Considering I never knew Carla, I’m surprised at how much I’m hurting at her loss. Gary Burton had a big impact on my listening as a teenager, and discovering Carla through A Genuine Tong Funeral was an ear opener at a time when there were about 100 ear openers coming through weekly. There was always something new and refreshing to hear in her music, not to mention pure pleasure. Hopefully, her Art (and all the wonderful things she had to say about it, in your interviews and others) will be perpetually rediscovered and reconsidered in years to come.
It would be interesting —to me at least — who read Douglas Adams and Tom Robbins — to hear the cake’s version of being eaten by Carla Bley and EI in Petaluma or Healdsburg
Considering I never knew Carla, I’m surprised at how much I’m hurting at her loss. Gary Burton had a big impact on my listening as a teenager, and discovering Carla through A Genuine Tong Funeral was an ear opener at a time when there were about 100 ear openers coming through weekly. There was always something new and refreshing to hear in her music, not to mention pure pleasure. Hopefully, her Art (and all the wonderful things she had to say about it, in your interviews and others) will be perpetually rediscovered and reconsidered in years to come.
I am a better person for having shared time on this planet with Carla. I loved her music so much! She seemed a great human being too!
,Recommended to thread on Carla Bley at Hoffman Music Forum.
Bravo Ethan. Many thanks.
It would be interesting —to me at least — who read Douglas Adams and Tom Robbins — to hear the cake’s version of being eaten by Carla Bley and EI in Petaluma or Healdsburg
…although the way I say that sounds almost Harold Robbins reading Walter Winchell while drinking blush win with Les Claypool in Sebastopol