On November 3, 2009, “Watt/ECM” label released “Carla’s Christmas Carols”, the 26th Carla Bley album. It was recorded in December 2008, at “La Buissonne Studios”, Avignon, France, and was produced by Steve Swallow.
Personnel:
- Carla Bley – piano, celeste
- Steve Swallow – bass guitar, chimes
- Tobias Weidinger – trumpet, flugelhorn, glockenspiel
- Axel Schlosser – trumpet, flugelhorn, chimes
- Christine Chapman – horn
- Adrian Mears – trombone
- Ed Partyka – bass trombone, tuba
- Nikolaus Lowe – engineer
- Nicolas Baillard – engineer
- Gerard de Garo – engineer
- Ricarda Molder – editing, mastering
- Watt Works – design
- Bill Strode – photography
Track listing:
- Tannenbaum – traditional
- Away in a Manger – James R. Murray
- The Christmas Song – Mel Torme, Bob Wells
- Ring Christmas Bells – Mykola Leontovych
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Part 1 – traditional
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Part 2 – traditional
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Richard Storrs Willis, Edmund Sears
- Hell’s Bells – Carla Bley
- Jesus Maria – Carla Bley
- Jingle Bells – James Pierpont
- O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau
- Joy to the World – Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts
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