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| name = Escalator over the Hill | ||
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| type = studio | ||
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| artist = ] and ] | ||
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| cover = Escalator_Over_The_Hill-CD.jpg | ||
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| alt = | ||
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| released = 1971 | ||
| | recorded = 1968–1971 | |||
| | Genre = ]/] | |||
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| | Label = ] Records (LP)<br />WATT (CD) | |||
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| | genre = {{hlist|]|]|]|]}} | |||
| | Reviews = | |||
| | length = 103:35 | |||
| <br> | |||
| | label = ] Records (LP)<br />] (CD) | |||
| | producer = ] | |||
| | Last album = — | |||
| | chronology = ] | |||
| | This album = ''Escalator over the Hill'' <br /> (1971) | |||
| | prev_title = ] | |||
| | Next album = '''''Tropic Appetites''''' <br /> (1974) | |||
| | prev_year = 1968 | |||
| | next_title = ] | |||
| | next_year = 1973 | |||
| | misc = {{Extra chronology | |||
| | artist = ] | |||
| | type = studio | |||
| | prev_title = ] | |||
| | prev_year = 1966 | |||
| | title = Escalator over the Hill | |||
| | year = 1971 | |||
| | next_title = ] | |||
| | next_year = 1974 | |||
| }} | |||
| }} | |||
| {{Album ratings | |||
| | rev1 = ] | |||
| | rev1Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17872 |title=Carla Bley and Paul Haines: Escalator Over the Hill |first=Trevor |last=MacLaren |work=allaboutjazz.com |year=2011 |access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> | |||
| | rev2 = ] | |||
| | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r135552 |title=Escalator Over the Hill – Carla Bley | AllMusic |first=Richard S. |last=Ginell |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> | |||
| | rev3 = '']'' | |||
| | rev3Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=27 |title=Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill – Article – Stylus Magazine |first=Marcello |last=Carlin |work=stylusmagazine.com |year=2011 |access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> | |||
| |rev4 = '']'' | |||
| | rev4Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book | |||
| |editor-last=Swenson | |||
| |editor-first=J. | |||
| | year = 1985 | |||
| | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |||
| |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen | |||
| |url-access=registration | |||
| | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | |||
| | location = USA | |||
| | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | |||
| | pages = | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| |rev5 = '']'' | |||
| |rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = ]|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 136}}</ref> | |||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''''Escalator over the Hill''''' (or '''EOTH''') is mostly referred to as a ] ], but it was released as a "chronotransduction" with "words by ], adaptation and music by ], production and coordination by ]", performed by the ] |
'''''Escalator over the Hill''''' (or '''''EOTH''''') is mostly referred to as a ] ], but it was released as a "chronotransduction", with "words by ], adaptation and music by ], production and coordination by ]", performed by the ]. | ||
| ==History== | ==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 ] box which also contained a booklet with lyrics, photos and profiles of the musicians. Side six of the original LPs ended in a ], the final track "...And It's Again" continuing infinitely on manual ]s. (For the CD reissue, the hum is allowed to play for 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 ]. In 1998, "Escalator" toured Europe. Another live performance took place in May 2006 in ], Germany. | |||
| The musicians involved in the original recording play in various combinations, covering a wide range of musical genres, from ]'s theater music, to free jazz, rock and ]. Writer ] considers this to be a summing up "much of the creative energy that was loose between 1968 and 1972".<ref> by ] at ], retrieved on 2008-09-23</ref> | |||
