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Revision as of 13:27, 4 September 2023 edit Rainbowofpeace (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 2,972 edits No edit summary ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:37, 9 July 2024 edit undo Mendahl (talk \| contribs) 310 edits m This is an interesting fact but it is largely irrelevant here. Bley relates in her essay 'Accomplishing Escalator Over the Hill' (March 1972) that recording for EotH was done by November 1971. Bruce's session with Zappa was in November 1972, so it's not especially surprising that Bruce would be working on other projects. Next edit →
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Line 11: \| genre = {{hlist\|[[Avant-garde jazz]]\|[[post-bop]]\|[[opera\|rock opera]]\|[[Third Stream]]}} \| length = 103:35 \| label = [[Jazz Composers' Orchestra\|JCOA]] Records (LP)<br />[[WATT Records]] (CD) \| producer = [[Michael Mantler]] \| chronology = [[Jazz Composer's Orchestra]] Line 56: ==History== ''Escalator over the Hill'' is more than an hour and a half long and was recorded over three years (1968 to 1971). It was originally released as a triple [[gramophone record\|LP]] box which also contained a booklet with lyrics, photos and profiles of the musicians. Side six of the original LPs ended in a [[locked groove]], the final track "...And It's Again" continuing infinitely on manual [[record player#Turntable technology\|record player]]s. (For the CD reissue, the hum is allowed to play for ~~almost 20~~17 minutes before slowly fading out.) In 1997, a live version of ''Escalator over the Hill,'' re-orchestrated by Jeff Friedman, was performed for the first time in [[Cologne\|Cologne, Germany]]. In 1998, "Escalator" toured Europe. Another live performance took place in May 2006 in [[Essen]], Germany. Line 62: The musicians involved in the original recording play in various combinations, covering a wide range of musical genres, from [[Kurt Weill]]'s theater music, to free jazz, rock and [[Indian music]]. Writer [[Stuart Broomer]] considers this to be a summing up "much of the creative energy that was loose between 1968 and 1972".<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000241DG ''Escalator Over the Hill''. Editorial review] by [[Stuart Broomer]] at [[amazon.com]], retrieved on 2008-09-23</ref> [[Viva (actress)\|Viva]] acts as narrator. [[Jack Bruce]] also appears on bass and vocals ~~(due to the album's long production, he also appeared on [[Frank Zappa]]'s album ''[[Apostrophe (album)\|Apostrophe]]'', playing bass on the title track)~~. Among the vocalists is a young (and still relatively unknown) [[Linda Ronstadt]], in addition to [[Jeanne Lee]], [[Paul Jones (singer)\|Paul Jones]], [[Carla Bley]], [[Don Preston]], [[Sheila Jordan]], and Bley's and Mantler's then-4-year-old daughter [[Karen Mantler]]. ==Reception== Line 102: #"End of Rawalpindi" – 9:40 #"End of Animals" – 1:26 #"... And It's Again" – 98:55 (ends with a locked groove) The CD release has sides one to three on CD 1, and sides four to six on CD 2. Line 229: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051216093827/http://www.wattxtrawatt.com/biokaren.htm Karen Mantler Biography] at [http://www.wattxtrawatt.com www.wattxtrawatt.com – the Official Carla Bley Web Site] [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Robinson/eoth.htm Jazz Composers Orchestra: Escalator Over the Hill] at [http://www.jazzdiscography.com www.jazzdiscography.com] [~~http~~https://www.angelfire.com/jazz/jm3/eoth_notes_accomp.html Accomplishing Escalator Over the Hill] by Carla Bley. Written in 1972 shortly after the release of the Escalator [https://mattendahl.com/jco/jco.html The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Information Page] [http://jma.darwinmonkey.com/jmarc3mov/eoth.html film clips] @ [http://jmarc1web.50webs.com/ The John McLaughlin Archives]