13 & 3/4
     WATT/3   (out-of-print)
     Orchestra 1
      (3 flutes / 12 saxophones / 9 brass)

     Orchestra 2
      (4 flutes / 10 woodwinds / 14 brass / 42 strings)

     Carla Bley  (piano)

     conducted by Michael Mantler
 

     recorded August 1975
     Willow, NY

TITLES
13 (for piano and two orchestras)
(also includes 3/4 by Carla Bley)
scores available here
listen to excerpt
album no longer available - excerpt included on Review CD
 
REVIEWS

* * * * *  (five stars) 
"... the finest examples of progressive large ensemble work written and recorded in America in 1975"
- DOWN BEAT

"Performance: Excellent ... Recording: Excellent ... probably the most ambitious compositions ever undertaken by anyone from the jazz field and a great deal more satisfying than the hybrid we have heard from 'third-stream' jazz composers"
- STEREO REVIEW

"... (13) leaves one winded and convinced that something has taken place, even if the critical faculties fail to grasp exactly what. Not for the fainthearted."
- MELODY MAKER
 
 
 
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