| In 1997, a live version of ''Escalator over the Hill,'' re-orchestrated by ], was performed for the first time in ], then, in 1998, "the Escalator" toured Europe, and another live performance took place in May 2006 in ]. | |||
| ] acts as narrator. ] also appears on bass and vocals. Among the vocalists is a young (and still relatively unknown) ], in addition to ], ], ], ], ], and Bley's and Mantler's then-4-year-old daughter ]. | |||
| ==The Escalator in a nutshell== | |||
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| The many ] in the original recording act in ], covering a wide range of musical genres, from ]'s theater music to free jazz, rock and ] (although that term didn't exist yet), summing up "much of the creative energy that was loose between 1968 and 1972" . | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| Among the vocalists are ] superstar ] as narrator, ] (of ] also on bass), ], ], ], ], ], ], and Bley's and Mantler's at the time 4 year old daughter ], all together ''transducing the amazed listener into an unknown dadaistic universe where flies giggle while, tuning in and out of "]", all kinds of genius ] instrumentalists meet Jack's Traveling Band, a heavy blues ] sibling of the ]''. (Yes, ] is also on board; and he jams with Bruce and Bley.) | |||
| Jonathon Cott's '']'' article stated: "Like an electric transformer, ''Escalator Over the Hill'' synthesizes and draws on an enormous range of musical materials – raga, jazz, rock, ring modulated piano sounds, all brought together through Carla Bley's extraordinary formal sense and ability to unify individual but diverse musical sections by means of the editing of the record medium... The opera is an international musical encounter of the first order."<ref>Cott, J., 'Escalator': Grand, Horse & Jazz Opers ''Rolling Stone'', March 4, 1971 p.10</ref> | |||
| Marcello Carlin, writing for '']'', considers the album to be "the greatest record ever made." He said: "No protest, no social commentary. No expression of love, of grief, of hope, of despair. It is literally whatever you want to make of it. It is devoid of every quality which you might assume would qualify it to be the greatest of all records. And yet it is that tabula rasa in its heart, the blank space which may well exist at the very heart of all music, revealing the hard truth that we have to fill in the blanks, we have to interpret what is being played and sung, and our interpretation is the only one which can possibly be valid, as we cannot discern any perspective other than our own."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlin |first1=Marcello |title=Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=27 |website=Stylus Magazine |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030909233248/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=27 |archive-date=9 September 2003 |date=1 September 2003}}</ref> | |||
| For detailed, descriptive reviews see {{cite web | title=Carla Bley and Paul Haines' Escalator Over the Hill| url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17872| accessdate=2006-01-18}} and/or {{cite web | title=Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill - Article - Stylus Magazine| url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=27| accessdate=2006-01-18}} | |||
| ==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
| '''Side one''' | |||
| #"Hotel Overture"– 13:11 | |||
| #" |
#"Hotel Overture" – 13:11 | ||
| '''Side two''' | |||
| #"Like Animals" – 1:21 | |||
| #" |
#"This Is Here..." – 6:02 | ||
| #" |
#"Like Animals" – 1:21 | ||
| #" |
#"Escalator over the Hill" – 4:57 | ||
| #" |
#"Stay Awake" – 1:31 | ||
| #" |
#"Ginger and David" – 1:39 | ||
| #" |
#"Song to Anything That Moves" – 2:22 | ||
| '''Side three''' | |||
| #"Ginger and David Theme" – 0:57 | |||
| #" |
#"EOTH Theme" – 0:35 | ||
| #" |
#"Businessmen" – 5:38 | ||
| #" |
#"Ginger and David Theme" – 0:57 | ||
| #" |
#"Why" – 2:19 | ||
| #" |
#"It's Not What You Do" – 0:17 | ||
| #" |
#"Detective Writer Daughter" – 3:16 | ||
| #" |
#"Doctor Why" – 1:28 | ||
| #" |
#"Slow Dance (Transductory Music)" – 1:50 | ||
| #" |
#"Smalltown Agonist" – 5:24 | ||
| '''Side four''' | |||
| #"Oh Say Can You Do?" – 1:11 | |||
| #" |
#"End of Head" – 0:38 | ||
| #" |
