Looking for America (album)

2003 studio album by Carla Bley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looking for America is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 2002 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2003.[1][2]

Released2003
RecordedOctober 7–8, 2002
GenreJazz
LabelWatt/ECM
Quick facts Studio album by Carla Bley, Released ...
Looking for America
Studio album by
Carla Bley
Released2003
RecordedOctober 7–8, 2002
GenreJazz
LabelWatt/ECM
ProducerSteve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology
4 x 4
(1999)		 Looking for America
(2003)		 The Lost Chords
(2003)
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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Looking for America is a fun, innovative, and indefatigable album by one of the true geniuses in modern jazz".[3] The JazzTimes review by Harvey Siders said "Inevitably, sardonic wit pervades her search on Looking for America as fragments of "The Star-Spangled Banner" materialize-dreamlike, impressionistically and, above all, whimsically-throughout the CD".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3⅓ stars stating "As an exploration of Americana, this is a fine and fun album".[5]

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Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

  1. "Grand Mother" - 0:53
  2. "The National Anthem: OG Can UC?/Flags/Whose Broad Stripes?/Anthem/Keep It Spangled" - 21:49
  3. "Step Mother" - 3:18
  4. "Fast Lane" - 5:17
  5. "Los Cocineros" - 10:57
  6. "Your Mother" - 1:41
  7. "Tijuana Traffic" - 8:05
  8. "God Mother" - 1:27
  9. "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (Traditional) - 6:15

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