Heavy Heart (album)

Heavy Heart is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1983 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1984.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and stated "while Heavy Heart is a somewhat bright, light-minded album, there are plenty of dark undercurrents to be heard".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2 stars.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley

"Light or Dark" - 6:04
"Talking Hearts" - 6:49
"Joyful Noise" - 5:08
"Ending It" - 6:04
"Starting Again" - 5:04
"Heavy Heart" - 9:50

Recorded at Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York in September and October 1983.

Personnel

Carla Bley - organ, synthesizer
Michael Mantler - trumpet
Steve Slagle - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
Gary Valente - trombone
Earl McIntyre - tuba
Kenny Kirkland - piano
Hiram Bullock - guitar
Steve Swallow - bass guitar
Victor Lewis - drums
Manolo Badrena - percussion

References

↑ Carla Bley discography accessed August 5, 2010
1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 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. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

Carla Bley

Studio albums	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) 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)

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) Songs with Legs (1994) Are We There Yet? (1999)

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