#"Over Her Head" – 2:38 | ||
| #" |
#"Little Pony Soldier" – 4:36 | ||
| #" |
#"Oh Say Can You Do?" – 1:11 | ||
| #" |
#"Holiday in Risk" – 3:10 | ||
| #" |
#"Holiday in Risk Theme" – 0:52 | ||
| '''Side five''' | |||
| #"... And It's Again" – 27:17 | |||
| #"A.I.R. (All India Radio)" – 3:58 | |||
| #"Rawalpindi Blues" – 12:44 | |||
| '''Side six''' | |||
| #"End of Rawalpindi" – 9:40 | |||
| #"End of Animals" – 1:26 | |||
| #"... And It's Again" – 8:55 (ends with a locked groove) | |||
| *The CD release has sides one to three on CD 1, and sides four to six on CD 2. | |||
| *"... And It's Again" runs for 27:17 on the CD release, with the locked groove at the end of the original LP playing for about 17 minutes. This is followed by a hidden track (starting at 27:02) consisting of calliope music and Bill Leonard saying “Oh say can you do?”, followed by faint laughter. | |||
| ==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
| ===Principal cast=== | |||
| * ''Jack, Parrot:'' ] |
* ''Jack, Parrot:'' ] | ||
| * ''Leader, Mutant, Voice, Desert Women:'' Carla Bley |
* ''Leader, Mutant, Voice, Desert Women:'' ] | ||
| * ''Sand Shepherd:'' ] |
* ''Sand Shepherd:'' ] | ||
| * ''Ginger:'' ] |
* ''Ginger:'' ] | ||
| * ''Ginger II:'' ] |
* ''Ginger II:'' ] | ||
| * ''David:'' ] |
* ''David:'' ] | ||
| * ''Doctor, Lion:'' ] |
* ''Doctor, Lion:'' ] | ||
| * ''Viva:'' ] |
* ''Viva:'' ] | ||
| * ''Cecil Clark:'' Tod Papageorge |
* ''Cecil Clark:'' ] | ||
| * ''His Friends:'' ], Steve Ferguson |
* ''His Friends:'' ], Steve Ferguson | ||
| * ''Calliope Bill:'' Bill Leonard | * ''Calliope Bill:'' Bill Leonard | ||
| * ''Roomer:'' |
* ''Roomer:'' ] | ||
| * ''Ancient Roomer:'' ] |
* ''Ancient Roomer:'' ] | ||
| * ''Loudspeaker:'' ] |
* ''Loudspeaker:'' ] | ||
| * ''Used Woman:'' ] |
* ''Used Woman:'' ] | ||
| * ''Operasinger:'' |
* ''Operasinger:'' Rosalind Hupp | ||
| * ''Nurse:'' |
* ''Nurse:'' Jane Blackstone | ||
| * ''Yodelling Ventriloquist:'' ] |
* ''Yodelling Ventriloquist:'' ] | ||
| * ''Therapist:'' |
* ''Therapist:'' Timothy Marquand | ||
| * ''Dad:'' ] |
* ''Dad:'' ] | ||
| * ''Phantoms, Multiple Public Members, Hotelpeople, Women, Men, Flies, Bullfrogs, Mindsweepers, Speakers, Blindman'': | * ''Phantoms, Multiple Public Members, Hotelpeople, Women, Men, Flies, Bullfrogs, Mindsweepers, Speakers, Blindman'': | ||
| <div style="margin-left:1.5em">Jane Blackstone, Carla Bley, Jonathan Cott, ], Steve Gebhardt, Tyrus Gerlach, Eileen Hale, Rosalind Hupp, Jack Jeffers, Howard Johnson, Sheila Jordan, ], Timothy Marquand, Nancy Newton, Tod Papageorge, Don Preston, Bill Roughen, Phyllis Schneider, ], Pat Stewart, Viva</div> | <div style="margin-left:1.5em">Jane Blackstone, Carla Bley, Jonathan Cott, ], Steve Gebhardt, Tyrus Gerlach, Eileen Hale, Rosalind Hupp, Jack Jeffers, Howard Johnson, Sheila Jordan, ], Timothy Marquand, Nancy Newton, Tod Papageorge, Don Preston, Bill Roughen, Phyllis Schneider, ], Pat Stewart, Viva</div> | ||
| ===Musicians (alphabetical)=== | |||
| * ] |
* ] – tenor saxophone | ||
| * |
* Souren Baronian – clarinet | ||
| * ] |
* ] – vibraphone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano | ||
| * ] |
* ] – guitar | ||
| * ] |
* ] – bass, vocal | ||
| * |
* John Buckingham – tuba | ||
| * |
* Sam Burtis – trombone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – French horn | ||
| * ] |
* ] – trumpet | ||
| * ] |
* ] – congas, xylophone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – French horn | ||
| * ] |
* ] – bass | ||
| * |
* Peggy Imig – clarinet | ||
| * |
* Jack Jeffers – bass trombone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – violin | ||
| * ] |
* ] – tuba | ||
| * ] |
* ] – vocal | ||
| * ] |
* ] – trombone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – vocal | ||
| * ] |
* ] – alto saxophone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – prepared piano, trumpet, valve trombone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – bass | ||
| * ] |
* ] – guitar | ||
| * |
* Bill Morimando – orchestra bells, celeste | ||
| * ] |
* ] – drums, dumbec | ||
| * |
* Nancy Newton – viola | ||
| * ] |
* ] – Moog synthesizer | ||
| * ] |
* ] – trumpet | ||
| * ] |
* ] – clarinet | ||
| * ] |
* ] – vocal | ||
| * ] |
* ] – trombone | ||
| * ] |
* ] – cello | ||
| * ] |
