Carla Bley
Escalator Over The Hill



1. Businessman - (5:38)
2. Why - (2:19)
3. Detective Writer Daughter - (3:16)
4. Rawalpindi Blues - (12:41)
5. End of Rawalpindi - (9:35)
6. ...And It's Again - (27:17)

John McLaughlin - electric guitar; Carla Bley - organ, piano, celeste, calliope, chimes, vocals; Jack Bruce - electric bass, vocals; Paul Motian - drums, dumbec; Michael Mantler - trumpet, pianos, perc; Don Cherry - trumpet, vocals; Enrico Rava - trumpet; Bob Carlisle, Sharon Freeman - French horns; Roswell Rudd, Sam Burtis, Jimmy Knepper - trombones; Jack Jeffers - bass trombone; John Buckingham - tuba; Jimmy Lyons - alto sax; Gato Barbieri - tenor sax; Chris Woods - baritone sax; Souren Baronian - clarinet; Leroy Jenkins - violin; Nancy Newton - viola; Calo Scott - cello; Charlie Haden - bass, vocals; Ron McLure - acoustic bass; Sam Brown - acoustic guitar; Don Preston - moog synth, vocals; Karl Berger - vibes; Bill Morimando - bells, celeste; Roger Dawson - congas; Linda Ronstadt, Jeanne Lee, Viva, Steve Ferguson, Bill Leonard - vocals.

Recorded Nov. 1968 to June 1971 in NYC.
Produced by Michael Mantler and Carla Bley.

(Review) Album review by Walter Kolosky.

1971 LP JCOA 3LP-EOTH JCOA JT 4001 Barclay 840050 1/ JCOA 1003 4/5
CD (AAD) JCOA (Polygram) 839 310 (US & WG)

  Jeanne Lee(vcl-1)Carla Bley(org;p-2)John McLaughlin(el-g)Jack
  Bruce(el-b,vcl)Paul Motian(d)
 
  -New York City, Spring 1971-
 
  Businessmen                                          JCOA 3LP-EOTH
  Rawalpindi blues (-2)                                      -
  End of Rawalpindi (-1)                                     -
  ... and it's again                                         -
 
  -Note: Other musicians appear on other sections of the above
         titles, but were probably recorded on different occasions.
 
  Jack Bruce(vcl-1)Linda Ronstadt(vcl-2)Michael Mantler(tp)Roswell
  Rudd(tb)Jack Jeffers(btb)John Buckingham(tuba)Jimmy Lyons(as)
  Gato Barbieri(ts)Chris Woods(bar)Sharon Freeman(flh)Perry
  Robinson(cl-2)Carla Bley(p;vcl-1)John McLaughlin(el-g)Charlie
  Haden(b;vcl-2)Paul Motian(d)
 
  -New York City, Spring 1971-
 
  Detective writer daughter (-1)                       JCOA 3LP-EOTH
  Why (-2)                                                   -
 
  Jack Bruce(vcl)Michael Mantler(tp)Dewey Redman(as)Carla Bley(p,
  vcl)Karl Berger(vib)John McLaughlin(el-g)Charlie Haden(b)Bill
  Morimando(cello)Paul Motian(d)
 
  -New York City, Spring 1971-
 
  Little pony soldier                                  JCOA 3LP-EOTH
 
  -Note: McLaughlin is not implicated in the other tracks on this
         3-LP set.