Go Together Explained

Go Together
Type:	Album
Artist:	Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Cover:	Go Together.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	Summer 1992
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	52:32
Label:	Watt/ECM
Producer:	Carla Bley & Steve Swallow
Chronology:	Carla Bley
Prev Title:	The Very Big Carla Bley Band
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Big Band Theory
Next Year:	1993

Go Together is an album of duets by the 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 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 called it "an intriguingly relaxed and unhurried survey of (mostly) older material".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Carla Bley except where noted.

1. "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - 5:52
2. "Mother of the Dead Man" - 5:54
3. "Masquerade in 3 Parts: Carnation/Dark Glasses/Mustache" (Steve Swallow) - 13:08
4. "Ad Infinitum" - 5:56
5. "Copyright Royalties" - 6:31
6. "Peau Douce" (Swallow) - 4:46
7. "Doctor" - 4:21
8. "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

Notes and References

1. http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/CarlaBley/index.html Carla Bley discography
2. http://www.trovar.com/ECM/WATT.php ECM/WATT discography
3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r169783|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed August 9, 2010
4. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 130.