* ] – trumpet | ||
| * ] |
* ] – baritone saxophone | ||
| * |
* Richard Youngstein – bass | ||
| ===Musicians (chronotransductional)=== | |||
| ====Orchestra (& Hotel Lobby Band)==== | |||
| * Carla Bley (piano) | * Carla Bley (piano) | ||
| * Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone) | * Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone) | ||
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| * Bill Morimando (orchestra bells, celeste). | * Bill Morimando (orchestra bells, celeste). | ||
| ====Jack's Traveling Band==== | |||
| * Carla Bley (organ) | * Carla Bley (organ) | ||
| * John McLaughlin (guitar) | * John McLaughlin (guitar) | ||
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| * Paul Motian (drums) | * Paul Motian (drums) | ||
| ====Desert Band==== | |||
| * Carla Bley (organ) | * Carla Bley (organ) | ||
| * Don Cherry (trumpet) | * Don Cherry (trumpet) | ||
| * Souren |
* Souren Baronian (clarinet) | ||
| * Leroy Jenkins (violin) | * Leroy Jenkins (violin) | ||
| * Calo Scott (cello) | * Calo Scott (cello) | ||
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| * Paul Motian (dumbec) | * Paul Motian (dumbec) | ||
| ====Original Hotel Amateur Band==== | |||
| * Carla Bley (piano) | * Carla Bley (piano) | ||
| * Michael Snow (trumpet) | * Michael Snow (trumpet) | ||
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| * Paul Motian (drums) | * Paul Motian (drums) | ||
| ====Phantom Music==== | |||
| * Carla Bley (organ, celeste, chimes, calliope) | * Carla Bley (organ, celeste, chimes, calliope) | ||
| * Michael Mantler (prepared piano) | * Michael Mantler (prepared piano) | ||
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| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| * Jazz Album of the Year 1972 by a ] Readers Poll<ref>{{cite news |last= Wilson|first=John S |date= 17 March 1974|title=Don't Call Carla's Jazz jazz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/17/archives/don-t-call-carlas-jazz-jazz.html |work= ]|location=New York |access-date=17 March 2021}} </ref> | |||
| * Jazz Album of the Year 1972 by a ] Readers Poll | |||
| * Oscar du meilleur disque de jazz moderne (best modern jazz album) in 1972, given by the ].<ref> {{cite web |url= http://www.academiedujazz.com/palmares-1972.html|title= Palmarès 1972 |date= |website= academiedujazz.com |publisher= Académie du jazz |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> | |||
| * French Grand Prix du Disque in 1973 | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| *(1) http://www.full-albums.net/albums_review-the-carla-bley-band.asp#B0000241DG | |||
| * at | |||
| * at | |||
| == External links == | == External links == | ||
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| * by Carla Bley. Written in 1972 shortly after the release of the Escalator | |||
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| * by Carla Bley. Written in 1972 shortly after the release of the Escalator | |||
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| *{{cite web | title=Carla Bley and Paul Haines' Escalator Over the Hill| date=8 June 2005 | url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17872| access-date=2006-01-18}} | |||
| *{{cite web | title=Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill – Article – Stylus Magazine| url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=27| access-date=2006-01-18}} | |||
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| Studio album by Carla Bley and Paul Haines | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1968–1971 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 103:35 | |||
| Label | JCOA Records (LP) WATT Records (CD) | |||
| Producer | Michael Mantler | |||
| Jazz Composer's Orchestra chronology | ||||
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| Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | (favorable) |
| AllMusic |   |
| Stylus | (favorable) |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
Escalator over the Hill (or EOTH) is mostly referred to as a jazz opera, but it was released as a "chronotransduction", with "words by Paul Haines, adaptation and music by Carla Bley, production and coordination by Michael Mantler", performed by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra.
