The first of two concerts recorded during the 1992 festival features the Carla
Bley Big Band, 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.