Social Studies (Carla Bley album)

Social Studies
Social Studies
Studio album by Carla Bley
Released	1981
Recorded	September–December 1980
Studio	Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:16
Label	Watt/ECM
Producer	Carla Bley
Carla Bley chronology

Released1981

RecordedSeptember–December 1980

StudioGrog Kill Studio, Willow, New York

GenreJazz

Social Studies is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley, recorded in 1980 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1981.^[1]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

v t e Carla Bley
As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016) Life Goes On (2020)
With Gary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
With Jazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968–71) Relativity Suite (1973)
With Michael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)
With Charlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)
With Nick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)
With Steve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Are We There Yet? (1999)
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