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 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 players. (For the CD reissue, the hum is allowed to play for 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, Germany. In 1998, "Escalator" toured Europe. Another live performance took place in May 2006 in Essen, Germany.
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".
Viva acts as narrator. Jack Bruce also appears on bass and vocals. Among the vocalists is a young (and still relatively unknown) Linda Ronstadt, in addition to Jeanne Lee, Paul Jones, Carla Bley, Don Preston, Sheila Jordan, and Bley's and Mantler's then-4-year-old daughter Karen Mantler.
Reception
Jonathon Cott's Rolling Stone article stated: "Like an electric transformer, Escalator Over the Hill synthesizes and draws on an enormous range of musical materials – raga, jazz, rock, ring modulated piano sounds, all brought together through Carla Bley's extraordinary formal sense and ability to unify individual but diverse musical sections by means of the editing of the record medium... The opera is an international musical encounter of the first order."
Marcello Carlin, writing for Stylus Magazine, considers the album to be "the greatest record ever made." He said: "No protest, no social commentary. No expression of love, of grief, of hope, of despair. It is literally whatever you want to make of it. It is devoid of every quality which you might assume would qualify it to be the greatest of all records. And yet it is that tabula rasa in its heart, the blank space which may well exist at the very heart of all music, revealing the hard truth that we have to fill in the blanks, we have to interpret what is being played and sung, and our interpretation is the only one which can possibly be valid, as we cannot discern any perspective other than our own."
Track listing
Side one
- "Hotel Overture" – 13:11
Side two
- "This Is Here..." – 6:02
- "Like Animals" – 1:21
- "Escalator over the Hill" – 4:57
- "Stay Awake" – 1:31
- "Ginger and David" – 1:39
- "Song to Anything That Moves" – 2:22
Side three
- "EOTH Theme" – 0:35
- "Businessmen" – 5:38
- "Ginger and David Theme" – 0:57
- "Why" – 2:19
- "It's Not What You Do" – 0:17
- "Detective Writer Daughter" – 3:16
- "Doctor Why" – 1:28
- "Slow Dance (Transductory Music)" – 1:50
- "Smalltown Agonist" – 5:24
Side four
- "End of Head" – 0:38
- "Over Her Head" – 2:38
- "Little Pony Soldier" – 4:36
- "Oh Say Can You Do?" – 1:11
- "Holiday in Risk" – 3:10
- "Holiday in Risk Theme" – 0:52
Side five
- "A.I.R. (All India Radio)" – 3:58
- "Rawalpindi Blues" – 12:44
Side six
- "End of Rawalpindi" – 9:40
- "End of Animals" – 1:26
- "... And It's Again" – 8:55 (ends with a locked groove)
- The CD release has sides one to three on CD 1, and sides four to six on CD 2.
- "... And It's Again" runs for 27:17 on the CD release, with the locked groove at the end of the original LP playing for about 17 minutes. This is followed by a hidden track (starting at 27:02) consisting of calliope music and Bill Leonard saying “Oh say can you do?”, followed by faint laughter.
