Go Together

Go Together is an album of duets by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley and bassist Steve Swallow recorded and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1993.^[1]^[2] It is the pair's second duet recording following Duets (1988).

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "A melodic but explorative player, Bley (whose use of space sometimes recalls Thelonious Monk) interacts closely with the electric bass of Steve Swallow on this excellent duet session".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it 3 stars calling it "An intriguingly relaxed and unhurried survey of (mostly) older material".^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except as indicated

"Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - 5:52
"Mother of the Dead Man" - 5:54
"Masquerade in 3 Parts: Carnation/Dark Glasses/Mustache" (Steve Swallow) - 13:08
"Ad Infinitum" - 5:56
"Copyright Royalties" - 6:31
"Peau Douce" (Swallow) - 4:46
"Doctor" - 4:21
"Fleur Carnivore" - 6:21

Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in the Summer of 1992.

Personnel

Carla Bley - piano
Steve Swallow - bass guitar

References

↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 9, 2010
↑ ECM/WATT discography accessed August 25, 2016
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 9, 2010
1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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)

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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