Heavy Heart (album)

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Heavy Heart
Heavy Heart (album).jpg
Studio album by
Carla Bley
Released1984
RecordedSeptember–October, 1983
StudioGrog Kill Studio, Willow, New York
GenreJazz
Length38:55
LabelWatt/ECM
ProducerCarla Bley
Carla Bley chronology
I Hate to Sing
(1981-83) 		Heavy Heart
(1984) 		Night-Glo
(1985)

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][2]

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".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2 stars.[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz2/4 stars[4]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Carla Bley.

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

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carla Bley discography accessed August 5, 2010
  2. ^ ECM/WATT discography Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 25, 2016
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 2010
  4. ^ Jump up to: 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. 131. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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