Personnel
Principal cast
- Jack, Parrot: Jack Bruce
- Leader, Mutant, Voice, Desert Women: Carla Bley
- Sand Shepherd: Don Cherry
- Ginger: Linda Ronstadt
- Ginger II: Jeanne Lee
- David: Paul Jones
- Doctor, Lion: Don Preston
- Viva: Viva
- Cecil Clark: Tod Papageorge
- His Friends: Charlie Haden, Steve Ferguson
- Calliope Bill: Bill Leonard
- Roomer: Bob Stewart
- Ancient Roomer: Karen Mantler
- Loudspeaker: Roswell Rudd
- Used Woman: Sheila Jordan
- Operasinger: Rosalind Hupp
- Nurse: Jane Blackstone
- Yodelling Ventriloquist: Howard Johnson
- Therapist: Timothy Marquand
- Dad: Perry Robinson
- Phantoms, Multiple Public Members, Hotelpeople, Women, Men, Flies, Bullfrogs, Mindsweepers, Speakers, Blindman:
Musicians (alphabetical)
- Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
- Souren Baronian – clarinet
- Karl Berger – vibraphone
- Carla Bley – organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano
- Sam Brown – guitar
- Jack Bruce – bass, vocal
- John Buckingham – tuba
- Sam Burtis – trombone
- Bob Carlisle – French horn
- Don Cherry – trumpet
- Roger Dawson – congas, xylophone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Peggy Imig – clarinet
- Jack Jeffers – bass trombone
- Leroy Jenkins – violin
- Howard Johnson – tuba
- Sheila Jordan – vocal
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Jeanne Lee – vocal
- Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
- Michael Mantler – prepared piano, trumpet, valve trombone
- Ron McClure – bass
- John McLaughlin – guitar
- Bill Morimando – orchestra bells, celeste
- Paul Motian – drums, dumbec
- Nancy Newton – viola
- Don Preston – Moog synthesizer
- Enrico Rava – trumpet
- Perry Robinson – clarinet
- Linda Ronstadt – vocal
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Calo Scott – cello
- Michael Snow – trumpet
- Chris Woods – baritone saxophone
- Richard Youngstein – bass
Musicians (chronotransductional)
Orchestra (& Hotel Lobby Band)
- Carla Bley (piano)
- Jimmy Lyons (alto saxophone)
- Gato Barbieri (tenor saxophone)
- Chris Woods (baritone saxophone)
- Michael Mantler, Enrico Rava (trumpet)
- Roswell Rudd, Sam Burtis, Jimmy Knepper (trombone)
- Jack Jeffers (bass trombone)
- Bob Carlisle, Sharon Freeman (French horn)
- John Buckingham (tuba)
- Nancy Newton (viola)
- Karl Berger (vibraphone)
- Charlie Haden (bass)
- Paul Motian (drums)
- Roger Dawson (congas)
- Bill Morimando (orchestra bells, celeste).
Jack's Traveling Band
- Carla Bley (organ)
- John McLaughlin (guitar)
- Jack Bruce (bass)
- Paul Motian (drums)
Desert Band
- Carla Bley (organ)
- Don Cherry (trumpet)
- Souren Baronian (clarinet)
- Leroy Jenkins (violin)
- Calo Scott (cello)
- Sam Brown (guitar)
- Ron McClure (bass)
- Paul Motian (dumbec)
Original Hotel Amateur Band
- Carla Bley (piano)
- Michael Snow (trumpet)
- Michael Mantler (valve trombone)
- Howard Johnson (tuba)
- Perry Robinson, Peggy Imig (clarinet)
- Nancy Newton (viola)
- Richard Youngstein (bass)
- Paul Motian (drums)
Phantom Music
- Carla Bley (organ, celeste, chimes, calliope)
- Michael Mantler (prepared piano)
- Don Preston (Moog synthesizer)
Awards
- Jazz Album of the Year 1972 by a Melody Maker Readers Poll
- Oscar du meilleur disque de jazz moderne (best modern jazz album) in 1972, given by the Académie du Jazz.
References
- MacLaren, Trevor (2011). "Carla Bley and Paul Haines: Escalator Over the Hill". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Escalator Over the Hill – Carla Bley | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- Carlin, Marcello (2011). "Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill – Article – Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- Escalator Over the Hill. Editorial review by Stuart Broomer at amazon.com, retrieved on 2008-09-23
- Cott, J., 'Escalator': Grand, Horse & Jazz Opers Rolling Stone, March 4, 1971 p.10
- Carlin, Marcello (1 September 2003). "Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 September 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- Wilson, John S (17 March 1974). "Don't Call Carla's Jazz jazz". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- "Palmarès 1972". academiedujazz.com. Académie du jazz. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
External links
- Karen Mantler Biography at www.wattxtrawatt.com – the Official Carla Bley Web Site
- Jazz Composers Orchestra: Escalator Over the Hill at www.jazzdiscography.com
- Accomplishing Escalator Over the Hill by Carla Bley. Written in 1972 shortly after the release of the Escalator
- The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Information Page
- film clips @ The John McLaughlin Archives
- Album booklet
- "Carla Bley and Paul Haines' Escalator Over the Hill". 8 June 2005. Retrieved 2006-01-18.
- "Stranded: Escalator Over the Hill – Article – Stylus Magazine". Retrieved 2006-01-18.
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