nussbaum
Unknown:
Stewart Forbes.
Violinist:
Alexander Balanescu
Unknown:
Carla Bley.
Introduced By:
Alan Plater
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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