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).

Go Together
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedSummer 1992
GenreJazz
Length52:32
LabelWatt/ECM
ProducerCarla Bley & Steve Swallow
Carla Bley chronology
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
(1990)
Go Together
(1993)
Big Band Theory
(1993)
Steve Swallow chronology
Swallow
(1991)
Go Together
(1992)
Real Book
(1993)

Reception

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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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Tom HullB+ ( )[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [4]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Carla Bley discography Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 9, 2010
  2. ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed August 9, 2010
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.